Master's Research Project
An educational animation about a novel route of medulloblastoma metastasis
Medulloblastoma is the most common childhood brain cancer. It has one of the highest mortality rates of paediatric cancers and currently has no targeted treatments. Cancer cells that break off from the primary tumour, known as metastases, are the leading cause of treatment failure and death in medulloblastoma patients.
For over a century, scientists assumed that medulloblastoma metastases travel exclusively in cerebrospinal fluid; however, novel research published by the Taylor Lab at SickKids Hospital in Toronto may revolutionize our understanding of this disease and offers promising leads for the development of new therapies.
Dr. Michael Taylor | MD, PhD, FRCS(C)
Dr. Craig Daniels | Hons BSc, PhD
Prof. Nick Woolridge | BFA, BScBMC, MSc, CMI, FAMI
Prof. Marc Dryer | Hons BA, MSc, MScBMC
Scientific Community: Graduate students, oncologists, researchers, and physicians
Lay Audience: Families of medulloblastoma patients, grant panels, people with interest
The proposed solution — a 3D animation — will be used to visualize novel research on the circulatory route of medulloblastoma metastasis in order to achieve the following goals: