Also got to spend time with THRFG's Amy Durant and our wonderful patient advocate Trish Fuss, and topped it off with a Thunderbirds win. Great night!!
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Saturday I had the opportunity to attend Netball Australia's Adelaide Thunderbirds vs Queensland Firebirds PLAY4PINK round, raising money for breast cancer research together with principal charity partner The Hospital Research Foundation Group, and speak on a panel with Ali Clarke and Paul Flynn.
Why ‘being squeezed’ helps breast cancer cells to thrive
“intense physical pressure at early stages of the disease… leaves a lasting ‘mechanical memory’ in breast cancer cells, promoting aggressive behaviour after the pressure itself has been relieved.”
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Join the Adelaide Thunderbirds in the fight against breast cancer.
A new study led by researchers at Adelaide University and published in Science Advances has revealed why some cancers can grow and survive in the body, while others cannot.
Compressive force drives PIEZO1-RHO-ROCK mechanotransduction and establishes an epigenetic memory that promotes tumor progression.
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Sarah Boyle
Sarah Boyle
Sarah Boyle
Sarah Boyle
I am delighted to be able to share that our latest paper arising from a project co-led by @drsarahboyle.bsky.social and me is now out in the world, published in AAAS Science Advances.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Compressive force drives PIEZO1-RHO-ROCK mechanotransduction and establishes an epigenetic memory that promotes tumor progression.
