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Tim Gunn

Tim is a senior digital news officer at Cancer Research UK. He started writing about science after studying English literature at Cambridge and magazine journalism at City, University of London. Before joining the digital news team in August 2022, he was a journalist and medical magazine editor.
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Our most important cancer research stories of 2022

This year has been full of research, advances and people worth celebrating. Here are some of our biggest stories from the past 12 months.  This year has been full of research, advances and people worth celebrating. Here are some of our biggest stories from the past 12 months. 

by Tim Gunn | In depth | 14 December 2022

14 December 2022

Breast cancer cell seen through a scanning electron microscope

The "potentially life-saving" immunotherapy drug pembrolizumab is now recommended for some people with early triple negative breast cancer in England and Wales. The "potentially life-saving" immunotherapy drug pembrolizumab is now recommended for some people with early triple negative breast cancer in England and Wales.

by Tim Gunn | News | 14 November 2022

14 November 2022

Professor Carolyn Bertozzi with graduate student Mireille Kamariza

Professor Carolyn Bertozzi won the 2022 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. She's using all she's learned to create better treatments for solid tumours in children. Professor Carolyn Bertozzi won the 2022 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. She's using all she's learned to create better treatments for solid tumours in children.

by Tim Gunn | Analysis | 8 November 2022

8 November 2022

Black in Cancer co-founders Dr Henry Henderson and Sigourney Bonner on stage at the start of teh Black in Cancer conference

Many cancers affect Black people differently. Often, their outcomes are worse. There's a long way to go to change that, but this is how we can start. Many cancers affect Black people differently. Often, their outcomes are worse. There's a long way to go to change that, but this is how we can start.

by Tim Gunn | In depth | 31 October 2022

31 October 2022