PROJECTS
which have received research grants 2007

       
Name Place Project title SEK
Per-Ola Andersson Gothenburg Chronic lymphatic leukemia (CLL): Tumour immunology and immunotherapy 60.000
Tommy Andersson Malmö Cell adhesion - a clinical verified target for inhibition of metastases of epithelial tumours. 150.000
Ulrika Andréasson Lund Gene expression analyses of malignant B cell lymphomas 15.000
Håkan Axelson Malmö Novel cancer treatment strategies based on inhibition of Notch signalling 100.000
Bo Baldetorp Lund Anti-tumour treatment with internalizing monoclonal antibodies 60.000
Mattias Belting Lund Targeted anti-angiogenesis cancer treatment 100.000
Johan Bengzon Lund Development of stem cells as vehicles for brain tumor therapy 60.000
Anders Bjartell Malmö Predictive prostate cancer biomarkers 150.000
Åke Borg Lund Classification of familiar and sporadic breast cancer 200.000
Charlotte Bratt Lund Tumour markers and cancer 60.000
Ann Brun Lund Expansion of hemotopoietic stem cell 60.000
Eva Brun Lund Positron emission tomography (PET) and cervical cancer 60.000
Christina Carlsson Lund Hereditary cancer – psychosocial follow-up 60.000
Bertil Casslén Lund Gynecological cancer - early diagnostics 60.000
Eva Cavallin-Ståhl Lund Sweden, Norway Testicular Cancer (SWENOTECA) cooperation group. Follow-up of new treatments 110.000
Anna Darabi Lund Immunotherapy of murine gliomas 60.000
Kristina Drott Lund Targeted anti-leukemia treatment (p53 target gene TRIM22) 60.000
Jacob Engellau Lund Sarcomas: Improved diagnostics and prognostics 75.000
Elisabet Englund Lund Classification of glioblastomas for improved diagnostics and prognostics 75.000
Magnus Essand Uppsala Oncolytic adenoviral therapy of prostate cancer 109.457
Mårten Fernö Lund Breast cancer: Radioresistance and local recurrencies 150.000
Thoas Fioretos Malmö Genomic characterisation and functional studies on leukemia associated genetic aberrations 150.000
David Gisselsson Lund Studies on mechanism for chromosomal instability in tumours: potentials for prognostics and therapy 100.000
Aleksander Giwercman Malmö Genetic polymorphisms and cancer testis 150.000
Yvonne Giwercman Malmö Prostate cancer: importance of genetic variants 100.000
Urban Gullberg Lund Studies on cell differentiation in leukemia 60.000
Britta Halvarsson Helsingborg

Colo-rectal cancer:
tumour biology and improved histo-pathology diagnostics

60.000
Ingrid Hedenfalk Lund DNA profiles in primary breast cancer 60.000
Rebecka Hellsten Malmö Treatment of prostate cancer: development of STAT3 inhibitors 60.000
Anne Hultquist Lund Hematopoietic stem cell function 60.000
Mattias Höglund Lund Studies on genomic changes in bladder carcinomas 100.000
Mats Jerkeman Lund Prognostic factors in aggressive B cell lymphomas 60.000
Helena Jernström Lund Medical treatment of breast cancer. Prognostic importance of gene polymorphism for drug metabolism 60.000
Karin Jirström Malmö Breast cancer: tissue array analyses of risk factors 100.000
Jan Johansson Lund Genetic markers in gastroesophageal tumours 60.000
Martin Eugén Johansson Malmö Clear cell renal cancer: studies on VHL non-dependent tumour progression 60.000
Anders Johnsson Lund EGFR inhibition as radiosensitizer 60.000
Göran Jönsson Lund Molecular characterisation of malignant melanomas 60.000
Göran Landberg Malmö Tamoxifen response in breast cancer 150.000
Jenny Liao Persson Malmö Cancer stem cells in leukemia and prostate cancer 100.000
Annika Lindblom Stockholm Risk factors in colo-rectal cancer 60.000
Michael Ljungberg Lund Physics and dosimetry in systemic radiotherapy 60.000
Anders Malmström Lund The role of proteoglycans in squamous cell cancer. 60.000
Mef Nilbert Lund Development of hereditary colo-rectal cancer. How? 200.000
Ulrike Nuber Lund Glioma stem cells 75.000
Ioannis Panagopoulos Lund Molecular-genetic studies on soft tissue tumours and leukemia 75.000
Helen Pettersson Malmö Tumour multidrug resistance with focus on arsenic trioxide effects 70.000
Sven Påhlman Malmö Tumour aggressiveness and hypoxia 150.000
Thomas Relander Lund Genetic aberrations in T cell lymphomas 60.000
Karin Rennstam Lund Epigenetics and microenvironmental influence in breast cancer 60.000
Lars Rönnstrand Malmö Investigation of alterations in the c-Kit signal transduction machinery 100.000
Birgitta Sander Stockholm Mantle cell lymphomas - pathogenesis and therapy targets 60.000
Stefan Scheding Lund Mesenchymal stem cells (MSC) from bone marrow and osteosarcomas 100.000
Peter Siesjö Lund Dendritic cell-based therapy for the treatment of experimental brain tumors 60.000
Ewa Sitnicka Lund Flt3 in normal and malignant hematopoiesis 100.000
Anita Sjölander Malmö Inflammation-induced colon cancer 60.000
Sven-Erik Strand Lund Systemic radiotherapy – optimizing therapy 150.000
Jan Tennvall Lund Targeted radioimmunotherapy of cancer 150.000
Johan Wennerberg Lund Effects of erythropoitin (EPO) and other cytokines on tumour growth after surgical trauma 100.000
       

Total 2007: 59 grants – SEK 5.194.457

Total amount of contributions from the public 2006 – SEK 429.457  - shared by 4 researchers:
3 grants awarded to prostate cancer, total SEK 359.457 and one grant awarded to lung cancer, SEK 70.000.
These four research projects are marked with extra bold type in the list.

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