Hughes children’s cancer research centre
The Hughes Children’s Cancer Research Centre (HCCRC) is a
state-of-the-art research centre at the University of
Calgary uniquely designed to advance interdisciplinary
research in childhood cancer. Named after the Hughes family,
who made the lead donation of $750,000 in 2005, the centre
is equipped with cutting edge technology and wet and dry
labs. The HCCRC houses basic scientists, researchers and
doctors, who work collaboratively to investigate the
molecular makeup of cancer cells in cancers with low
survival rates. By unlocking the secrets of these cells—how
and why they behave as they do—researchers will be able to
develop targeted treatments that selectively kill cancer
cells rather than all living cells.
Focusing on experimental therapeutics for cancers with
low survival rates, HCCRC researchers are working to develop
less invasive treatments that will help combat all cancers.
The hope is that one day these treatments will save more
lives and minimize the short and long-term side effects of
cancer treatments.
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