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Tackling tough-to-treat brain cancers with new targeted treatments
Cancer type
Brain cancer
Research goal
New targeted treatments
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Revealing the role of natural killer cells in cancer immunity
Cancer type
Leukaemia
Research goal
Improving current treatments
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Uncovering how the tumour microenvironment can make cancer cells more aggressive
Cancer type
Head and neck cancer
Research goal
How cancer works
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Revealing the earliest signs of oesophageal cancer
Cancer type
Oesophageal cancer
Research goal
Improving cancer diagnosis
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Harnessing the power of healthy breast cells to keep cancer at bay
Cancer type
Breast cancer
Research goal
New targeted treatments
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Growing mini tumours in the lab to understand hepatoblastoma
Cancer type
Childhood liver cancer
Research goal
New targeted treatments
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Rewiring blood cells that block the immune response with AI
Cancer type
General cancer research
Lung cancer
Research goal
New targeted treatments
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Spotting the most aggressive glioblastoma cells
Cancer type
Brain tumour
Research goal
Improving cancer diagnosis
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Discovering new targets to treat ovarian cancer
Cancer type
Ovarian cancer
Research goal
How cancer works
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Turning red lights green: How do cancer cells stop immune cells from doing their job?
Cancer type
General cancer research
Lung cancer
Research goal
How cancer works
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A new way to predict and treat the spread of cancer
Cancer type
General cancer research
Breast cancer
Bowel cancer
Research goal
How cancer develops
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Precision vaccines and the potential for better immunotherapies
Cancer type
Melanoma
Research goal
New targeted treatments
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Developing bowel cancer immunotherapies that target DNA repair
Cancer type
Bowel cancer
Research goal
New targeted treatments
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Understanding how cancer cells modify white blood cells to help tumours grow
Cancer type
General cancer research
Lung cancer
Research goal
New targets for immunotherapy
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Do cancer cells work “collectively” to survive?
Cancer type
Melanoma
Research goal
How cancer works
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Using cholesterol to boost anti-tumour T cells
Cancer type
Lung cancer
Melanoma
Research goal
Improve existing treatments
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Demystifying what makes melanoma so ‘good’ at resisting treatments
Cancer type
Melanoma
Research goal
Overcoming treatment resistance
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When prevention fails: Understanding how mutated proteins make liver cancer more likely
Cancer type
Liver Cancer
Research goal
How cancer develops
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Finding ways to make immune cells target cancer cells more effectively
Cancer type
General cancer research
Research goal
How cancer works
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Predicting resistance in multiple myeloma and boosting immunotherapy
Cancer type
Multiple Myeloma
Research goal
Overcoming treatment resistance
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Rhythmic radiotherapy: Tackling glioblastoma by changing the interval of treatments
Cancer type
Glioblastoma
Research goal
Improving current treatments
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Target acquired: Making ‘prodrugs’ for neuroblastoma that leave healthy cells unharmed
Cancer type
Neuroblastoma
Research goal
New targeted treatments
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Seeking kinder treatments for breast cancer
Cancer type
Breast cancer
Research goal
New targeted treatments
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Life, Death and Afterlife: Using cell death to boost our immune system
Cancer type
Breast cancer
Research goal
New targeted treatments
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Stopping cancer becoming resistant to chemotherapy
Cancer type
General cancer research
Research goal
Overcoming treatment resistance
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Understanding the role of mutation interactions in oesophageal cancer
Cancer type
Oesophageal cancer
Research goal
How cancer develops
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Exploring how the p53 mutation helps cancers spread
Cancer type
General cancer research
Research goal
How cancer develops
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Protein paradox: finding out how a family of molecules can both help and hinder cancer
Cancer type
Breast cancer
Lung cancer
Research goal
How cancer works
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Identifying new treatments for infant leukaemia
Cancer type
Leukaemia
Childhood cancer
Research goal
New targeted treatments
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Understanding how tissue stiffening affects cancer development
Cancer type
General cancer research
Breast cancer
Lung cancer
Research goal
How cancer works
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