Research projects

Thanks to our Curestarters, Dr Rouschop is exploring a particular cancer cell vulnerability - their inability to recycle. He hopes to create tailored cancer therapies with fewer side effects. 

Our project in Spain is exploring an innovative new 'dual-action' cancer cure. Immunotherapy and chemotherapy are two cancer treatments - Dr Rujas has the bright idea of combining both therapies to create a new, better treatment for patients. 

Curestarter researcher Dr Mika Reinisalo is hoping to find a new way to treat retinoblastoma, a rare but deadly form of eye cancer that affects young children. He is exploring innovative boron therapy that should be kinder to patients. 

Thanks to your help, Professor Luciano Di Croce in Spain is hoping to find a cure for a rare but aggressive type of childhood cancer. 

Dr Karpowicz believes one of the causes of bowel cancer could be that changes to our lifestyle disturb the circadian rhythm of our guts – and with the support of our Curestarters he will be able to test this idea. 

Patients often respond well to chemotherapy only to later develop treatment resistance – meaning the cancer comes back and the chemotherapy has stopped working. Professor Maiato wants to find ways to prevent this treatment resistance.

Our project in Spain co-funded with AECC is hoping to stop bowel cancer spreading. If we can understand more about how bowel cancer spreads, we can develop new and better ways to treat this type of disease.

Our project in Spain is looking for cures for the childhood tumour diffuse midline glioma (DMG). Dr Alieva hopes to find out more about how DMGs begin to grow, so that new treatments can be developed for this devastating disease. 

Curestarter researcher Professor Ghigo is finding new ways to prevent long-term side effects of chemotherapy, and improve the lives of people who have been through cancer