Cell biology

This area is focusing on basic mechanisms in causation of tumors and tumor progression, including host responses to tumor development.

It includes genetic factors and their protein products, such as oncogenes, cell cycle regulating genes, signal transduction genes, growth factors, apoptosis and cell ageing controls, and suppressor genes and susceptibility genes.

Genetic cancer susceptibilities

This area also includes studies on genetic cancer susceptibility and familiar cancers, related molecular epidemiology, on the interplay between malignant and normal cells, cell adhesion, angiogenesis, metastasis formation, aspects on tumor regression, and research on the relationship between infections and tumor development, as well as related bioinformatics and biocomplexity.

The application of this knowledge in the development on experimental treatments, such as gene and immunotherapy, and preventive measures is also included in this area of research.

Research groups in cell biology

Last modified by: Jenny Hermansson 2012-09-27
Photo: Lennart Nilsson. The killer cell just before it attacks the big tumour cell.