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Molly Appeal paves the way to precision cancer treatment

Posted by Melanie Jollymore on November 24, 2017 in News
2017 Molly Appeal lead researchers (left to right) Wenda Greer, Zhaolin Xu and Paola Marignani. (Group photos by Danny Abriel; additional photos courtesy Dalhousie Medical Research Foundation)
2017 Molly Appeal lead researchers (left to right) Wenda Greer, Zhaolin Xu and Paola Marignani. (Group photos by Danny Abriel; additional photos courtesy Dalhousie Medical Research Foundation)


A group of Dalhousie Medical School researchers is spearheading a new initiative to develop personalized cancer treatments, with support from Dalhousie Medical Research Foundation’s 2017-18 Molly Appeal.

“Every person’s cancer is as unique as their fingerprints,” says Dr. Paola Marignani, an internationally known cancer researcher and professor in Dalhousie’s Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology who’s leading this year’s Molly Appeal research initiative. 

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