Research projects

Active USA
Multiple cancers
Exploring how ‘messages’ sent from cancer cells to other parts of the body might help cancers to spread and whether new cures could stop this process.
Researcher: Dr Inbal Wortzel
A new way to predict and treat the spread of cancer
Active Finland
Breast cancer
Stopping breast cancer spreading would make it much easier to treat so this project is exploring a molecule that appears to stop tumours spreading.
Researcher: Professor Johanna Ivaska
Harnessing the power of healthy breast cells to keep cancer at bay
Active United Kingdom
Multiple cancers
Lung cancer and breast cancer cells behave very differently so by exploring the unique ways their cells communicate researchers hope to find better cures.
Researcher: Dr Olivier Pardo
Protein paradox: finding out how a family of molecules can both help and hinder cancer
Active Sweden
Multiple cancers
This project hopes to discover more about the biology of how solid tumours develop to find new ways to prevent, diagnose or treat these cancers.
Researcher: Professor Staffan Stromblad
Understanding how 'tissue stiffening' affects cancer development
Active Spain
Breast cancer
The team hope that by understanding how different mutations contribute to breast cancer, they can reveal new ways to prevent, diagnose and treat it.
Researcher: Dr Aura Carreira
Uncovering how a faulty BRCA2 gene causes breast cancer to develop
Active United Kingdom
Breast cancer
Researchers hope to reveal whether groundbreaking new drugs could stop breast cancer spreading which would make this common cancer much easier to treat.
Researcher: Professor Edward Tate
Blocking bio-parcels to stop breast cancer spreading
Active Germany
Breast cancer
Researchers are trying to improve ways of spotting cancer that has spread to the lungs to help patients sooner and give them better treatment options.
Researcher: Dr Leif Schröder
Developing ultra-sensitive MRI that spots cancer sooner
Complete France
Breast cancer
Researchers hope to find better, more personalised treatments for breast cancer patients by identifying characteristics that predict how a tumour will behave.
Researcher: Dr Anne Vincent-Salomon
Using AI to predict drug resistance mutations in breast cancer
Active Australia
Breast cancer
Breast cancer is much harder to treat once it spreads so the team hope to better understand the processes through which tumours spread and find new ways to stop it.
Researcher: Dr Michael Samuel
Uncovering how breast cancer recruits healthy cells to grow and spread