Michael D. Taylor

Researcher
  • The Hospital for Sick Children
  • University of Toronto
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  • Completed
    Multiple Cancers

    Killing the hydra: genetic dissection of actionable targets required for maintenance of metastatic disease

    Even senior scientists can be surprised by new data - something Dr. Sean Egan experienced when he found out that breast cancer metastasis can be very different from their original primary tumour. Dr...

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  • Completed
    Multiple Cancers

    Stratifying and targeting pediatric medulloblastoma through genomics

    Neurosurgeon Dr. Michael Taylor and his team used their TFRI-funded research to personalize medicine for children with the most common malignant brain tumour -- medulloblastoma. “We used to thin...

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Related News & Events

  • Research Highlight|October 21, 2021

    New study reveals the genes that drive cancer in a subset of patients with medulloblastoma

    A new international study led by researchers partly funded by the TFRI has uncovered a number of genes that drive cancer in a subset of patients with ...

  • Research Highlight|May 27, 2021

    Study reveals key genetic mutation that leads to the development of aggressive pediatric brain tumour

    A study by a Quebec-based team that includes several TFRI-funded researchers has found that many patients with a subtype of gliomas known as G34R/V hi...

  • Research Highlight|November 30, 2020

    Mapping out the mystery of blood stem cells

    Using state-of-the art sequencing technology, Princess Margaret scientists have revealed how stem cells are able to generate new blood cells throughou...

  • Research Highlight|May 19, 2020

    Scientists identify promising immunotherapy combination for pediatric brain cancer

    An international team that includes TFRI-funded researchers has discovered that combining immunotherapy with a drug called tumor necrosis factor (TNF)...

  • Research Highlight|June 03, 2019

    Scientists find common brain cancer found in childhood is related to early brain development

    A new study on the origin and development of pediatric tumours of the cerebellum, such as medulloblastoma, has concluded that these tumours are a diso...

  • Research Highlight|May 15, 2018

    Medulloblastoma leptomeningeal metastases can also occur through the bloodstream, study finds

    Findings from a recent study published in Cell are breaking new ground in the pediatric brain cancer world, suggesting medulloblastoma cells can metas...

  • Research Highlight|September 06, 2017

    Canadian, international researchers find new candidate drivers, subtype diversity in study of whole-genome landscape for children’s brain cancer

    A new study has analyzed hundreds of sequenced medulloblastoma (MB) samples, identifying new targets that could give children with this disease less h...

  • Research Highlight|January 03, 2017

    Personalizing treatment for patients with the most common malignant childhood brain tumour

    A TFRI-funded research team studying the most common type of brain tumour in children recently demonstrated the benefits of personalizing treatment ...

  • Research Highlight|January 14, 2016

    Biology of tumour changes when childhood brain cancer recurs, Canadian study finds

    New research co-funded by the Terry Fox Research Institute offers a simple explanation as to why new and experimental treatments fail for children wit...

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