Research projects

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Breast cancer

How does breast cancer spreads to the bones and can we stop it?

This project hopes to discover clues towards new cures that would stop breast cancer spreading, which could dramatically improve outcomes for patients.

Researcher: Dr Neta Erez

Understanding how breast cancer spreads to the bones – and how to stop it
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Complete Spain

Leukaemia

What cellular decisions can lead to leukaemia developing?

This team are aiming to find the very first stages of cancer development so they can identify new targets for cures to help patients with recurring leukaemia.

Researcher: Dr José Luis Sardina

Uncovering the cellular decisions that lead to blood cancer

Complete Spain

Liver cancer

Does liver cancer have a weak spot which could be a new drug target?

This project hopes to address the steep rise in liver cancer cases and the poor survival rates by finding a new target that would kickstart new cures.

Researcher: Professor Raul Mendez

Exploring liver cancer's weak spot as a new target for therapy

Complete USA

Pancreatic cancer

How does pancreatic cancer’s environment help it to grow?

This research team hope to discover clues towards much needed new treatments for pancreatic cancer so that survival rates for patients improve.

Researcher: Dr Edna Cukierman

Getting on cancer's nerves: exploring how the tumour's environment helps it grow
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Active Italy

Pancreatic cancer

Can we find and target pancreatic cancer’s Achilles' heel?

Pancreatic cancer is very difficult to treat but this project hopes more patients in the future will be helped by discovering more personalised treatments.  

Researcher: Dr Miriam Martini

Understanding how we could target pancreatic cancer's Achilles' heel
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Active Australia

Melanoma

How could our ‘guard cells’ help attack cancer cells?

Researchers hope to find ways for immunotherapy to help more patients by understanding how particular cells in our immune system could give treatments a boost.

Researcher: Dr Meredith O'Keeffe

Investigating the effect of immune therapy on certain immune cells

Complete Israel

General cancer research

Can we find a way to affect an elusive cancer target?

This project hopes to kickstart a new cancer cure that could help patients in the future whilst reducing the side effects that come with current treatments.

Researcher: Professor Niv Papo

Developing a therapy for a challenging but promising target in cancer

Complete Spain

General cancer research

Can our immune cell’s circadian rhythm improve cancer treatments?

Researchers hope to find out how the time of day influences how well cancer patients respond to therapy so that treatments can improve and work for more people.

Researcher: Professor Cristina Lopez-Rodriguez

Off the clock: understanding immune cell’s circadian rhythm to improve anti-tumour therapies
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Complete United Kingdom

General cancer research

Can probing a group of proteins lead to new cancer cures?

This team hope to kickstart a way to more accurately diagnose patients and find clues towards new treatments by finding a new marker to detect cancer.

Researcher: Professor Edward Tate

Probing a group of proteins to develop novel ways to detect and treat cancer
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