Grant: Team Grant: Bringing Biology to Cancer Prevention - Tech, Tools and Methods

Leukaemia is a serious type of cancer of the blood. It is important to find ways to detect it earlier and develop better treatments. Our research team is working on a new way to detect leukaemia early by using tiny particles in your blood called extracellular vesicles (EVs). These particles carry important messages between cells in your body. We discovered that these EVs change when someone has leukaemia. By looking at these changes, we hope to create a simple test to detect leukemia sooner. We also want to learn how these EVs might help cancer grow by giving tumours extra energy. Another part of our research looks at how exercise may protect against cancer. Scientists know that staying active lowers the risk of getting cancer, but we are not sure why. We think exercise might increase the number of EVs with helpful proteins. By the end of this project, we hope to create a test to detect leukaemia early and better understand how EVs play a role in cancer. Studying how exercise affects EVs will also help us understand why being active can reduce your chances of developing leukemia.