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Developing a “one-two punch” treatment paradigm for targeting glioblastoma

  • Grant Type

    Capacity building grants

  • Area of research

    Cancer

  • Disease Area

    Brain Cancer

  • Competition

    CRS Doctoral Research Awards

  • Province

    Ontario

  • Start Date

    2024

  • Total Grant Amount

    $70,000

  • Health Canada Contribution

    $35,000

Project Overview

By profiling the protein expression signatures of multiple patient-derived glioblastoma cell lines, we recently identified a major signalling pathway involved in glioblastoma cell migration. Excitingly, we showed that chemical inhibition of a key protein involved in regulating this pathway significantly reduced the infiltration of three glioblastoma cell lines. While inhibiting…