Cancer MRes
Overview
This programme provides a broad theoretical and practical exposure to diverse aspects of cancer research. It is relevant to medical and dental undergraduates and practitioners, and scientists eager to experience frontline laboratory research with a focus on cancer.
Specific areas covered in the taught component include:
- clinical and pathological aspects of cancer diagnosis
- how clinical management evolves
- molecular mechanisms that establish and promote cancer
- the benefits of cancer screening programmes
- how to identify novel targets for drug development
- treatment individualisation and monitoring
- clinical trials of new cancer therapies
- recent clinical successes.
The research project is supervised in a laboratory engaged actively in cancer research. Recent research projects have investigated: regulation of leukaemic stemness, reversal of therapy resistance, gene dependent necroptosis, selective cancer therapy, the therapeutic potential of signal transduction pathways, genome-wide analysis of a cancer epigenome, role of a tumour suppressor gene, bio-molecular basis of hormone-dependent cancer and evaluation of novel bio-drugs.
Programme Structure
Subject Knowledge Modules
Compulsory module:
- Cancer Studies (MMB8007)
You will also choose two of the following 20 credit modules:
- Ageing & Health (MMB8004)
- Applied Immunobiology of Human Disease (MMB8015)
- Applying the 3 Rs to In-Vivo Experimental Techniques (MMB8012)
- Biology of Ageing (MMB8011)
- Cell Cycle Control and Cell Signalling in Health and Disease (MMB8008)
- Clinical Epidemiology (MMB8009)
- Cognitive Neuroscience (MMB8010)
- Current Research Trends in Musculoskeletal Disease (MMB8002)
- Developmental Genetics (MMB8031)
- Diabetes (MMB8035)
- Drug Discovery and Development (MMB8006)
- Experimental Medicine & Therapeutics (MMB8005)
- Genetics of Common Disease (MMB8014)
- Genetic Medicine (MMB8030)
- Medical Biotechnology and Enterprise (MMB8001)
- Medical Genomics (MMB8029)
- Mitochondrial Biology & Medicine (MMB8034)
- Molecular Microbiology (MMB8016)
- Nanomaterials in Healthcare Technologies (MMB8017)
- Protein Structure and Function (MMB8018)
- Innovation in Industrial Bioscience (MMB8021)
- Scientific Basis of Neurological Disorders (MMB8020)
- Sensory Systems (MMB8019)
- Stem Cells & Regenerative Medicine (MMB8022)
- Surgical Anatomy (MMB8033)
- Systems Biology (MMB8023)
- The Biological Study of Behaviour (MMB8003)
- Toxicology (MMB8032)
- Transplantation Sciences (MMB8025)
Professional/Key Skills
You are required to take the 10 credit Statistical Techniques in Medical Research (MMB8028) module and will also choose one of the following 10 credit modules:
- Bioethics (MMB8027)
- Experimental Design for In-Vivo Research (MMB8026)
Research Project
The largest single component of the degree programme is a 100 credit compulsory research project (MMB8099).
