The researchers have discovered a critical vulnerability in metastatic brain cancer, which they say can be exploited with new drugs to prevent it from spreading.
Hong Han, an assistant professor with the Department of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences, has been awarded a Tier 2 Canada Research Chair, while Sheila Singh, a professor with the Department of Surgery, has had her Tier 1 Canada Research Chair renewed.
Videos featuring an unlicensed veterinarian touting a dog deworming medicine as a cure for human cancer were originally posted in 2019, but received new attention after being reposted on Facebook and TikTok in February.