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Blood cell discovery identifies patients with aggressive prostate cancer

16 June 2017 | By Niamh Marriott (Drug Target Review)

Patients who have aggressive prostate cancer could be identified by a highly accurate and simple blood test, according to a new study.

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Queen’s researchers breakthrough discovery in fight against bowel cancer

1 June 2017 | By Niamh Marriott (Drug Target Review)

New research led by Queen’s University Belfast has discovered how a genomic approach to understanding bowel cancer could improve the prognosis and quality of life for patients.

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Scientists to test Zika virus on brain tumours

19 May 2017 | By Niamh Marriott (Drug Target Review)

The research, using tumour cells in the laboratory and in mice, will see if the Zika virus can destroy cancer cells.

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Tracking unstable chromosomes helps predict lung cancer’s return

27 April 2017 | By Niamh Marriott (Drug Target Review)

Scientists have found that unstable chromosomes within lung tumours increases the risk of cancer returning after surgery, and have used this new knowledge to detect relapse long before standard testing.

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Obesity behind surge in kidney cancers

24 April 2017 | By Niamh Marriott (Drug Target Review)

Kidney cancer rates have increased by 40% over the last 10 years in the UK, and the rise is expected to continue. An estimated 20,000 kidney cancer cases have been caused by obesity over the last decade in England, according to new figures from Cancer Research UK.

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Creating the ‘google earth’ of tumours

20 April 2017 | By Josephine Bunch (Lead Scientist: NPL)

We caught up with Dr Josephine Bunch to find out how NPL are using the Cancer Research Grand Challenge funding & novel imaging techniques to map cancer tumours...

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£2.5 million Cancer Research UK collaboration to target ‘undruggable’ RAS

19 April 2017 | By Niamh Marriott (Drug Target Review)

Scientists will develop and test promising new molecules for targeting RAS, one of the most common driving mutations in aggressive, hard to treat cancers including pancreatic and lung cancer.

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£10 million pancreatic cancer research fund for precision medicine

24 March 2017 | By Niamh Marriott (Drug Target Review)

The development of new treatments for pancreatic cancer is set to be transformed by a network of clinical trials, aiming to find the right trial for the right patient, after a £10 million investment from Cancer Research UK.

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£100 million for Cancer Research’s ‘grand challenge’ competition winners

10 February 2017 | By Niamh Marriott (Drug Target Review)

Cancer Research UK announced that four international teams are the first recipients of its global £100m Grand Challenge competition, which aims to overcome the biggest challenges facing cancer researchers in a global effort to beat cancer sooner.

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Mouth cancer rates soar over 20 years

1 December 2016 | By Niamh Louise Marriott, Digital Editor

A Cancer Research UK analysis reveals that rates of mouth (oral) cancer have jumped by 68% in the UK over the last 20 years...

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Increased protein activity makes bowel cancer drug resistant

9 November 2016 | By Niamh Louise Marriott, Digital Content Producer

Blocking a molecule could bypass bowel cancer’s defence against the drug cetuximab, according to new research presented at the National Cancer Research...

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Show me the money: How to get funding for biomedical research

31 October 2016 | By Niamh Louise Marriott, Digital Content Producer

The UK's Medical Research Council (MRC) has created an interactive "map" that identifies biomedical research funding opportunities for researchers...

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Infra-red light detects early signs of oesophageal cancer

6 September 2016 | By Niamh Louise Marriott, Digital Content Producer

Researchers sprayed a dye on oesophageal tissue samples taken from people with Barrett’s oesophagus – a condition that risk cancer development...

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Cancer Research triples funding for pancreatic cancer

20 July 2016 | By Niamh Louise Marriott, Digital Content Producer

The charity increased spending on pancreatic cancer research, which includes improving diagnosis and treatment, to £18 million...

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Human Cancer Models Initiative could transform research

11 July 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer

An international project to develop a large, globally accessible, bank of new cancer models for the research community launches today...

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