Steven Jones

Researcher
  • BC Cancer
  • Canada's Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre
  • Simon Fraser University
  • University of British Columbia
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Related Research

  • Pediatric & Young Adult Cancers

    Precision oncology for young people (PROFYLE)

    For the first time in Canadian history, more than 30 pediatric cancer research and funding organizations have joined forces through Terry Fox PROFYLE, a pan-Canadian project to give children, adolesce...

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  • Completed
    Multiple Cancers

    BC Cancer-Princess Margaret Pilot for the Marathon of Hope Cancer Centres

    In February of 2017, the Terry Fox Research Institute and two leading cancer centres in Canada – the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre in Toronto and BC Cancer in Vancouver –&...

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  • Completed
    All Cancers

    Discovery and therapeutic development of antibody-based targets in oncology

    Many chemotherapeutic drugs used to treat cancer result in tremendous toxicities for patients that can have many negative side effects - including some that are long-lasting - without ever actually cu...

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Related News & Events

  • Research Highlight|October 21, 2021

    RNA-seq is the best available tool to personalize treatment for patients with acute myeloid leukemia, study finds

    TFRI-funded researchers at BC Cancer in a new study demonstrate that a genomic test known as whole transcriptome sequencing (RNA-seq) is the best avai...

  • Research Highlight|December 14, 2020

    Study reveals unique mutational pattern in patients with early-onset pancreatic cancer

    TFRI-funded researchers have found that patients with early-onset pancreatic cancer have a distinct mutational pattern in a gene called CDKN2A. This d...

  • Research Highlight|October 22, 2020

    Calgary-based researchers discover new tactic that could help stop the growth of a deadly brain cancer

    The finding, published in Nature Communications, provides a new tactic in the war against cancer that involves reprogramming the immune system to do w...

  • TFRI News|August 17, 2020

    Marathon of Hope Cancer Centres Network operational plan continues to take shape

    Plans for implementation of the new pan-Canadian network to accelerate precision medicine continue to move ahead with partners and leaders from the fo...

  • 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)...

  • Press Release|September 16, 2015

    $16-million from supporters and partners fuels research to improve detection, treatment for high-risk, inherited cancers

    In this 35th anniversary year of the Terry Fox Marathon of Hope, a $16-million injection of funding from the Terry Fox Foundation and three new resear...

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