Today is #BiomedicalScienceDay2020 - and what better way to celebrate than sharing our latest #ResearchSpotlight with you all!
🔬 This month we're celebrating the work of Professor James Allan, who leads on a Blood Cancer UK funded project and is based at the @UniofNewcastle.
🔬 This month we're celebrating the work of Professor James Allan, who leads on a Blood Cancer UK funded project and is based at the @UniofNewcastle.
💉 James' work is about understanding how unique genetic changes in acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) can be used to tailor treatment.
🧓 AML is most common in the elderly and many of these people cannot have #chemotherapy because of the harsh side effects it causes.
🧓 AML is most common in the elderly and many of these people cannot have #chemotherapy because of the harsh side effects it causes.
💊 To get around this, James and his team are looking to find ways of using other existing therapies more strategically, based on specific characteristics of these peoples' disease. This is called "stratified medicine."
😊 This approach also helps to identify vulnerabilities in the #leukaemia cells that can be harnessed to create new drugs and treatments. Ultimately, this will ensure everyone gets the most effective treatment for them with the fewest possible side effects.
✍️ James is currently working from home, analysing data and writing research papers for publication.
🏃 When he's not holding virtual lab meetings with his team he can often be found running on the trails around his local castle in Alnwick, Northumberland.
🤩 Thank you James!
🏃 When he's not holding virtual lab meetings with his team he can often be found running on the trails around his local castle in Alnwick, Northumberland.
🤩 Thank you James!
