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Hamish Ryder joins Drug Target Review Advisory Board
Prior to joining CRT-DL, Dr Ryder held positions in pharmaceutical and biotech companies for over 20 years ...
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Simple test predicts return of bladder cancer
Scientists have devised a simple test for an earlier and more accurate warning of returning bladder cancer than existing methods, according to new research...
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Cancer Research UK sets out latest £20m grand challenges
Cancer Research UK has launched the second phase of its global Grand Challenge by announcing eight new questions – identified as some of the biggest barriers to making progress against cancer – and inviting the world’s top scientists to come together with new proposals to tackle them.
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Blood cell discovery identifies patients with aggressive prostate cancer
Patients who have aggressive prostate cancer could be identified by a highly accurate and simple blood test, according to a new study.
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Queen’s researchers breakthrough discovery in fight against bowel cancer
New research led by Queen’s University Belfast has discovered how a genomic approach to understanding bowel cancer could improve the prognosis and quality of life for patients.
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Scientists to test Zika virus on brain tumours
The research, using tumour cells in the laboratory and in mice, will see if the Zika virus can destroy cancer cells.
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Tracking unstable chromosomes helps predict lung cancer’s return
Scientists have found that unstable chromosomes within lung tumours increases the risk of cancer returning after surgery, and have used this new knowledge to detect relapse long before standard testing.
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Obesity behind surge in kidney cancers
Kidney cancer rates have increased by 40% over the last 10 years in the UK, and the rise is expected to continue. An estimated 20,000 kidney cancer cases have been caused by obesity over the last decade in England, according to new figures from Cancer Research UK.
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Creating the ‘google earth’ of tumours
We caught up with Dr Josephine Bunch to find out how NPL are using the Cancer Research Grand Challenge funding & novel imaging techniques to map cancer tumours...
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£2.5 million Cancer Research UK collaboration to target ‘undruggable’ RAS
Scientists will develop and test promising new molecules for targeting RAS, one of the most common driving mutations in aggressive, hard to treat cancers including pancreatic and lung cancer.
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£10 million pancreatic cancer research fund for precision medicine
The development of new treatments for pancreatic cancer is set to be transformed by a network of clinical trials, aiming to find the right trial for the right patient, after a £10 million investment from Cancer Research UK.
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£100 million for Cancer Research’s ‘grand challenge’ competition winners
Cancer Research UK announced that four international teams are the first recipients of its global £100m Grand Challenge competition, which aims to overcome the biggest challenges facing cancer researchers in a global effort to beat cancer sooner.
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Mouth cancer rates soar over 20 years
1 December 2016 | By Niamh Louise Marriott, Digital Editor
A Cancer Research UK analysis reveals that rates of mouth (oral) cancer have jumped by 68% in the UK over the last 20 years...
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Increased protein activity makes bowel cancer drug resistant
9 November 2016 | By Niamh Louise Marriott, Digital Content Producer
Blocking a molecule could bypass bowel cancer’s defence against the drug cetuximab, according to new research presented at the National Cancer Research...
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Show me the money: How to get funding for biomedical research
31 October 2016 | By Niamh Louise Marriott, Digital Content Producer
The UK's Medical Research Council (MRC) has created an interactive "map" that identifies biomedical research funding opportunities for researchers...