• For Researchers

Making a startup out of a scientist

Adendra Therapeutics want to create a new kind of immunotherapy using novel insights into dendritic cell biology. We spoke to co-founder and CEO Raj Mehta about the road to commercialisation. Adendra Therapeutics want to create a new kind of immunotherapy using novel insights into dendritic cell biology. We spoke to co-founder and CEO Raj Mehta about the road to commercialisation.

26 April 2023

• For Researchers

Teenage (…and young adult) kicks

This April we come together with partners to celebrate the inaugural Teenage and Young Adult Cancer Awareness month. Caroline-May Huxley and Sandra Strauss explore the importance of shedding a light on cancer in this age group. This April we come together with partners to celebrate the inaugural Teenage and Young Adult Cancer Awareness month. Caroline-May Huxley and Sandra Strauss explore the importance of shedding a light on cancer in this age group.

5 April 2023

• Science & Technology

The future of research: meet three of our scientists working on TRACERx

We chatted to three researchers working on TRACERx, Dr Emilia Lim, Dr William Hill and Emma Colliver about their work, what a day in their lives looks like, and how their paths have led to where they are today.  We chatted to three researchers working on TRACERx, Dr Emilia Lim, Dr William Hill and Emma Colliver about their work, what a day in their lives looks like, and how their paths have led to where they are today. 

13 December 2022

• For Researchers

Welcome to our new committee chairs

We welcome two outstanding researchers – Kairbaan Hodivala-Dilke and Simon Boulton – as they join our group of funding committee chairs. We welcome two outstanding researchers – Kairbaan Hodivala-Dilke and Simon Boulton – as they join our group of funding committee chairs.

22 November 2022

• For Researchers

Discover and translate – a mantra to work by

Developing treatments and diagnostics from your research really is the best way to create patient impact says radiation biologist Professor Catharine West... Developing treatments and diagnostics from your research really is the best way to create patient impact says radiation biologist Professor Catharine West...

17 October 2022

• For Researchers

Time to meet our new chief scientist – Professor KJ Patel

As newly appointed chief scientist for Cancer Research UK, Professor KJ Patel brings a wealth of expertise and experience. As newly appointed chief scientist for Cancer Research UK, Professor KJ Patel brings a wealth of expertise and experience.

12 October 2022

• For Researchers

Banking on breakthroughs for children and young people

A newly merged biobank will be UK’s leading biomedical research resource dedicated to storing samples and data of cancers in children and young people - we explore its potential impact... A newly merged biobank will be UK’s leading biomedical research resource dedicated to storing samples and data of cancers in children and young people - we explore its potential impact...

27 September 2022

• For Researchers

A coming together of minds for early detection

We catch up with Dr Alexis Webb and find out about the upcoming Early Detection of Cancer Conference, the importance of collaboration and why these are exciting times for the field... We catch up with Dr Alexis Webb and find out about the upcoming Early Detection of Cancer Conference, the importance of collaboration and why these are exciting times for the field...

18 August 2022

• Health & Medicine

A Cancer Revolution: What the experts think of the new Science Museum exhibition

We spoke to Dr Vivian Li and Rupal Mistry about their thoughts on the Cancer Revolution exhibition at the Science Museum. We spoke to Dr Vivian Li and Rupal Mistry about their thoughts on the Cancer Revolution exhibition at the Science Museum.

25 July 2022

• Charity News

Celebrating 10 years of partnership with ScottishPower and £35m raised

16 June 2022

• For Researchers

Improving research with registered reports

Find out what a Registered Report is, how you can get involved, and why this relatively small change in the way research is done could have a real impact on reproducibility issues and even patient outcomes. Find out what a Registered Report is, how you can get involved, and why this relatively small change in the way research is done could have a real impact on reproducibility issues and even patient outcomes.

16 May 2022

• For Researchers

Tough questions for tough times in clinical research

We invited our clinical research community to pose us questions to make sure we are doing all we can to help the recovery of cancer clinical trials to pre-pandemic levels We invited our clinical research community to pose us questions to make sure we are doing all we can to help the recovery of cancer clinical trials to pre-pandemic levels

29 April 2022