Peter Dirks

Researcher
  • The Hospital for Sick Children
  • University of Toronto
Home > About Us > Our People > Researcher Bio
  • Bio

Related Research

  • Brain Cancer

    Immune interception for malignant gliomas in children, adolescents and young adults

    Cancer is often talked about as one disease, but it’s actually hundreds of diseases, each with unique mutations, behaviours and responses to treatment. This is especially true for high-grade gli...

    Read More
  • Multiple Cancers

    Determinants of stemness that underlie high risk or relapse disease

    There’s an analogy that Dr. John Dick likes to use to describe cancer. For him, cancer is like a weed, with the tumour being the leafy part that sits above ground. The roots, on the other hand, ...

    Read More
  • Completed
    Multiple Cancers

    Development of stemness-based prognostic biomarkers and therapeutic targets

    There is an analogy senior scientist Dr. John Dick uses when explaining his TFRI-funded cancer stem cell (CSC) research. He compares cancer to a weed that has a separate root to the stem, branches and...

    Read More

Related News & Events

  • Research Highlight|September 01, 2020

    Developing precision medicine alternatives for triple negative breast cancer

    TFRI-funded scientists in Toronto have made a discovery that could unlock precision medicine treatments for patients diagnosed with triple negative br...

  • All News & Events