TO mark Breast Cancer Awareness Month, the Fiona Elsey Cancer Research Institute is shining a light its research and commending the patient samples that facilitate it.<\/p>\n
One of FECRI\u2019s latest projects, which commenced in March of this year, was made possible after seed funding from a private philanthropic donation and the $300,000 raised at last February\u2019s Ballarat Cycle Classic.<\/p>\n
In addition to that funding, another essential to the breast cancer research program are patient samples.<\/p>\n
As part of that program long-term corporate supporter Lake Imaging has been a key contributor to the sample collection process which utilises state of the art technology imaging.<\/p>\n
FECRI head Professor George Kannourakis said that the breast cancer project needs patient samples to continue to develop its work.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur research program is possible, because of our tissue bank of nearly 4500 patient samples,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s the support of community minded and forward-thinking businesses like Lake Imaging who give important support to the Institute that makes it possible to develop world first research into all cancers including breast cancer.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe look forward to working with Lake Imaging to continue to undertake cutting edge research into cancer treatment development.\u201d<\/p>\n
Working alongside Professor Kannourakis, the research team also includes Dr Aparna Jayachandran, honorary research fellow and oncologist Dr Prashanth Prithviraj and Federation University PhD candidate Revati Sharma.<\/p>\n
In addition to these core researchers, groups from the Olivia Newton-John Cancer Research Institute, University of Melbourne, University of Alberta in Canada, Queensland University of Technology, Translational Research Institute and La Trobe University also lent a helping hand.<\/p>\n
Since beginning the project, the group has since published world first findings describing the behaviour and function of a pregnancy associated plasma protein which is often found in aggressive triple-negative breast cancers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
TO mark Breast Cancer Awareness Month, the Fiona Elsey Cancer Research Institute is shining a light its research and commending the patient samples that facilitate it. One of FECRI\u2019s latest projects, which commenced in March of this year, was made possible after seed funding from a private philanthropic donation and the $300,000 raised at last […]<\/p>\n