Cancers and the tumour microenvironment
- 👤 Speaker: Prof. Frances Balkwill, Queen Mary University of London
- 📅 Date & Time: Monday 18 February 2019, 19:30 - 21:00
- 📍 Venue: The Wolfson Hall, Churchill College, Storey's Way, Cambridge, CB3 0DS
Abstract
Every cancer is a complex microenvironment of malignant cells supported by a wide variety of ‘normal’ cells that are recruited, and often corrupted’ by the malignant cells to help the cancer grow and spread. There are ‘exhausted’ immune cells, over-active fibroblasts and tortuous leaky blood vessels often supported by a stiff and abnormal fibrous mesh. Understanding and ‘reprogramming’ this microenvironment can restrict vital supplies to the cancer and re-awaken the immune cells to recognise and destroy malignant cells.
Series This talk is part of the Cambridge Society for the Application of Research (CSAR) series.
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Prof. Frances Balkwill, Queen Mary University of London
Monday 18 February 2019, 19:30-21:00