In a project funded by the Austrian Science Fund FWF, a team of researchers from Graz investigated the role played by the body’s receptors for cannabinoids in the case of colon cancer. They have been able to show that some of these receptors can promote cancer. Continue reading “Doubts about the effectiveness of cannabis against cancer”
During his doctoral studies at the Medical University of Innsbruck, Maximilian Bösch already examined in detail cancer and its cell structures. At the Kantonsspital St. Gallen, the Schrödinger grant holder has found the ideal environment for his ongoing research. Continue reading “Grüezi from Switzerland”
In a project supported by the Austrian Science Fund FWF, scientists at the University of Graz modified and reinforced a host defence peptide from breast milk so as to enable it to specifically detect cancer cells. The active substance can then induce cell death. Research continues on this new therapeutic approach to types of cancer […] Continue reading “Breast milk as a weapon against cancer”
Special cholesterol-lowering drugs can hamper the growth of metastasising melanoma cells if the cellular messenger substance Interleukin-6 (IL-6) is present. This link was observed in a research project funded by the Austrian Science Fund FWF, the results of which were published in the journal “Melanoma Research”. Continue reading “Cholesterol-lowering drug can kill melanoma cells”
An Erwin Schrödinger Fellowship took Susanne Scheipl to one of the world’s most popular metropolises. The physician from Graz worked very successfully in the team of cancer researcher Adrienne Flanagan at University College London. Continue reading “Cancer research in London”