Canadian Institutes of Health Research Fall 2012 Competition Results Announced

Congratulations to Dr. Wei-Ping Min, Division of General Surgery, who's research project "The role of IDO1 vs IDO2 on tumour immune evasion and immune therapy" will receive $313, 349.

Our immune system is naturally equipped with ways to recognize and destroy cancerous cells. In order to survive and grow, tumors must therefore be able to avoid and weaken the immune system.

Dr. Min and his research team will develop a new cancer treatment through destroying suppressive molecules in immune cells, using a newly developed gene silencing strategy called siRNA. This new treatment will be safer and more robust with great potential in clinic anti-cancer therapy.