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Our Research Focus

  • Angiogenesis

    A vital process in growth and development but also plays a role in disease

  • Combating Metastases

    Any cancer that has spread to other parts of the body

  • GBM AGILE

    A revolutionary global collaboration to test and develop new brain cancer treatments

  • Genomics

    The study of DNA and gene expression differences between cells

  • Immunotherapy

    Uses the body's own immune system to fight cancer

  • Innovative Therapies

    Promising innovations to treat and prevent cancer

  • Molecular Imaging

    Provides pictures of what is happening inside our bodies

  • Overcoming Drug Resistance

    Cancer cells can resist the effects of treatment. Research is underway ...

  • Precision Medicine

    A new era in the treatment of cancer known as precision medicine is here

  • Prevention & Early Detection

    One of the best ways to reduce the number of patients dying from cancer …

  • Targeted Cancer Therapies

    Use of drugs to more precisely identify and attack cancer cells, based on a person’s genes

  • Therapeutic Antibody Engineering

    Blood proteins that chemically combine with substances in the body

  • Computational Drug Design

    The process of finding and testing new treatments based on biological targets.

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