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It means hope for the next generation of lung cancer patients. <\/h4>\n<p><strong>What are some of the key findings, progress and discoveries you have made with your research to date \u2013 and how will this make a difference to patients with this disease?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Our research has previously focused on lung squamous cell carcinoma \u2013 the second most common subtype of lung cancer. Lung squamous cell carcinoma is often diagnosed too late, when the cancer is inoperable. Therefore, the ability to detect this cancer early would help more patients have life-saving surgery. We identified the cells that are likely to give rise to lung squamous cell carcinoma, known as basal stem cells, that are present in healthy airways. We uncovered evidence that these cells are the \u201cseed\u201d from which lung squamous carcinomas grow. The hope going forward is our discovery will allow for the earlier detection of aberrant basal stem cells and enable more patients to have curative surgery.<\/p>\n<p>We have also investigated how to better treat lung squamous cell carcinomas with \u201ctargeted\u201d, personalised medicine. We identified a \u2018biomarker\u2019 that would better categorise the patients who would respond to promising new anti-cancer drugs called FGFR (Fibroblast Growth Factor Receptor) inhibitors. We hope this work will allow for the right participants to be recruited into clinical trials to evaluate the efficacy of this new targeted therapy. Our recent work has also found that two BH3-mimetics and one FGFR inhibitor were able to block cancer cell survival so successfully in pre-clinical models that tumours not only stopped growing, they began to shrink away. The next step in our research is working to develop new drugs that can block these molecules safely and effectively in patients.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What do you hope to achieve with this research project?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>My research project investigates lung cancer metastasis. Over 70% of lung cancer patients present with cancers that have spread from the \u2018primary\u2019 lung cancer to other parts of the body and this renders their cancer inoperable. Such patients rely on chemotherapy, radiotherapy and more recently immunotherapy to slow the growth of their tumours, yet this treatment is rarely curative. There is a desperate need to design new treatments that target metastases, which requires an understanding of the unique features of these cancer cells and their microenvironment. I am profiling the cancer cells and immune cells from \u2018primary\u2019 and metastatic sites within lung cancer patients to identify novel targets for treatment. Our work relies on the generosity of lung cancer patients, and collaboration between clinicians and basic scientists. We hope this project will go on to improve treatment options for the majority of lung cancer patients who present with inoperable tumours.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Clare Weeden hopes that in the future, lung cancer will become a manageable disease. <\/p>\n<p><strong>How important was the funding from Lung Foundation Australia to your work?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Deep Manchanda Early Career Fellowship is crucial in supporting me to continue my work in lung cancer and lung diseases. This funding allows me to ask challenging research questions and perform state-of-the-art experiments to answer them. Funding opportunities for young researchers can be scarce. Having dedicated funding support for lung diseases attracts more researchers to tackle these projects, and with more research comes more discoveries that have the potential to improve the health of patients living with lung diseases.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Do you have a message for Lung Foundation Australia\u2019s supporters?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Despite being the leading cause of cancer death, lung cancer research currently receives only 5% of cancer research funding in Australia. Your support evens this gap, and funds research that has real-world impact on the lives of patients. Thank you for supporting our research into lung cancer and lung disease, it truly makes our work possible.<\/p>\n\n<!-- wp:heading {\"textAlign\":\"center\",\"style\":{\"color\":{\"text\":\"#4f9837\"}}} -->\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color\" id=\"block-5abf52d1-6a14-4e0e-a4f0-3e5577014a33\" style=\"color:#4f9837\">Research saves lives and gives hope for a cure.<br><strong>Give hope. Give to research today<\/strong>.<\/h2>\n<!-- \/wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:buttons {\"align\":\"center\"} -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons aligncenter\"><!-- wp:button {\"style\":{\"color\":{\"background\":\"#4f9837\"}}} -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-background\" href=\"https:\/\/lungfoundation.com.au\/donate\/\" style=\"background-color:#4f9837\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Donate today<\/a><\/div>\n<!-- \/wp:button --><\/div>\n<!-- \/wp:buttons -->\n\n<!-- wp:separator -->\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n<!-- \/wp:separator -->\n\n<!-- wp:media-text {\"mediaId\":11728,\"mediaLink\":\"https:\\\/\\\/lungfoundation.com.au\\\/stories\\\/lachlans-story\\\/bev-and-lachlan-2\\\/\",\"mediaType\":\"image\"} -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img src=\"https:\/\/lungfoundation.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Bev-and-Lachlan-1-1024x704.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11728 size-full\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\"><!-- wp:heading {\"level\":4} -->\n<h4>30 Reasons for Research <\/h4>\n<!-- \/wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The work of Dr Clare Weeden is giving hope to\u00a0people like\u00a0Lachlan, who was diagnosed with lung cancer at the age of just 20. 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During my PhD, our lab discovered that SIDT2 is important during viral infection where it is required to transport viral genetic material called double-stranded RNA from infected cells to uninfected cells in order to initiate an antiviral response. Following on from my PhD, I have now extended this work to explore the role of SIDT2 in cancer.\n\nSo far, we have discovered that the loss of SIDT2 leads to decreased tumour burden in lung cancer and intestinal cancer, suggesting that SIDT2 is important for tumour development.\n<h4>What do you hope to achieve with this research project?<\/h4>\nI am working to determine the mechanism by which SIDT2 is promoting cancer growth and whether inhibition of SIDT2 in tumours could be an effective therapeutic option for patients. To do so, we will determine whether loss of SIDT2 in lung cancer cells can enhance the efficacy of various chemotherapeutic drugs,such as 5-FU and cisplatin, to induce cancer cell death.\n\nThis work will further expand our knowledge of SIDT2 function in cancer and I am hopeful that this work will one day form the foundation upon which we can develop inhibitors of SIDT2 to help treat patients with lung cancer.\n<h4>How important was the funding from Lung Foundation Australia to your work?<\/h4>\nFunding from Lung Foundation Australia has been instrumental in providing the opportunity for me to continue my PhD research as a postdoctoral scientist at the WEHI. This is an opportunity that not every young scientist is lucky enough to receive, and it has allowed me to perform the additional experiments required to publish this work in an internationally recognised scientific journal.\n<h4>Do you have a message for Lung Foundation Australia\u2019s supporters?<\/h4>\nI would like to extend my sincerest thanks and gratitude to all the supporters and donors of Lung Foundation Australia. Your support of young medical researchers like myself is deeply appreciated. It has allowed me to do what I love, which is to be in the lab and to focus on my research.","post_title":"Dr Tan Nguyen","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"dr-tan-nguyen","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2020-10-07 19:59:25","post_modified_gmt":"2020-10-07 09:59:25","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/lungfoundation.com.au\/?post_type=researcher&p=1560","menu_order":0,"post_type":"researcher","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":12127,"post_author":"85","post_date":"2021-01-13 14:36:27","post_date_gmt":"2021-01-13 04:36:27","post_content":"<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>For Dr Venessa Chin, research means the discovery of the new and unknown and that one day there will be a cure for lung cancer.<\/strong> <\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>What inspired you to undertake this research project?<\/strong> <br>Immunotherapy has provided an exciting new therapy for patients with advanced lung cancer. However, the majority of people who try these therapies receive no benefit from them. The biomarkers we use to predict patients who will benefit perform poorly, which inspired me to undertake a project looking for accurate predictive biomarkers of immunotherapy response.\u202fThis research will help us understand how the immune cells within a tumour function, and to discover if single-cell genomics can be developed into a real-time, functional test. <\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Dr Venessa Chin hopes that one day lung cancer will become a \u201cthing of the past\u201d. <\/strong> <\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>What have been some of the key findings?<\/strong> <br>So far, I have ascertained that cell biopsies taken from patients can be cultured in the lab and exposed to immunotherapy successfully.\u202fThey are also well suited to analysis with single-cell sequencing.\u202fSmall changes in the tumour micro-environment can be detected after exposure to immunotherapy and quantified. <br> <br><strong>How do you envision this will impact the health and wellbeing of patients?<\/strong> <br>I envision that in the future, a fresh biopsy will be taken from a patient and plated in culture in the lab.\u202fAfter exposure to immunotherapy, the ability of the immune system to activate and kill cancer cells will be measured. <\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p> <br><strong>How important was funding from Lung Foundation Australia for your work? <\/strong> <br>This funding is incredibly important to allow me dedicated research time away from my clinical work.\u202fIt will also pay for a research assistant and sequencing costs. <br> <br> <br><strong>A number of our research awards are funded through generous donations from patients and families impacted by lung disease. What would you say to someone considering donating?<\/strong> <br>Patients with lung cancer have a high degree of suffering, with generally poor survival outcomes and limited access to effective therapies.\u202fThey also have limited access to supportive services. Donations to lung cancer research can make a big difference to a large group of patients with high care needs. <\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Donations to research can make a big difference to changing the lives of people with lung cancer.<\/strong> <\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>What change do you hope to see in the lung disease and lung cancer space by 2030?<\/strong> <br>I hope that lung cancer screening is being implemented in Australia.\u202fI also hope that the rates of smoking continue to fall towards zero.\u202fI anticipate we will have more accurate methods of tailoring therapies for patients, based on cellular markers or real-time functional assays (biological testing). <\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Dr Venessa Chin hopes that research will discover a cure for lung cancer. <\/strong> <\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:heading {\"align\":\"center\",\"style\":{\"color\":{\"text\":\"#4f9837\"}}} -->\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color\" id=\"block-b727b90a-b822-4348-b6bc-8bca67fde456\" style=\"color:#4f9837\">Research saves lives and gives hope for a cure.<br><strong>Give hope. 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