Research projects

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General cancer research

What is the role of molecules called ‘sirtuins’ in cancer growth?

This project hopes to reveal new knowledge about how tumours develop to lead the way to potential new drugs and treatments with fewer side effects in patients.

Researcher: Dr Alejandro Vaquero

Unpicking the role enzymes called sirtuins play in cancer

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Breast cancer

Do dietary fats help cancer spread and can they be stopped?

This project aims to reveal how parts of our diet could help cancer to spread and how to target this process to create future cures for a range of different cancers.

Researcher: Professor Salvador Aznar-Benitah

Do dietary fats help cancer spread and can they be stopped?

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Breast cancer

Can we attract more immune system cells to defeat breast cancer?

Researchers are aiming to find out how to kick-start the immune system in aggressive breast cancer patients so that survival rates improve in the future.

Researcher: Professor Tony Tiganis

Kick-starting the immune system in an aggressive type of breast cancer

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Lymphoma

Can we attract more immune system cells to defeat breast cancer?

This team are exploring how the immune system is activated to find a way for blood cancer patients’ own immune systems to be equipped to attack the disease.

Researcher: Professor Philip Hodgkin

Like molecular clockwork – how biological timers control the immune system

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General cancer research

Is cutting off cancers energy supply a way to stop it in its tracks?

The team are hoping to find out how cancer cells get their energy so that we can shut this process down, leading the way to improved treatments for patients in the future.

Researcher: Dr Angel Nebreda

Shutting off cancer's energy supply

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Prostate cancer

Can we unleash the full force of the immune system on prostate cancer?

This project hopes to kickstart game-changing new treatments for patients with advanced prostate cancer and maybe even other types of cancer too.

Researcher: Dr Diego Laderach

Turning “sweet” on cancer – developing an entirely new way to fight cancer

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General cancer research

Can worms reveal how to improve chemotherapy treatments?

Cancer cells sometimes repair the damage caused by drugs so this project hopes to disrupt this repair system and make treatments work better for patients.

Researcher: Professor Anton Gartner

Using worms to improve the use of chemotherapy

Complete United Kingdom

Kaposi's sarcoma

Can we stop Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpes virus (KSHV)?

This project hopes to find new ways to stop the virus which causes a rare form of cancer called Kaposi's sarcoma which is becoming more common in some countries. 

Researcher: Professor Adrian Whitehouse

Stopping Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpes virus (KSHV) in its tracks
Hector Peinado Selgas and Team

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General cancer research

How does obesity increase the risk of cancer spread?

These researchers aim to understand how tumour and fat cells communicate to kickstart new ways to stop cancer spreading and make it easier to treat.

Researcher: Dr Hector Peinado Selgas

How does obesity increase the risk of cancer spread?