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