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

17 February 2026

• Health & Medicine

Weight loss drugs and cancer: what we know so far

There’s a lot of evidence that weight loss drugs can help people reach a healthy weight, but does that mean they can help prevent cancer? There’s a lot of evidence that weight loss drugs can help people reach a healthy weight, but does that mean they can help prevent cancer?

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

21 January 2026

• Health & Medicine

Main carrot energy: how vegetables became the stars of our plates

Vegetables definitely play a leading role in a healthy balanced diet - but their star quality wasn't always recognised. We're retracing their journey to the top. Vegetables definitely play a leading role in a healthy balanced diet - but their star quality wasn't always recognised. We're retracing their journey to the top.

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

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

6 January 2026

• Policy & Insight

From labs to legislation - 9 impactful steps forward for cancer policy in 2025

Its been a busy and important year for cancer research policy, we're looking back at our 9 proudest steps forward in 2025. Its been a busy and important year for cancer research policy, we're looking back at our 9 proudest steps forward in 2025.

19 December 2025

• Health & Medicine
• Science & Technology

Our defining research stories of 2025

2025 has been a huge year for research at Cancer Research UK. To celebrate, we've brought together our most defining research stories of the year. 2025 has been a huge year for research at Cancer Research UK. To celebrate, we've brought together our most defining research stories of the year.

19 December 2025

• For Researchers

Spin doctors: taking on the challenge of tissue-specific cell cycle control

A false start, a Nobel Prize and renewed hope – understanding cell cycle disruption over different tissues is complex. But we are getting there…    A false start, a Nobel Prize and renewed hope – understanding cell cycle disruption over different tissues is complex. But we are getting there…   

27 November 2025