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Translating biological research into medical impact: Development of a blood test for lung cancer

Dawn Coverley

  • 26 September 2014
    5pm - 5.20pm

  • York Medical Society (map)

  • FREE admission
    No booking required

  • Wheelchair accessible
    (through the garden)

Event details

In the Department of Biology at the University of York, Dawn’s research group is interested in how human cells copy their DNA and how the process becomes corrupted in cancer cells. In recent years they have focused on one particular cancer-associated change and investigated its potential to be used as a very specific way of identifying cancer cells. Recent findings show that it can be used to detect the presence of tumours in the lung by testing a patient’s blood. Drop by to find out more!

This is one of twelve thought-provoking short talks throughout the evening at York Medical Society on all things health-related by researchers from across eight different departments at the University of York. The talks are divided into three sessions over four hours, starting at 5pm and ending at 9.20pm, which are interspersed with refreshments and a chance to speak to the researchers, some of whom have been researching for years and some of whom are just at the start of their careers.