• Health & Medicine

Signs the immune system could help prevent prostate cancer

New research suggests that treatments designed to boost the immune system could become targeted tools for preventing prostate cancer. New research suggests that treatments designed to boost the immune system could become targeted tools for preventing prostate cancer.

10 November 2026

• Charity News

A decade of the Crick – where discovery meets hope

As the Francis Crick Institute celebrates its 10-year anniversary, Michelle Mitchell, looks back at the Institute’s founding philosophy. As the Francis Crick Institute celebrates its 10-year anniversary, Michelle Mitchell, looks back at the Institute’s founding philosophy.

9 November 2026

• Science & Technology

Can AI "co-scientists" help answer cancer's biggest questions?

Three teams of Cancer Grand Challenges researchers are testing whether AI lab partners can help turn clues buried in scientific papers and research data into new ideas for experiments. Three teams of Cancer Grand Challenges researchers are testing whether AI lab partners can help turn clues buried in scientific papers and research data into new ideas for experiments.

6 November 2026

• Science & Technology

Scientists uncover the hidden rules behind glioblastoma

Though they appear chaotic, glioblastoma brain tumours follow predictable rules, which could make them vulnerable to new treatments. Though they appear chaotic, glioblastoma brain tumours follow predictable rules, which could make them vulnerable to new treatments.

4 November 2026

• Science & Technology

Could clearing ‘immune fog’ stop lung cancer?

Researchers have discovered how an immune cell may help lung cancer develop, which could lead to new ways of preventing the disease. Researchers have discovered how an immune cell may help lung cancer develop, which could lead to new ways of preventing the disease.

7 October 2026

• Health & Medicine

BRCA and beyond: finding younger women with a higher risk of breast cancer

What if all it took to understand your risk of one of the most common types of cancer was a computer program, a spit sample and a questionnaire from your GP? What if all it took to understand your risk of one of the most common types of cancer was a computer program, a spit sample and a questionnaire from your GP?

6 October 2026

• Health & Medicine

250,000-person study to investigate diet, lifestyle and the rise of bowel cancer in under-50s

Scientists are recruiting 250,000 people in the UK to help find out what might be causing the rising rates of early-onset bowel cancer. Scientists are recruiting 250,000 people in the UK to help find out what might be causing the rising rates of early-onset bowel cancer.

5 October 2026

• Science & Technology

What can our genes tell us about preventing myeloma?

Researchers at University College London are investigating whether inherited genes can change how the body responds to smouldering myeloma. Researchers at University College London are investigating whether inherited genes can change how the body responds to smouldering myeloma.

16 September 2026

• Health & Medicine

New UK study links hot drink consumption to one type of oesophageal cancer

A new study has found a link between consuming hot drinks and a type of oesophageal cancer for the first time in the UK. A new study has found a link between consuming hot drinks and a type of oesophageal cancer for the first time in the UK.

9 September 2026