Category: Research
A new paradigm shift in oncology has revealed the role of nerves in cancer initiation and progression. Nerves are necessary to cancer growth and metastasis and targeting nerve ... treatments. This project will determine the benefit of targeting nerves in cervical cancer and will define the impact of nerves on the ...
Category: Researcher Profiles
... of human cancers (brain, prostate, breast etc). Cross-talk between nerves and cancer cells, and its impact on tumour growth and ... literature), has identified that most human tumours are innervated by nerves of both autonomic (sympathetic and parasympathetic) and sensory nerves. This has been demonstrated by using neuronal markers in ...
Category: News & Articles
... ones. It all comes down to nerve infiltration, meaning that the nerves surrounding the solid tumour grow into the mass, fuelling its ... and his team have also discovered that the tumours attract the nerves by emitting a substance called nerve growth factor (NGF). ... says that these two factors combined – NGF molecules attracting nerves, and nerves infiltrating the cancer – are what make the cancer ...
Category: News & Articles
... onset and spread of cancer . While tumour cells were known to invade nerves, Professor Hondermarck says it was thought that the nerves themselves weren’t involved in initiation and progression of ... teams in the world have found there is a direct cross-talk between nerves and cancer cells,” Professor Hondermarck says. “And the more ...
Category: Research
... looks at the nervous system including the brain, spinal cord and the nerves connecting these structures to the rest of the body. Comprised of ... balance and hearing, head and neck sensation, neuroinflammation, nerves and how they relay information to and from the brain as well as ... Research into nervous system including the brain, spinal cord and the nerves connecting these structures to the rest of the body. ...
Category: General
... from our laboratory, have revealed the important role played by nerves in cancer progression, and targeting nerve outgrowth in the ... In pancreatic cancer, it has been shown that the outgrowth of sensory nerves in the microenvironment is necessary to cancer progression and ... production in aggressive pancreatic cancers contributes to attract nerves that stimulate tumour progression. Therefore, patients could ...
Category: Research
... for disorders of the brain, spinal cord, and peripheral nerves. hmri brain neuromodulation, hmri brain research, hmri chronic ...
Category: News & Articles
... (café au lait spots) and benign (non-cancer) growths around the nerves. There is currently no drug treatment for these skin ...
Category: Researcher Profiles
... activation of the peripheral immune system induces a loss of specific nerves, in a manner similar to that which occurs in Parkinson's disease. ... activation causes the loss of dopaminergic (dopamine releasing) nerves. Another interest is the role of catecholamines (naturally ... response to stress. Stress induces the activation of specific nerves and this can be monitored by determining the activation of ...
Category: News & Articles
... Professor Talley specialises in unexplained gut disorders affecting nerves and muscles of the gut, such as irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), ... chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction (gut failure of muscles or nerves) and oesophageal motor diseases (for example, achalasia). Others ...