At the Institute of Biophysics a scientific seminar will be held

A scientific seminar on "Cancer stem cell studies and modern genetic tests" will be held at the Biophysics Institute of the Ministry of Science and Education of the Republic of Azerbaijan on September 6, 2023 at 1030. Postdoctoral researcher of Ege University in Izmir Ph.D. Gunel Mukhtarova, will speak at the seminar.

Those who wish can participate in the seminar.

Brief information:

1. The Cancer Stem Cell (CSC) hypothesis is an important model elucidating the relationship between a small cell subpopulation found in tumor tissue that shares many common features with normal stem cells and the development of resistance to conventional treatment, disease recurrence, and metastasis in cancer patients. Various mechanisms such as intrinsic/acquired properties of XKHs and increased activity of XKH-related signaling pathways play a major role in the emergence of resistance to conventional therapies. XKHs have the ability to survive and proliferate by adapting to various stressors due to their variable metabolic and nutritional properties against environmental conditions. Therefore, the successful targeting and elimination of HSCs is one of the main challenges of cancer treatment. To overcome this problem, it is necessary to properly identify and characterize XKHs, discover possible XKH biomarkers, and develop new targeted therapy strategies.

2. Personalized genetic tests can provide a clear medical diagnosis for symptoms that cannot be explained by classical methods, and provide a chance for the patient or carrier to choose between life and death through early diagnosis of many inherited and acquired diseases.

05 September 2023

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