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  • Is friendly bacteria the way to target osteosaroma cells?

    Using bacteria to deliver treatment directly to the tumour.

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  • Is there an association between fluoride levels in drinking water and bone cancer incidence?

    Drinking water and the incidence of bone tumours

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  • Development of a targeted methotrexate prodrug with enhanced therapeutic index for osteosarcoma

    Making methotrexate a kinder and more effective treatment for patients.

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  • ICONIC

    ICONIC – Improving Outcomes through Collaboration In Osteosarcoma

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  • Validation of DNA methylation-specific markers for circulating tumour DNA analysis in sarcoma patients

    Can we develop blood tests to help patients?

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  • Novel tissue engineering technology to facilitate Osteosarcoma Research

    Bone-in-culture as an orthotopic platform for the study of patient-near tumour grafts…

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  • Targeting the Hippo Pathway for Osteosarcoma Therapy

    This 'Strictly Research 2017' project looks at the effects of tumour pressure

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  • Improving the science behind personalised medicine

    Aiming to predict the effects of therapeutic methods with increased accuracy

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  • A study of bone tumours in children and young adults

    Identifying trends in bone tumour incidence..

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  • Can your genetic ‘make-up’ change the way you respond to chemotherapy?

    Dr Rachael Windsor studies patients response to chemotherapy drugs...

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  • A pilot-study regarding the cause of osteosarcoma and Ewing sarcoma

    Taking steps to investigate the cause of primary bone tumours...

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  • Can bisphosphonates be used in the treatment of osteosarcoma?

    Zolendronic Acid and the treatment of osteosarcoma...

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  • Creating 3D models to induce tumour cell death

    3D models of cells may selectively kill tumour cells..

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  • International Osteosarcoma Research Symposium 2019

    Moving osteosarcoma research forward.

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  • A Potential New Therapeutic Target in Osteosarcoma

    Investigating ANGPTL4 role in osteosarcoma progression

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  • Evaluating a Diagnostic and Therapeutic Molecule in Ewing sarcoma and Osteosarcoma

    Tackling key areas to work towards improving patient response to treatment.

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  • Characterising Osteosarcoma's Microenvironment

    Characterising the tumours microenvironment to improve treatment strategies.

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  • Identifying biological treatment targets in osteosarcoma

    Screening osteosarcoma cell lines in order to identify therapeutic targets

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  • Determining the function and possible targeting of NG2/CSPG4 in osteosarcoma

    Investigating a novel target to prevent the metastasis of osteosarcoma.

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  • Improving patients' quality-of-life and long term outlook

    Investigating the function of a regulatory protein in osteosarcoma

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  • The establishment of an osteosarcoma disease model

    Developing cell lines to enhance findings and pin-point genetic abnormalities of osteosarcoma

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  • Uncovering FGFR: a complex yet potential treatment target

    Can FGFR be targeted to treat ostesarcoma?

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  • Searching for the ‘Achilles Heel’ of primary bone cancer

    Investigating a novel target to treat bone cancer...

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  • Overcoming Resistance to Chemotherapy in Osteosarcoma

    Our 'Strictly Research 2017' winner investigates an obstacle in treating osteosarcoma...

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  • Putting radiotherapy advances into action for primary bone cancer

    Assessing the use of advanced radiotherapy techniques in the treatment of primary bone…

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  • TP53 restoration using mRNA vaccine technology

    TP53 restoration using mRNA vaccine technology

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  • Hypoxic extracellular vesicles in osteosarcoma lung metastasis

    Delineating the role of hypoxic extracellular vesicles in pulmonary metastasis of osteosarcoma…

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  • Bone-seeking metal based drugs to treat chemotherapy resistant osteosarcoma

    Bone-seeking metal based drugs to overcome chemotherapy resistant osteosarcoma sub-populations

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  • Developing novel biomaterials for osteosarcoma and chordoma treatment

    Developing novel biomaterials for osteosarcoma and chordoma treatment

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  • Further exploration of a potential novel therapeutic target in osteosarcoma

    Further exploration of ANGPTL4 as a potential therapeutic target in osteosarcoma

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  • Unravelling the diversity of bone tumours: investigating the differences between single cancer cells.

    Unravelling the diversity of bone tumours

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  • Haem oxygenase-1 (HO-1), a novel druggable target for prevention of osteosarcoma growth and metastasis

    By inhibiting HO-1 can we block osteosarcoma development and metastasis?

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