Vancouver Prostate Centre - A UBC & VGH Centre of Excellence

Other Research Projects

  • Targeting the androgen receptor for knockout using siRNA/RNA interference strategies
  • Inhibiting androgen signaling using small molecules that bind to the androgen receptor
  • Determining mechanisms of ERG-mediated prostatic carcinogenesis
  • Defining the role and relevance of exosomes as communication vesicles during prostate cancer progression and the development of therapeutic resistance
  • Identification of changes in the genomes and transcriptomes of tumors mechanistically linked to the emergence of metastasis and drug resistance 
  • Determining the role of Semaphorin 3C in treatment resistance of prostate cancer
  • Investigating the anti-apoptosis protein, BIRC6 as a potential therapeutic target for prostate cancer
  • Bio-engineering and testing viruses that specifically infect and kill tumor cells while sparing normal cells