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Research team awarded $1.2 million to research cancer that impacts youth


April 22, 2014

A team of researchers that includes Drs. Michael Rudnicki, Jeff Dilworth, Lynn Megeney and Theodore Perkins have been awarded $1.2 million by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) for a five-year study into the triggers that cause Alveolar Rhabdomyosarcoma (aRMS), an aggressive cancer that develops in children and teenagers. With a view to developing new treatments for aRMS, the research team plans to study the underlying genomic factors that cause the cancer to develop. Specifically, the team will investigate the hypothesis that RMS tumour formation is initiated by cancerous muscle stem cells. Further details, including a list of co-investigators, can be found in CIHR’s Funding Decision Database.

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