Cancer Therapeutics Research Group - Honours in 2009

An Honours project undertaken in this lab would be administered by the Discipline of Pharmacology.

Targeting tumour-macrophage interactions

Supervisor + contact details:

• Dr Kellie Charles
• Dr Jane Hanrahan

Most anti-cancer therapies are designed to kill only the malignant cancer cell. However, solid tumours consist of neoplastic cells, non-malignant stromal cells and migratory immune cells. The interactions between cancer cells and the immune cells regulate tumour growth and spread.

This study aims to investigate the efficacy of novel derivatives of green tea in inhibiting the communication between cancer and immune cells as potential new treatments for cancer.