Developing new treatments for childhood cancers can be difficult because we need to find way to deal with cancer cells without damaging healthy cells. The ground-breaking field of immunotherapy is playing an increasingly important part in treatment, and Dr Kathleen’s remarkable work will focus on making antibodies that attach themselves to a protein that helps cancer cells grow.
This clinical studentship will enable Dr Kathleen to make antibodies that recognise and attach themselves to a protein that helps cancers grow. These antibodies will then attract immune cells which go to work on cancer cells.
