Learn how we're using regenerative medicine to improve quality of life for people who survive cancer. When a person survives head, neck or throat cancer the same radiotherapy treatment that saved their life often leaves a devastating side effect. Radiotherapy kills cancer cells but it also damages the healthy cells that create the saliva we use to eat and speak. Dr Elaine Emmerson leads research into ways to repair this damage. She works closely with people who are living with cancer and with our second speaker, surgeon Mr Iain Nixon. Together they are working on research projects to improve quality of life for people who survive cancer and to use regenerative medicine techniques to coax cells into making saliva again. Find out more Elaine Emmerson's research page This article was published on 2024-09-09
