New weapon in fight against cancer

Mathematical model
27 Apr 2011 15:07:29.270
PA 127/11

A virus-packed blood cell that attacks cancers from within has added a new weapon to its armoury — and it’s all down to timing. 
 
Mathematicians at The University of Nottingham have worked with scientists at the University of Sheffield and Keele University to apply mathematical modelling to a revolutionary cancer treatment to optimise outcomes.
Click here for full story

Story credits


More information 
is available from Karen Shale on +44(0)115 846 8545 or at Karen.shale@nottingham.ac.uk; or Markus Owen at: markus.owen@nottingham.ac.uk
To view the research paper: ‘Mathematical modelling predicts synergistic anti-tumour effects of combining a macrophage-based, hypoxia-targeted, gene therapy with chemotherapy’, please visit:
http://cancerres.aacrjournals.org/content/early/2011/02/25/0008-5472.CAN-10-2834.long 
The Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) is the UK research council funding research and related postgraduate training in the biological sciences.
http://www.bbsrc.ac.uk/home/home.aspx
Press Release

Press Release

Email: communications@nottingham.ac.uk Phone: +44 (0)115 951 5765 Location: King's Meadow Campus

Additional resources

No additional resources for this article

Related articles

No related articles

Media Relations - External Relations

The University of Nottingham
YANG Fujia Building
Jubilee Campus
Wollaton Road
Nottingham, NG8 1BB

telephone: +44 (0) 115 951 5798
email: pressoffice@nottingham.ac.uk