Developing novel and effective therapies for treatment of childhood brain cancers

• Unité de recherche: INNOSUISSE
• Numéro de projet: 59514.1 IP-LS
• Titre du projet anglais: Developing novel and effective therapies for treatment of childhood brain cancers

Mots-clé (Anglais)

Life sciences, Pharmaceuticals

Résumé des résultats (Abstract) (Anglais)

Brain cancers are a leading cause of mortality in children. Preclinical discoveries fail to translate into clinical success due to: i) drug systemic toxicity, and ii) lack of drug penetration into the brain/tumor. This proposal aims to engineer novel drugs with increased clinical efficacy.