International collaboration sheds light on cancer therapies Posted on August 10, 2011February 25, 2018 by Carly du Toit “We have identified new compounds that offer a starting point for the development of novel therapeutic approaches for serious diseases that currently have no cure. “This opens up the possibility of desigining much more effective, targeted treatments for disease such as cancer,” said Professor Phil Robinson of the Children’s Medical Research Institute (CMRI), Westmead. It was a working collaboration between CMRI, the University of Newcastle and the University of Berlin which led to the discovery of small molecules known as “Pitstops”. Continue reading “International collaboration sheds light on cancer therapies”
