Research projects
Active United Kingdom
Bowel cancer
With your support, Professor Lesley Stark and her team in Edinburgh hope to find new ways to prevent cancer linked to ageing. This has huge potential to reveal new approaches to cancer treatment or to prevent it developing in older people.
Researcher: Professor Lesley Stark
Journey to the centre of a cell: why does age matter in cancer?
Active Netherlands
Leukaemia
Thanks to our Curestarters, Professor Delwel and his team in the Netherlands hope to find a much-needed new leukaemia cure. Acute Myeloid Leukaemia (AML) can sometimes be caused by a specific gene, so by better understanding this gene we can look for new cures.
Researcher: Professor Ruud Delwel
Mission impossible: how can we target “Evi1” leukaemias?
Active Netherlands
Bowel cancer
Dr Schuijers and his team in the Netherlands are using Curestarter funding to look for new bowel cancer cures. The team think that disrupting certain 'droplets' could be a powerful new way to stop cancer.
Researcher: Dr Jurian Schuijers
Could targeting tiny droplets inside cells help to treat bowel cancer?
Active Spain
Pancreatic cancer
Our project in Spain is exploring how to make pancreatic cancer treatments work better. Dr Vincent and his team are searching for a way to boost the effectiveness of a new treatment called KRAS inhibitors, so they can help more people.
Researcher: Dr Silvestre Vicent
Could combining therapies supercharge pancreatic cancer treatment?
Active Spain
General cancer research
This exciting research funded by Curestarters is looking boosting cancer treatments so they can help more patients. Dr Teijeira is developing a new kind of treatment to work alongside immunotherapies.
Researcher: Dr Alvaro Teijeira
Can sneaky signposts help blood vessels improve cancer immunotherapy?
Active Qatar
Pancreatic cancer
Our pancreatic cancer research project in Qatar is investigating a possible new way to improve treatment success for patients. Dr Khan and his team are hoping to make cancer cells more vulnerable to chemotherapy.
Researcher: Dr Omar Khan
Will stopping a tiny protein improve pancreatic cancer treatment?
Active Australia
Breast cancer
Dr Papa in Australia wants to find a new way to treat breast cancer, that could work in combination with current treatments. This will help tackle treatment resistance.
Researcher: Dr Antonella Papa
Is a particular mutation driving treatment resistance?
Active Greece
General cancer research
Our innovative project in Greece is investigating a whole new way to stop cancer. Dr George Zachos is doing vital discovery work to understand how DNA changes in cells are linked to cancer to find clues to new cures.
Researcher: Dr George Zachos
Can unravelling tangled DNA be the key to a new cancer cure?