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21 Jan 2025 – Research Update from the MCM Team (January 2025) |
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We continue to investigate molecular signatures linked to lung cancer, with a current focus on GCM1, a transcription factor involved in placental development and potentially significant in lung cancer biology. The GCM1 gene encodes a protein with a gcm-motif, playing a central role in DNA-binding and regulating placental-specific genes. While its primary function is in placental biology, emerging evidence suggests GCM1 mutations are implicated in various cancers, including lung adenocarcinoma (ADC). |
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05 Dec 2024 – WCG downtime in December |
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There will be an extended WCG downtime from December 7th, 2024 to January 3rd, 2025.
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Technical Issue
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26 Nov 2024 – Two projects come to an end |
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Smash Childhood Cancer and Help Stop TB concluded their phase with the WCG and are providing us with a final update. |
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16 Nov 2024 – The World Community Grid has turned 20! |
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This November, we celebrate the twentieth anniversary of the World Community Grid (WCG), an initiative that has harnessed the idle computing power of volunteers worldwide to advance critical scientific research. |
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08 Nov 2024 – Harnessing Technology for Good: How Sawyer and Brett Thompson are Redefining Cancer Research |
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When Brett Thompson was diagnosed with brain cancer, it was devastating news for his family. But out of this crisis emerged an extraordinary response from his then-12-year-old son, Sawyer Thompson, who used his love for technology to join the fight against cancer in an unexpected way. Today, their story is inspiring people worldwide to rethink how they, too, can contribute to scientific research, even without specialized knowledge or funds. |
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Media
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31 Oct 2024 – ARP restart update |
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The ARP project will be restarting by Monday November 4, following the technical pause it entered in December 2022. |
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10 Jul 2024 – Research Update from the MCM team (July 2024) |
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We continue to characterise lung cancer biomarkers identified in the MCM1 project. This update focuses on ASTN2, a protein involved in neuronal migration. It is expressed across several tissue types, and has been implicated in various cancers. |
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13 May 2024 – Research update from the MCM team (May 2024) |
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We continue to characterise lung cancer biomarkers identified in the MCM1 project. This update focuses on KLF5, a well-studied gene that has been implicated in several cancer types. KLF5 is a transcription factor, which is expressed across numerous organs and tissues. |
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25 Apr 2024 – ARP restart update |
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The ARP team is preparing to restart after the project was put on pause in December 2022. This article outlines the steps that we are taking in order to restart this project. |
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