Establishing the North Queensland Liver Cancer Library (Old ID 27086)
Townsville Hospital and Health Service
Role
Principal Investigator
Description
This project will develop a North Queensland Liver Cancer Library. Liver tumours and non-tumour tissues will be resected from patients and fixed and frozen. The tissues will also be dissociated and cultured in three dimensions to make tumour organoids that will be used in future in vivo experiments in mice, drug trials and biochemical assays.
Date
15 Dec 2020 - 30 Jun 2022
Project Type
GRANT
Keywords
Cancer;Cancer stem cells;Organoids
Funding Body
Townsville Hospital and Health Service
Amount
50000
Project Team
Craig McFarlane;Miriam Wankell