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Ganglioside Increases Metastatic Potential and Susceptibility of Prostate Cancer to Gene Therapy in vitro
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Prostate cancer (CaP) is the 2nd most common cancer in North American men. Tumour management strategies are appropriate for early stage disease, but advanced disease has a poor prognosis and requires prompt treatment. Therefore, research into delay of tumour progression and efficacious treatment...
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Impact of conventional fractionated RT to pelvic lymph nodes and dose-escalated hypofractionated RT to prostate gland using IMRT treatment delivery in high-risk prostate cancer
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Prostate cancer is the most common cancer among Canadian men. The standard treatment in high-risk category is radical radiation, with androgen suppression treatment (AST). Significant disease progression is reported despite this approach. Radiation dose escalation has been shown to improve...
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Mechanistic studies on the uptake and intracellular trafficking of DNA complexes in primary cells using lipid-modified cationic polymers as non-viral gene carrier
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This thesis work is aimed at addressing some of the fundamental questions surrounding the intracellular fate of plasmid DNA in clinically-relevant primary cells, when delivered with lipid-modi!ed cationic polymers as gene carriers. We developed an optimized procedure for the transfection of...
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Fall 2016
Relative to those without diabetes, individuals with type 2 diabetes have an increased risk of several cancers, but a decreased risk of prostate cancer. While metformin may reduce the risk of some cancers, it may not reduce the risk of prostate cancer. However, race/ethnicity may modify...
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A Combined Computational and Experimental Investigation of Polynucleotide Binding Polymers for Therapeutic Applications
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Polynucleotide binding polymers have a wide range of therapeutic applications including delivery systems for therapeutic polynucleotides, and antithrombotic drugs for extracellular nucleic acid-mediated thrombogenic events. This dissertation explores polynucleotide binding polymers in these two...
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Fall 2017
Metastasis is the leading cause of cancer-related deaths, yet there are no therapies that directly target this process. To identify potential therapeutic targets of metastatic dissemination, we recently completed the first whole human genome shRNA screen using a novel avian embryo intravital...