<description>&lt;p&gt;More than 400,000 children and adolescents will be diagnosed with cancer worldwide this year. Many treatments that are meant to save a child can leave them with lifelong side-effects, including heart damage, infertility and cognitive issues. But for the first time, precision medicine is using the tiniest tools &amp;ndash; nanoparticles &amp;ndash; to design tailor-made treatments to beat childhood cancer.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Tune in to learn how precision medicine is changing the odds in the fight against childhood cancer with Professor Maria Kavallaris AM, a researcher whose own cancer diagnosis occurred at the same time as a career-changing opportunity to join the Children's Cancer Institute.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;See &lt;a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener"&gt;omnystudio.com/listener&lt;/a&gt; for privacy information.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

UNSW Centre for Ideas

UNSW Centre for Ideas

Tailor-Made Childhood Cancer Treatments with Professor Maria Kavallaris AM | One Big Idea

DEC 4, 202539 MIN
UNSW Centre for Ideas

Tailor-Made Childhood Cancer Treatments with Professor Maria Kavallaris AM | One Big Idea

DEC 4, 202539 MIN

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More than 400,000 children and adolescents will be diagnosed with cancer worldwide this year. Many treatments that are meant to save a child can leave them with lifelong side-effects, including heart damage, infertility and cognitive issues. But for the first time, precision medicine is using the tiniest tools – nanoparticles – to design tailor-made treatments to beat childhood cancer. 

Tune in to learn how precision medicine is changing the odds in the fight against childhood cancer with Professor Maria Kavallaris AM, a researcher whose own cancer diagnosis occurred at the same time as a career-changing opportunity to join the Children's Cancer Institute.

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