- Professor Elizabeth Vincan
Head of Cancer Biology Laboratory, Senior Medical Scientist, Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory, Doherty Institute; Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne
Decoding cancer cell communication
Professor Elizabeth Vincan at the University of Melbourne identified the genes in an ancient form of cell-to-cell communication, and a new target against cancer
Curbing cancer’s addiction to treat it
Most cancers need a specific molecule to grow and spread; cutting off the supply is showing promise as a way to treat it, finds University of Melbourne research
Targeting dormant cancer cells
Researchers discover key to stem cell behaviour that causes the spread of bowel cancer, leading to new therapies that will target dormant cancer.