Anastasia R. Aikins (BSc, MPhil (Ghana), PhD (Korea))

Research Interests

1. Cancer Immunology including interrogating the role of immune cell markers present on cancer cells in disease progression. Investigating the mechanisms including pro-inflammatory roles, through which these markers contribue to disease progression and metastasis and exploring the possibility of them being used as therapeutic targets and biomarkers for cancer.

2. Determination of anti-cancer effects of natural products and the possibility of combining with existing drugs to enhance efficacy

3. Alternative forms of vascularization to angiogenesis in tumors is imprtant because they may not be within the target of the current anti-angiogenic drugs . we are currently involved in studies that identify certain markers that contribute to vasculogenic mimicry