The challenge.

Despite significant progress in cancer research and development of new therapies, advanced metastatic cancer remains a deadly disease.

Metastatic cancer cells resistant to therapies are the main cause of disease recurrence and mortality.

Our approach.

Cancer is often considered a metabolic disease with citrate as the main substrate in energy and building block synthesis.

metaThera research focuses on citrate metabolism, uptake and signaling in metastatic cancer cells. We concentrate on finding small molecule inhibitors for pmCiC and through reduced extracellular citrate uptake dysregulate cancer metabolism, reduce therapy resistance and target metastasis.

We study citrate metabolism to put a halt to cancer metastasis.