Research Pulse podcast Season 1 Episode 7
New research is focused on chronic myeloid leukaemia (CML) and why some patients don’t respond to therapy.
We’re speaking to Professor Susan Branford from SA Pathology and the Centre for Cancer Biology, an alliance between SA Pathology and the University of South Australia.
We learn:
- about the game-changing use of targeted drug therapy for CML
- that about 20% of patients with CML are resistant to targeted drug therapy
- about using next-generation sequencing to find the genetic mutations associated with drug resistance
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About the researcher
Professor Branford is Head of the Leukaemia Unit in the Department of Genetics and Molecular Pathology at SA Pathology and a Section Leader at the Centre for Cancer Biology, University of South Australia.
Her research focusses on understanding the mechanisms of drug resistance and she leads the International CML Genomics Alliance. The Alliance aims to establish a genomically-based risk classification system to enhance patient management.
She received the 2021 Rowley Prize from the International CML Foundation for significant contribution to the understanding of the biology of chronic myeloid leukaemia.
