Name: Killing Machines – Harnessing Our Body’s Immune System to Beat Cancer
Start: 2025-05-20T19:30:00
End: 2025-05-20T22:00:00
Location: The Griffin

Our immune system is critical for fighting infection, and killing the bacteria, fungi and viruses which invade our body. Why not cancer? Come and join us for an exciting evening to explore how immune cells produce and utilise energy, how this process changes in the immune cells when they are exposed to tumour cells, and how the immune system can be activated so the body recognises tumour cells as ‘bad’ and destroys them. The night will be filled with fascinating talks from three experts in the cancer immunotherapy field of research.
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Dr Ed Roberts (Group Leader, Cancer Research UK Scotland Institute)

Each of us contains an immune defense system which can respond to almost any threat and yet one in two people are expected to develop cancer in their lifetime. How does cancer evade these defenses? Is the situation hopeless or can we overcome cancer's tricks? If we soup up the immune system will we just cause other problems? These are some of the questions about the immune system and its role in cancer therapy which will be discussed.

Bad Bugs, Good News: Salmonella in Bacterial Cancer Therapy

Declan McLelland (Scientific Officer, Cancer Research UK Scotland Institute)

You wouldn’t invite Salmonella to the table, but what if it could help fight bowel cancer? Led by Dr. Kendle Maslowski, our research is harnessing this modified bug to target tumors with precision—leaving healthy tissue unharmed. By starving tumors of essential nutrients and activating the immune system, this unexpected therapy could be a game-changer in the fight against cancer.

Preventing Cancer By Targeting Badly Behaved Immune Cells

Dr Cassie Clarke (Associate Scientist, Cancer Research UK Scotland Institute )

The immune system is a network of different cell types that defend the body against infection. Immune cells need energy to function & the ability of cells to make and use energy is a process called metabolism. We have found that cancer changes the metabolism of immune cells. This altered immune cell metabolism changes the environment within the body, & rather than protect us, these immune cells actually make the cancer more aggressive. Here we will explore how immune cell metabolism contributes to cancer development & progression, & how we can use this information to prevent cancer occurring.

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