Clinician Investigator, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre Full Biography Cancers of Interest Bladder Cervical Esophageal Gastric Gynecologic Ovarian Pancreatic Skin Research Interests and Clinical Approach Clinical trials research focuses on adoptive immunotherapy for multiple different solid tumor types Projects at BioCanRx Phase Ib trial of pembrolizumab administered following adoptive cell therapy-… Read more »
Tag: Pancreatic cancer
Rebecca Auer
Senior Scientist, Cancer Therapeutics Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute Professor, Department of Surgery and Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa Surgical Oncologist, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Biochemistry, Immunology & Microbiology, The Ottawa Hospital Tier 2 Clinical Research Chair, Perioperative Cancer Therapeutics, University of Ottawa Scientific Director, Cancer Therapeutics… Read more »
Pancreatic cancer loses viral defences when talking with supporting cells
Media release Ottawa researchers have unlocked a way to make pancreatic cancer cells more vulnerable to cancer-killing viruses, known as oncolytic viruses. Outlined in a paper published today by Nature Medicine, the scientists have discovered how they can exploit the communication, or cross-talk, between pancreatic cancer and a specific cell type that supports the… Read more »