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Articles and podcasts for researchers. Exploring issues in cancer science, how that science shapes our understanding of the disease, and the challenges the community face conducting this research.

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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

For Researchers

Research careers – what you need to lead

Good leadership is vital for successful science – so how, exactly, do you get good at it? Ally Walters talks us through it...

by Cancer Research UK | Analysis | 11 February 2026

11 February 2026

For Researchers

Minding the gap – is there ever a perfect time to launch a start-up?

Tim Bodicoat ponders the thawing of the biotech winter and asks if the market can ever tell you if it’s the right time to launch a start-up…

by Tim Bodicoat | Analysis | 3 February 2026

3 February 2026

For Researchers

Turning evidence into impact: how CRUK are shaping immigration policy for research talent

We dig into the potential impacts of changes to the immigration system on research, and what CRUK are doing about it…

by Cancer Research UK | Analysis | 29 January 2026

29 January 2026

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For Researchers

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

For Researchers

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

For Researchers

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

For Researchers

The switch and the Trojan horse: how viral vectors and synthetic enhancers could change glioblastoma treatment

Advances in viral gene delivery – and a side project that paid off – have sent a highly targeted glioblastoma immunotherapy heading toward the clinic....

by Cancer Research UK
| In depth

6 January 2026

For Researchers

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

For Researchers

Making your research better: a patient perspective

by Cancer Research UK
| In depth

15 January 2026

For Researchers

The switch and the Trojan horse: how viral vectors and synthetic enhancers could change glioblastoma treatment

by Cancer Research UK
| In depth

6 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

For Researchers

Research careers – what you need to lead

by Cancer Research UK
| Analysis

11 February 2026

For Researchers

Minding the gap – is there ever a perfect time to launch a start-up?

by Tim Bodicoat
| Analysis

3 February 2026

For Researchers

Turning evidence into impact: how CRUK are shaping immigration policy for research talent

by Cancer Research UK
| Analysis

29 January 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

For Researchers

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

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