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Peer-to-peer match-funding initiative raises over £4 million for cancer research

The Cancer Research UK Challenge Fund, which we launched in the initial throes of the pandemic, will help to ensure we can continue funding vital research.

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Catch up on Behind the Science 2021 – From funding stream to blood stream: Is drug development moving fast enough?

This year’s event took place virtually on Wednesday 12 May. Watch or listen back now.

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“I think the sky’s the limit”: Funky Pigeon on raising £250K and what’s next for our partnership

To celebrate their £250k milestone, we spoke to Funky Pigeon’s founder and managing director, Richard Pepper, about the exciting future of our partnership.

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“Helping to develop the science leaders of the future brings great satisfaction” – Mike Gooley on donating £1m

Trailfinders founder, Mike Gooley CBE, has supported our work for more than 20 years. His latest gift will support the Francis Crick Institute’s PhD programme.

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Cancer Grand Challenges: Michele Cleary on celebrating women in science 

The CEO of The Mark Foundation for Cancer Research, who co-fund the Cancer Grand Challenges SPECIFICANCER team, tells us why she chooses to challenge.

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Paying it forward: When Maria met Sheeba

On International Women’s Day, we share the inspiring story of one of our clinician scientists and the philanthropist who supports her work.

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NFL UK LIVE, a Super Bowl Special in support of World Cancer Day

We highlight how some of our innovative partners, including NFL UK, embraced this year’s World Cancer Day campaign and found new ways to help people donate.

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Professor Greg Hannon: “Core funding is a privilege and we should use it to tackle big problems in new ways”

We speak with Professor Greg Hannon about how philanthropy has benefited his innovative work.

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“Helping to shine a torch into the darkness has been incredible”: 5 times philanthropy helped change the course of cancer research

This World Cancer Day, we hear from the philanthropists who supported some of our most exciting projects.

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“We wanted to do everything we could to support them”: Nick and Annette Razey give £1m to back Cancer Grand Challenges team

Their donation, which rises to £1.25m with Gift Aid, will help scientists uncover secrets of the gut microbiome, which could lead to new bowel cancer treatments

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