Recipients of 2025 BC Cancer Emerging Multidisciplinary Research Programs Announced

BC Cancer’s 2025 Cancer Emerging Multidisciplinary Research Programs supports research teams to initiate novel multidisciplinary research projects that aim to tackle well-defined issues or problems that affect patients living with cancer or at risk of developing cancer. Funding for the programs is provided through the BC Ministry of Health in collaboration with the BC Cancer Foundation.

2025 Emerging Multidisciplinary Research Programs Recipients: 

New research reveals key driver of drug resistance in certain lung cancers

Researchers with the Lockwood Lab at BC Cancer examined why certain lung tumours manage to resist treatment over time, and what can be done to reduce resistance. The study, published in Oncogene, investigates why some patients with lung adenocarcinoma develop a resistance to EGFR inhibitors, a common treatment for this type of non-small cell lung cancer. 

Certain bacteria in breast tumour environments may fuel cancer spread

Researchers from BC Cancer and the University of British Columbia (UBC) have discovered that certain bacteria found in breast tumours could be linked to metastasis, or the spread of cancer to other parts of the body. The findings, published in mBio, a journal of the American Society of Microbiology, suggest that Bacillus bacteria in the tumour micro-environment can play an active role in metastasis.

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