ONJC unveils new anti-cancer equipment
New state-of-the-art research equipment at the Olivia Newton-John Cancer Research Institute in Heidelberg is a huge step forward in developing personalised treatments for the disease.
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Cancer cells have nowhere to hide thanks to state-of-the-art equipment at the new Australian Cancer Research Foundation (ACRF) Centre for Imaging the Tumour Environment.
Based at the Olivia Newton-John Cancer Research Institute (ONJCRI) in Heidelberg, the centre’s researchers are now able to study cancer tumour cells in greater detail than ever before.
They will be able to observe how cancer cells embed and grow between normal cells in their micro environment to better understand which drugs impact specific tumour types.
This research will ultimately lead to new personalised anti-cancer therapies.
ONJCRI scientific director Professor Matthias Ernst said they would be able to see how tumour cells coerced and corrupted their environment.
“If we understand the interactions and mechanisms they use to do this, we will better understand how to disrupt these processes that fuel the growth of tumours.”
Prof Ernst said the new centre would “literally shine a light on what happens in the immediate environment around a tumour”.
The ACRF Centre for Imaging the Tumour Environment has been funded by a $2 million grant by Australian Cancer Research Foundation.
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Foundation chief executive Kerry Strydom said in order to find more effective ways to prevent, detect and treat cancers, they must be understood better.
“This initiative is doing just that, we look forward to the impact of findings from the work being done at this new centre and the difference it will make in the lives of people diagnosed with cancer,” Ms Strydom said.