(Professor Bruce Westley - Right - pictured here with Dr Gail De Blaquiere -Left)

Grant Holder
Professor Bruce Westley

Researcher
Dr Gail de Blaquiere

Current project
Newcastle - Northern England

Institute
University of Newcastle

Amount Awarded
£155,570.00

Duration
36 months

Type of Award
Project grant

Title

The potential value of targeting the IGF signalling pathway in breast cancer

Synopsis

This project could provide the first evidence that drugs used to inhibit IGFs can be used to treat breast tumours that are resistant to drugs that target oestrogen action

Aims & Goals

The project will identify the molecular mechanisms by which breast cancer achieves resistance to hormone therapy.

Presentations

Title The effect of increased expression of insulin receptor substrate proteins on migration in human breast cancer cell lines
Year 2005
Authors De Blaquiere GE, May FEB, Westley BR

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