Thanks to our Curestarters, we have given 30 incredible researchers around the world the brilliant news that their project has been funded. Every one of these ideas has the potential to lead to new cancer cures. The more we can find out about cancer now, the more lives can be saved in the future.
Every penny you donate helps to fund critical research that brings us closer to a world without cancer. You're not just contributing to science but giving hope to countless individuals and families. Your support empowers researchers like us to discover new breakthroughs and save lives. Thank you for being part of this journey and standing with us as a vital force for change.
Good ideas can come from anywhere, which is why we are proud to be funding new research in 12 countries around the world: including Canada, Italy, Australia, and Finland.
There are over 200 different types of cancer that all grow and behave differently, so they all need different cures. That’s why we fund ideas that will help to better understand any type of cancer, from more common cancers like breast cancer, to much rarer cancers like retinoblastoma – a rare eye cancer that tends to affect young children.
All thanks to our Curestarters
Every marathon run. Every bake sale. Every gift left in a Will. All of the incredible support from generous Curestarters has meant that this year we were able to give £6.3million to researchers, allowing them to carry out vital new cancer research.
Funding more with a little help from our friends
We are sometimes asked if we ever work with other cancer charities, and we are proud to say that we do. Cancer is a global challenge, so working together with other organisations around the world means that we can get closer, quicker, to a day when no life is cut short by this devastating disease.
Dr Philip Karpowicz
University of Windsor, Canada
Dr Ana Cuenda
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Spain
Dr Daniel Lietha
Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas, Spain
This year, five of our new projects are co-funded, meaning more discovery research is happening to bring forward more breakthroughs.
In Canada we are proud to be partnering with the Cancer Research Society to support an innovative project about bowel cancer. Dr Karpowicz will be exploring the circadian rhythm of our gut cells and whether the timing of meals can play a role in keeping our cells healthy and cancer-free.
The Brain Tumour Charity are co-funding two of the new projects, both focusing on diffuse midline glioma – an aggressive and currently incurable type of brain tumour.
In Spain, we have teamed up with Asociación Española Contra el Cáncer to support two more new ideas. Dr Daniel Lietha is investigating whether cutting-edge AI technology could help us to target and kill cancer cells with more precision than ever before. Meanwhile Dr Ana Cuenda will be exploring how healthy cells help bowel cancer cells move away from the original tumour and spread to other parts of the body.
Join our united effort to stop cancer.
There are so many different ways to support our search for new cures. Will you join the 90,000+ Curestarters who are already helping us get closer to a day when no life is cut short by cancer?