Fellow to investigate how a leukaemia treatment could fight breast cancer

Academy Fellow Professor Jane Visvader (pictured) and researchers at Melbourne's Walter and Eliza Prof Jane VisvaderHall Institute have found that anti-cancer compounds called BH3-mimetics were effective in treating the most common types of breast cancers.

The team say they are hopeful the discovery will mean clinical trials of BH3-mimetics as a breast cancer treatment within the next few years.