Professor Sean Grimmond
Bertalli Chair in Cancer Medicine, University of Melbourne Centre for Cancer Research
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Following cancer’s status updates
Developing cancer tumours shed microscopic amounts of information into our bloodstream and deciphering these messages provides new ways to diagnose and treat it
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Unmasking cancers with hidden identity
Cancer treatment is largely based on where it originates in the body, but when a primary site can’t be found, genomics is helping guide diagnosis and treatment for cancers of unknown origin
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The genomic jigsaw of cancer
Mapping the human genome is revolutionising medicine. The aim? To turn cancer into a manageable, chronic disease like diabetes
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The Global Cancer Atlas
Scientists around the world have collaborated to create the most comprehensive map of whole cancer genomes to date, improving our fundamental understanding of cancer and how to treat it
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Podcast
Gene genies: Meet the researchers mapping our DNA to combat cancer
Genome sequencing may provide the solution to cancer treatment and prevention
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Genes, numbers and the holy grail of cancer prevention
Genome sequencing and precision therapies are on the way to making cancer a manageable condition rather than a lethal one, and may even make it preventable
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Under the Microscope
Wiping cancer from our hard drives
Professor Sean Grimmond is bringing groundbreaking genome-directed cancer research into the clinical space to change the way we treat cancer.
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Big data puts genomic handbrake on cancer
Scientists uncover the genetic script that drives pancreatic tumours, opening the door on new personalised treatments for a deadly disease