Cancer Research Group

The Cancer Research Group is looking at a range of areas concerning cancer.

Group leader

Professor John Darling

• Director, Research Institute of Healthcare Science
• Professor of Biomedical Science and Honorary Senior Research Fellow, Department of Neurological Surgery, Institute of Neurology, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, University College, London, WC1N 3BG

Research interests

• Molecular pathogenesis of adult and childhood brain tumours
• Development and characterization of in vitro model systems of human brain tumours
• The development of experimental therapies for malignant brain tumours
• Development and application of in vitro tests to predict response to chemotherapy in patients with malignant brain tumours

Group members

Academic staff

Ovarian Cancer Research: Clinical trials, prediction of clinical response in ovarian cancer using genetic techniques.

• Prof David Ferry (BBCRN, New Cross Hospital)

Cell and Molecular Biology: Stress responses in eukaryotes and interests in DNA repair systems in humans

• Dr Paul Hooley

Breast Cancer Research: The role of nixtric oxide in breast cancer biology

• Dr Jan H Martin

Colorectal and Ovarian Cancer Research: Aspects of cell biology, molecular biology of disease in colorectal and ovarian cancer and DNA repair

• Dr Iain D Nicholl  

Brain tumour and Colorectal Cancer Research: Targeting NF-KB pathway to improve cancer chemotherapy outcome, and the development of novel promoter systems for gene-directed enzyme proding therapy (GDEPT)

• Dr Weiguang Wang

Research Fellows

• Dr Sarah Brown

Research students

• Donna Brown
• Stephen Crotty
• Harpreet Dibra 
• Elisabeth Goessl 
• Victoria Wootton