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    Dr Nuala McCabe

    School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences
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    Dr Nuala McCabe

    School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences

    The Stratified Medicine Group focuses on the following areas:

    • Characterisation of a molecular group in solid cancers that represents an innate immune response to DNA damage through the STING pathway.
    • Development of a gene expression based biomarker panel that can identify pathways related to the hallmarks of cancer and guide patient therapy.

    Contact info

    • askmhls@qub.ac.uk

    Research Interests

    Open to PhD applications in the field of

    • Characterisation of a molecular group in solid cancers that represents an innate immune response to DNA damage through the STING pathway.
    • Development of a gene expression based biomarker panel that can identify pathways related to the hallmarks of cancer and guide patient therapy.

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    • Nuala is responsible for the discovery and development of biomarkers for clinical trials and run a joint research programme between QUB and Almac.
       

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    PhD Title Consensus subtyping of Prostrate Cancer
    Country UK
       

     


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