Research projects

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General cancer research

Will a newly discovered way cells repair damage to DNA lead to new ways to treat cancer?

This research team aims to discover exactly how specific genes help to repair damage to DNA in the hope of identifying new ways that cancers could be treated. 

Researcher: Dr Ludovic Deriano

Understanding a newly discovered way cells repair damage to DNA

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Bowel cancer

How does bowel cancer become resistant to treatment?

Treatment can stop working if cancer becomes resistant so this project hopes to better understand this process to find ways for therapies to help more patients.

Researcher: Professor Eduard Batlle

Understanding drug resistance in metastatic bowel cancer

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Leukaemia

Can we visualise molecular messengers in chronic leukaemia?

This project aims to discover why some leukaemia patients respond to drugs and others don't, in order to kickstart better treatments for everyone.

Researcher: Dr Massimo Degano

Visualising molecular messengers in chronic lymphocytic leukaemia

Complete USA

Skin cancer

How do healthy cells turn into squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) cells?

Researchers are hoping to kickstart new ways to prevent SCC or to diagnose SCC patients sooner to make it easier to treat the disease and improve survival rates.

Researcher: Dr Markus Schober

A new way to diagnose and prevent squamous cell carcinoma

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Leukaemia

Can we help our immune system to recognise and kill leukaemia cells?

This research team want to kickstart new cures for leukaemia since patients often go on to develop the disease again even after successful treatment.

Researcher: Dr Giulia Casorati

Developing targeted immunotherapy for leukaemia

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General cancer research

Can we flick the right switches to prevent cancer progression?

Researchers want to discover new combinations of treatment that could tackle the problem of cancer becoming resistant to therapy and help patient outcomes.

Researcher: Dr Cameron Bracken

Flicking the right switches to prevent cancer progression

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Breast cancer

Can radiotherapy work better against cancers that spread to the brain?

The location of brain cancer makes it particularly hard to treat so this team hope to find ways to improve radiotherapy so it can benefit more patients.

Researcher: Dr Manuel Valiente

Making radiotherapy more effective against cancers that have spread to the brain

Complete USA

Skin cancer

How do some skin cancer cells become resistant to treatment?

This project hopes to discover how skin cancer develops resistance to treatments and find ways to overcome it so that survival rates improve.

Researcher: Dr Bin Zheng

Overcoming drug resistance in skin cancer

Complete Italy

Leukaemia

Why are children with Down Syndrome at risk of leukaemia?

Researchers hope to find vital new ways to diagnose and treat leukaemia patients by understanding the link between Down Syndrome and this type of cancer.

Researcher: Dr Andrea Ditadi

Understanding why children with Down Syndrome are at risk of leukaemia