Project Description:

Associate Professor Michelle Hill is investigating an early detection test for ovarian cancer by searching for proteins in the blood which could be identified as ‘biomarkers’ of the disease, and therefore translated into a clinical test. Her approach involves identifying proteins in the blood with sugars attached, called glycoproteins. Changes in these proteins have been implicated in cancer, including ovarian. Associate Professor Hill used a similar method in lab research to detect oesophageal cancer, with promising results. She is optimistic her ovarian cancer investigations will lead to findings that can be used as the basis for a blood test to detect the disease.