Introducing November Guest Bloggers: The Immunogenomics Team By Lou Del Gobbo on Nov 03, 2015 Thank you to our October guest bloggers, the scientists and clinicians from the Deeley Research Centre. Thanks to the talent of this team and the tremendous generosity of BC Cancer Foundation donors, immunotherapy clinical trials will be getting underway soon, for the benefit of... Continue Reading Announcing new guest blogger, Clinical Trials, Deeley Research Centre, Genomics, Immunology, Inspiration Gala, Philanthropy and Research
Using Genetically Engineered Viruses to Enhance Immunity By Kwame Twumasi-B... on Oct 30, 2015 Hello, my name is Kwame Twumasi-Boateng and it is my pleasure to wrap up a month of blogging with my immunotherapy colleagues at the BC Cancer Agency! Currently, I am a postdoctoral fellow working at the Deeley Research Centre (DRC) – a position I started in January 2013. During graduate school, I studied molecular details of aging and immunity in tiny worms. At the conclusion of... Continue Reading BC Cancer - Victoria, Clinical Trials, Deeley Research Centre, Immunology, Philanthropy and Research, Ride to Conquer Cancer
Dr. Julie Nielsen: Developing T Cell-Based Therapies By Dr. Julie Nielsen on Oct 28, 2015 Hello, I’m Dr. Julie Nielsen and I am happy to share an inside look at my work in immunotherapy on the BC Cancer Foundation blog. I started working at the Deeley Research Centre (DRC) in October 2007. I had previously conducted research in cancer and medical genetics and joined the DRC because I wanted to help develop innovative strategies for treating cancer. The power and specificity... Continue Reading BC Cancer - Victoria, Clinical Trials, Deeley Research Centre, Immunology, Lymphoid cancers
$4.2 Million Raised by BC Cancer Foundation Donors to Launch Immunotherapy Clinical Trials By Lou Del Gobbo on Oct 23, 2015 Hello everyone, I’d like to briefly interrupt our October bloggers to share some very exciting news! Last night, BC Cancer Foundation donors came together at the 11th annual Inspiration Gala and it was announced that $4.2 million had been raised to launch immunotherapy clinical trials at the BC Cancer Agency. This... Continue Reading Clinical Trials, Deeley Research Centre, Immunology, Inspiration Gala, Philanthropy and Research
Dr. Julian Lum: Giving Immune Cells an Advantage By Dr. Julian Lum on Oct 23, 2015 Hello, I’m Dr. Julian Lum and I’m delighted to return as a BC Cancer Foundation blogger. I’ve been a scientist at the Deeley Research Centre (DRC) since 2008 and am also an assistant professor in the department of biochemistry and microbiology at the University of Victoria. I began my career in the field of translational HIV/AIDS immunology research, and subsequently moved to doing... Continue Reading BC Cancer - Victoria, Clinical Trials, Deeley Research Centre, Immunology
Culturing T Cells for Clinical Trials By Victoria Hodgson on Oct 15, 2015 Hello, my name is Victoria Hodgson and I’m very pleased to be blogging this month! Currently, I work as a research assistant at the Deeley Research Centre (DRC) for the upcoming T cell adoptive therapy clinical trials. I joined the team in March 2015 following the completion of my degree in Biochemistry at the University of Victoria. Before coming to the DRC, I conducted research... Continue Reading BC Cancer - Victoria, Clinical Trials, Immunology
Dr. Anna Tinker: Enrolling Patients in Immunotherapy Clinical Trials By Dr. Anna Tinker on Oct 09, 2015 Hello, I’m Dr. Anna Tinker and like Dr. Nelson, I’m happy to be returning to the BC Cancer Foundation blog this month, to share with you our plans for upcoming immunotherapy clinical trials. As a medical oncologist at the BC Cancer Agency, I’ll be working closely with the DRC team and also with patients, to enroll those eligible and willing to take part in a phase I immunotherapy trial... Continue Reading BC Cancer - Vancouver, Clinical Trials, Deeley Research Centre, Immunology
Hello from Dr. Brad Nelson and Introducing the Immunotherapy Clinical Trials Team By Dr. Brad Nelson on Oct 07, 2015 Hi everyone, I’m very pleased to be returning to the BC Cancer Foundation blog for the month of October! This time around, I wanted to introduce some of my colleagues who will be leading the upcoming immunotherapy clinical trials at the BC Cancer Agency, so you can see how this world-class team of scientists and technicians are coming together to make immunotherapy clinical... Continue Reading Clinical Trials, Deeley Research Centre, Immunology
Dr. Marcel Bally: A Look at the Future of Cancer Treatment By Dr. Marcel Bally on Jun 24, 2015 Looking into the future for me is always about looking backwards. When I first became interested in using drug delivery systems for cancer treatment over 30 years ago, one of the hottest research topics concerned “antibody-conjugated toxic drugs” (antibodies are proteins that can be designed to recognize cancer cells). This research idea faltered and stumbled because our immune... Continue Reading BC Cancer Research Centre, Breast Cancer, Clinical Trials, Drug Development, Experimental Therapeutics, Immunology
Pancreatic Cancer and the Immune System By Dr. Daniel Renouf on Apr 17, 2015 Earlier this week, I wrote about some of the new chemotherapies that are being developed to treat pancreatic cancer more effectively. Another major area of new drug research in pancreatic cancer is immunotherapy: finding ways to activate the body’s immune system to contain or attack the cancer cells. There are a number of different methods that are being investigated to activate... Continue Reading Clinical Trials, Immunology, Pancreatic Cancer