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Improving the effect of immunotherapies for melanoma skin cancer
Cancer type
Melanoma
Research goal
Improving current treatment
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Touching membranes – understanding how different parts of the cell communicate
Cancer type
General cancer
Research goal
How cancer works
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Unravelling the genetic background of oesophageal cancer
Cancer type
Oesophageal cancer
Research goal
How cancer develops
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Epigenetics – exploring one of cancer’s weak spots
Cancer type
General cancer
Research goal
How cancer works
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A new ground-breaking approach to bile duct cancer and liver cancer
Cancer type
Liver cancer
Research goal
New targeted therapies
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Developing a new class of anti-cancer drug
Cancer type
General cancer
Research goal
New targeted therapies
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Project
Using fruit flies to unravel how cancer starts
Cancer type
General cancer
Research goal
How cancer works
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Off the clock: understanding immune cell’s circadian rhythm to improve anti-tumour therapies
Cancer type
General cancer
Research goal
How cancer works
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Uncovering a novel treatment target in brain cancer to overcome resistance to therapy
Cancer type
Brain cancer
Research goal
New targeted therapies
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Exploring how stem cells help cancer evade chemotherapy
Cancer type
Leukaemia
Research goal
How cancer works
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Peer pressure: how cancer cells spread and how to stop them
Cancer type
General cancer
Research goal
New targeted therapies
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Developing a therapy for a challenging but promising target in cancer
Cancer type
General cancer
Research goal
New targeted therapies
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Investigating the effect of immune therapy on certain immune cells
Cancer type
Melanoma
Research goal
New targeted therapies
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Getting on cancer's nerves: exploring how the tumour's environment helps it grow
Cancer type
Pancreatic cancer
Research goal
How cancer works
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Patching up tumour blood vessels
Cancer type
General cancer research
Research goal
How cancer works
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Project
Switching off DNA repair in cancer cells
Cancer type
General cancer research
Research goal
How cancer works
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Project
Why are women more at risk of adrenal cancer?
Cancer type
Adrenal cancer
Research goal
How cancer develops
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Project
Finding ways to detect oesophageal cancer sooner
Cancer type
Oesphageal cancer
Research goal
Improving cancer diagnosis
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Cutting communication between normal and tumour cells in pancreatic cancer
Cancer type
Pancreatic cancer
Research goal
How cancer works
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A new way to boost the immune system’s fight against cancer
Cancer type
General cancer research
Research goal
Improving current treatments
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Project
Understanding drug resistance in metastatic bowel cancer
Cancer type
Bowel cancer
Research goal
How cancer works
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Project
Identifying new drugs for the treatment of lung cancer
Cancer type
Lung cancer
Research goal
New targeted treatments
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Project
How a genetic parasite contributes to cancer development
Cancer type
General cancer research
Research goal
How cancer works
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Project
A potential new drug target for an aggressive form of leukaemia
Cancer type
Leukemia
Research goal
How cancer works
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Project
Visualising molecular messengers in chronic lymphocytic leukaemia
Cancer type
Leukemia
Research goal
Improving current treatments
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Project
The importance of fat in the aggressiveness of pancreatic cancer
Cancer type
Pancreatic cancer
Research goal
How cancer works
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Probing a group of proteins to develop novel ways to detect and treat cancer
Cancer type
General cancer research
Research goal
How cancer works
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Project
Flicking the right switches to prevent cancer progression
Cancer type
General cancer research
Research goal
New targeted treatments
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Project
Building mini-tumours in the lab to study bowel cancer
Cancer type
Bowel cancer
Research goal
How cancer works
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Project
Developing targeted immunotherapy for leukaemia
Cancer type
Leukemia
Research goal
How cancer develops
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