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Minding the gap

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Minding the gap – what does China’s biotech boom mean for the UK?

China is emerging as a life sciences superpower - what does this mean for the UK’s researchers, spin-outs and patients?

by Tim Bodicoat
| Analysis

2 March 2026

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Showcase your science and win!

Help us celebrate the beauty of your science in our Research is Beautiful image competition – send your images and be in with a chance of winning £100...

by Cancer Research UK | In depth | 25 February 2026

25 February 2026

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Data science: bring the researchers to the data

We are awash with data – but how do cancer researchers make the most of it at the scale and pace needed whilst also keeping the trust of patients?

by Cancer Research UK | Analysis | 24 February 2026

24 February 2026

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Surviving in the matrix

The extracellular matrix is much more than just a passive supporting environment for cells… so does it have a role in cancer?

by Cancer Research UK | In depth | 17 February 2026

17 February 2026

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Image competition

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Showcase your science and win!

Help us celebrate the beauty of your science in our Research is Beautiful image competition – send your images and be in with a chance of winning £100...

by Cancer Research UK
| In depth

25 February 2026

Extracellular matrix

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Surviving in the matrix

The extracellular matrix is much more than just a passive supporting environment for cells… so does it have a role in cancer?

by Cancer Research UK
| In depth

17 February 2026

Wound care

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Opposites attract: what wound repair can tell us about cancer

One restores order, the other disrupts it – yet wound healing and cancer share the same cellular machinery.

by Cancer Research UK
| In depth

21 January 2026

Patient involvement

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Making your research better: a patient perspective

Steve Clark tells us why patient involvement is so much more than just a requirement - it can actually bolster your research in surprising ways...

by Cancer Research UK
| In depth

15 January 2026

Image competition

For Researchers

Showcase your science and win!

by Cancer Research UK
| In depth

25 February 2026

Extracellular matrix

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Surviving in the matrix

by Cancer Research UK
| In depth

17 February 2026

For Researchers

Opposites attract: what wound repair can tell us about cancer

by Cancer Research UK
| In depth

21 January 2026

Patient involvement

For Researchers

Making your research better: a patient perspective

by Cancer Research UK
| In depth

15 January 2026

For Researchers | In depth

Podcasts

For Researchers

Start-up – forging your own path

This episode of our deep dive into all things science entrepreneurship takes a look at the big moment... starting up your own company!

by Phil Prime
| Podcast

17 December 2024

For Researchers

Cancer Research Matters - Entrepreneurial deep dive

This episode of our deep dive into all things science entrepreneurship takes a look at the skills you'll need to sharpen up to be successful...

by Phil Prime | Podcast | 26 November 2024

26 November 2024

For Researchers

Cancer Research Matters - Entrepreneurial deep dive

Getting findings from discovery research in the lab to a tangible intervention can be daunting. This series aims to de-mystify the various routes you ...

by Phil Prime | Podcast | 11 November 2024

11 November 2024

For Researchers

The Appraisal - Can we create a nation of entrepreneurial life scientists?

Time to get some big-picture thinking on all things research reward and recognition from Iain Foulkes...

by Phil Prime | Podcast | 28 November 2023

28 November 2023

For Researchers | Podcast

Analysis

Minding the gap

For Researchers

Minding the gap – what does China’s biotech boom mean for the UK?

by Tim Bodicoat
| Analysis

2 March 2026

Big data

For Researchers

Data science: bring the researchers to the data

by Cancer Research UK
| Analysis

24 February 2026

Careers

For Researchers

Research careers – what you need to lead

by Cancer Research UK
| Analysis

11 February 2026

For Researchers | Analysis

Interviews

Samra Turajlic is the Director of Cancer Research UK Manchester Institute, a Consultant Medical Oncologist at the Christie and also leads the Cancer Dynamics research group.

For Researchers

In the driving seat: Samra Turajlić on data ethics, cancer evolution and patient-centred research

We caught up with newly appointed Director of the CRUK Manchester Institute, Samra Turajlić to talk data ethics, cancer evolution and the future of pa...

by Phil Prime
| Interview

9 December 2025

ruth-etzioni

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A model citizen for early detection

Fresh from her Impact Award, Professor Ruth Etzioni talks mathematical models, overdiagnosis and why modellers must explain their working…

by Phil Prime
| Interview

23 October 2025

For Researchers | Interview