Washington, Apr 22: A University of Leicester researcher has made some significant advancements on the causes of cancer, which can lead to improved and effective therapies.
Professor Andrew Fry, of the Department of Biochemistry aims to understand the molecular control of cell division and as a result identify proteins, which can be targeted in specific tumours, leaving other cells unharmed.
Many current cancer treatments act by killing all dividing cells and are not necessarily specific for the cancer cells, hence the severe side effects.