Andy Sims
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Andy Sims
@asimslab
Dad, husband, son, runner, skier, climber, cyclist, lecturer, bioinformatician, cancer researcher and stage IV melanoma patient

🆕A protein that helps #breastcancer cells survive could be targeted with a new type of drug already undergoing clinical trials for other cancers. The @UofGlasgow research is funded by @BreastCancerNow & published in Cell Death & Differentiation. 1/2 ➡️go.nature.com/39tL3AJ


New addition to @EdinCRC strength in ovarian cancer research.




"Why me? Well I guess the question is; why not me if 50% will eventually get #brainmets?" What happened to you in lockdown? abcdiagnosis.co.uk/2020/09/what-h… #SecondaryBreastCancer #AdvancedBreastCancer #MetastaticBreastCancer #BusyLivingWithMets #bccww #bcsm #PatientsTogether



Ruo-Yu Ma, Bin-Zhi Qian, Pollard @EdinburghUni et al. identify a novel population of CD204+IL4R+ bone metastasis associated macrophages (BoMAMs) in mouse models and patient samples, which significantly promote #metastatic outgrowth of #breastcancer in vivo bit.ly/30Mdd6c






Is there an excess in cancer deaths during the Covid-19 pandemic? It maybe acute based on data from Scotland just released today--but we must continue to monitor this and get more detailed data. nrscotland.gov.uk/covid19stats


