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CAR T cell therapy for pancreatic cancer
22nd January 2021
Researchers from Barts Cancer Institute, Queen Mary University of London, have identified a protein that may represent a novel therapeutic target for the treatment of pancreatic cancer. Using this protein as a target, the team successfully created a CAR T cell therapy – a type of immunotherapy – that killed pancreatic cancer cells in a pre-clinical model.
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Study receives prize for Research Excellence in Pathology
14th January 2021
Congratulations to Barts Cancer Institute’s Professor Hemant Kocher, who is co-lead author of the paper selected by The Journal of Pathology for the Jeremy Jass Prize for the calendar year 2019.
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PCRF’s national pancreas tissue bank opens to UK-based researchers
11th December 2020
The UK’s national tissue bank for pancreatic diseases at Barts Cancer Institute, Queen Mary University of London, is now open for UK-based researchers needing samples of blood, urine and saliva to aid their research.
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Our pancreatic cancer research
19th November 2020
November is Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month and today (19th November) is World Pancreatic Cancer Day. Join us in looking back at some of our pancreatic cancer research from the last year.
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London Pancreas Workshop 2020
30th September 2020
On 11th September 2020, Professors Hemant Kocher and Nick Lemoine hosted the eighth London Pancreas Workshop (LPW) – a forum for state-of-the-art clinical and basic research in pancreatic cancer. In a first for the biennial event, this year’s LPW took place online with pre-recorded speaker presentations and live, interactive Q&A sessions.
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Results from the Phase I STARPAC trial
24th September 2020
A treatment combination involving the addition of a form of vitamin A to the current standard treatment regimen for pancreatic cancer is safe for patients, according to an early phase clinical trial led by Professor Hemant Kocher from Barts Cancer Institute, Queen Mary University of London.
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