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SUMMARY:What Fuels Cancer Killers! - Professor David Finlay: Associate Pro
 fessor in Immunometabolism\, at Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute in T
 rinity College Dublin
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CONTACT:Krishna Amin
DESCRIPTION:In many cancers\, our immune cells are not working properly. T
 his can involve inhospitable conditions at the site of the tumour that imp
 airs immune cell metabolism\, processes used to make energy and the tools 
 they need to exert their functions. For instance\, tumours have adopted st
 rategies to protect themselves by turning off the metabolism of Natural Ki
 ller (NK) cells\, immune cells with potent tumour killing activities. Tumo
 urs can starve NK cells of fuel and flip-off “switches” that regulate 
 metabolism. Professor Finlay’s research has pioneered an understanding o
 f NK cell metabolism and we are working towards engineering NK cells that 
 can sustain the cancer-killing functions even within the inhospitable envi
 ronment of the tumour.
LOCATION:Pfizer Lecture Theatre\, Department of Chemistry\, Lensfield Road
 \, Cambridge
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