Published: 02-11-2022 15:35 | Updated: 02-11-2022 15:58

Researcher at BioNut receives grant from World Wide Cancer Research

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Professor Staffan Strömblad at the Department of Biosciences and Nutrition, Karolinska Institutet, has received a grant from World Wide Cancer Research for a project on: "How may mechanotransduction prevent cancer?".

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Staffan Strömblad. Photo: Anders Lindholm

We wish to congratulate Professor Staffan Strömblad at the Department of Biosciences and Nutrition (BioNut), who has received a grant from World Wide Cancer Research (WWCR). He has received GBP 241,404 for a project on: "How may mechanotransduction prevent cancer?", for the years 2023-2025.

"I am very grateful to the WWCR for this funding that makes it possible for us to run this exciting project on an unexpected protective role of tissue stiffening in cancer", says Staffan.