Bio
Dr. Hengrui Liu is a researcher affiliated with Stony Brook University Hospital and a Visiting Scientist at the University of Cambridge, Department of Oncology. His research primarily explores cancer biology, focusing on ion channels like TRPM7 and their role in breast cancer, as well as the effects of local anesthetics on cancer stemness. He has received awards such as the AstraZeneca Cambridge Ion Channel Forum Poster Prize and the China Scholarship Council's Award for Outstanding Self-financed Student Abroad.
Experience
Visiting Scientist
2024 - Present • Department of OncologyStony Brook Medicine
Research Scholar
2017 - 2019 • Department of AnesthesiologyGrants and Awards
Cambridge Ion Channel Forum Poster Prize First Prize
AstraZeneca
Award for Outstanding Self-financed Student Abroad
China Scholarship Council
Academic Progress Award
Anesthesia and Cancer Laboratory, Stony Brook Medicine
Charles Slater Fund
University of Cambridge
Research
A Prospective for the Potential Effect of Local Anesthetics on Stem-Like Cells in Colon Cancer
Colorectal cancer is the third most prevalent cancer and the second most frequent cause of cancer-related death in the world. Surgical resection of the primary tumor is the central aspect of the current multiple modes of treatment and has been associated with better prognosis. The process of surgery, including anesthetic regimens, has increasingly been recognized to affect colon cancer recurrence and metastasis. Both retrospective clinical studies and laboratory studies have reported that colon cancer cells are inhibited by some local anesthetics. However, the application of local anesthetics in colon cancer treatment is limited by our understanding of the mechanisms underlying their effects on cancer biology.
