Nicol Keith

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University of Glasgow
CRUK Beatson Labs
Garscube Estate, Switchback Road
Bearsden
Glasgow
G61 1BD
United Kingdom

Email: nicol.keith@glasgow.ac.uk
Web: Lab website

About Nicol Keith

Nicol Keith is Professor of Molecular Oncology at the University of Glasgow. He and his team are investigating how cancer cells become immortal and are using this information to develop new anticancer treatments. In particular, Professor Keith is investigating ways to target telomerase, an "immortality gene" that is switched on in eight out of ten cancers.

Nicol Keith other research projects

Funding period: 01 January 2011 to 31 January 2013

Recent publications


Malignancy without immortality? Cellular immortalization as a possible late event in melanoma progression

Pigment Cell Melanoma Res.2011;24 :490-503

Modulation of telomerase promoter tumor selectivity in the context of oncolytic adenoviruses

Cancer Res.2007;67 :1299-1307