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Grant Holder Dr Kairbaan Hodivala Dilke

Researcher Mitchel Germain

Current project London - London & South East England Institute St Thomas' Hospital Amount Awarded £126,209.00 Duration 36 months Type of Award PhD Studentship

Title

Investigating the role of a 3-integrin in angiogenesis

Synopsis

By understanding how breast cancer cells develop their own blood supply in order to grow and spread (angiogenesis), scientists will be able to design drugs to prevent it from happening.

Aims & Goals

"We will unravel the mechanism of how tumours are fed and grow. By understanding the molecular mechanism of this we will be able to design drugs to starve tumours and stop them from growing".

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