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Scientists at NUI Galway discover new approach to treatment of colon cancer

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Scientists at NUI Galway discover new approach to treatment of colon cancer

Galway Bay fm newsroom - Scientists at NUI Galway and Queen's University Belfast have discovered a new approach to tackle colon cancer.

The collaboration has found a function for normal stromal cells within tumours - that can predict the type of response a patient will have to immunotherapy.

Immunotherapy is a new form of treatment where medicines or cells can re-engineer a patient's immune system to improve the targetting of cancer cells.

More from Leader of the research team at NUI Galway, Dr Aideen Ryan at 10 ...

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