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IFOM News & Press Releases

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2010

Cancer research as a network challenge 12/07/2010 - IFOM 2020: the future directions for cancer research were set down in a public event held this morning at the Milanese institute founded by FIRC. The discussions, which were based on IFOM’s experience over the past 10 years, were held between national and international, scientific and institutional partners. Their conclusions? The future and excellence of Italian research depends on its ability to overcome geographical, institutional and professional barriers, in order to promote synergy, interdisciplinarity and transnationality in research.

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New perspectives for cancer research: stabilization of blood vessels in tumours may render cancers more sensitive to treatment 15/06/2010 - Milan, 15 June 2010 – A team of researchers led by Elisabetta Dejana (Head of the Angiogenesis Research Program at IFOM) have identified a novel mechanism underlying the abnormal development of the vascular system in tumours, a distinctive and dangerous feature of cancer. The discovery has important implications: it opens the way for new therapeutic approaches that could complement and enhance existing anticancer therapies that block the blood supply to tumours. In the near future, the researchers will test the effectiveness of the new therapeutic approach in cancers such as melanoma, breast cancer and pancreatic cancer. The study was published online today in the renowned scientific journal, Developmental Cell.

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Breast Cancer: cancer stem cells explain the existence of different breast cancer types 08/01/2010 - Researchers at the IFOM-IEO Campus in Milan have discovered a new mechanism that sheds light on the origin and development of breast cancers: cancer stem cells are responsible for the onset and growth of breast cancers, and the number of cancer stem cells in a tumour determines its aggressiveness. The research was directed by Prof.s Pier Paolo Di Fiore and Pier Giuseppe Pelicci, and was performed by researchers affiliated with IFOM (FIRC Institute of Molecular Oncology Foundation), IEO (European Institute of Oncology) and the University of Milan. The study will be published online today in the renowned scientific journal Cell.

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