This lecture, entitled 'Tackling Cancer by Targeting Tumour Blood Vessels' is given by Dr David W. Murray, Senior Research Fellow in the Department of Physiology & Medical Physics, RCSI in conjunction with Dr Annette Byrne, Head of the Laboratory of Tumour Biology & Molecular Imaging and Senior Lecturer in the Department of Physiology and Medical Physics, and was recorded in the O'Flanagan Lecture Theatre, RCSI on 26th February 2014.
During this lecture, Dr Murray details the process of 'angiogenesis' which is a unifying hallmark of all cancers where blood vessels are provided to tumours to supply nutrients and oxygen, thus allowing them to develop from a few cells to a life-threatening mass that can grow and spread. Dr Murray will also discuss how a better understanding of angiogenesis has allowed the development of targeted therapies (anti-angiogenics) to knock out tumour blood vessels, and in so doing, starve and shrink the tumour. Finally Dr Murray will also give a rundown of specific projects underway in their lab, namely the AngioPredict and AngioTox initiatives.
See www.rcsi.ie/minimed for more information on this series
