• Science & Technology

International deal to screen potential cancer drugs using DNA 'barcodes'

A screening technology tags compounds with strands of DNA to assess prototype drugs for anti-cancer activity. A screening technology tags compounds with strands of DNA to assess prototype drugs for anti-cancer activity.

22 January 2014

• Science & Technology

Sleeping Beauty reveals childhood brain tumour’s secrets

Researchers are using a technique called Sleeping Beauty to probe the genetic faults that drive medulloblastoma, the most common type of childhood brain tumour. Researchers are using a technique called Sleeping Beauty to probe the genetic faults that drive medulloblastoma, the most common type of childhood brain tumour.

17 January 2014

Beating cancer twice: childhood cancer survivors pursue medical careers

Read the story of five childhood cancer survivors - inspired to pursue medical careers - as they visit one of our scientists in the lab. Read the story of five childhood cancer survivors - inspired to pursue medical careers - as they visit one of our scientists in the lab.

14 January 2014

• Health & Medicine

Screening helps prevent cervical cancer in older women

Women who don't have cervical screening over 50 are 6 times more likely to be diagnosed with cervical cancer according to Cancer Research UK. Women who don't have cervical screening over 50 are 6 times more likely to be diagnosed with cervical cancer according to Cancer Research UK.

14 January 2014

• Health & Medicine

A third of a million people now diagnosed with cancer every year

The number of people being diagnosed with cancer in the UK each year has hit more than 330,000 for the first time. The number of people being diagnosed with cancer in the UK each year has hit more than 330,000 for the first time.

14 January 2014

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Ethnic differences in breast cancer rates linked to lifestyle

Lifestyle and reproductive factors are the main reasons for the difference in breast cancer rates between ethnicities. Lifestyle and reproductive factors are the main reasons for the difference in breast cancer rates between ethnicities.

8 January 2014

Can pancreatic cancer really be “wiped out” in less than a week? Not yet...

Following exaggerated reports in the media of a 'cure' for pancreatic cancer, we speak to one of our scientists about his latest research. Following exaggerated reports in the media of a 'cure' for pancreatic cancer, we speak to one of our scientists about his latest research.

7 January 2014

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Deaths from oesophageal cancer up by almost 50 per cent in last 40 years

The number of people dying from oesophageal cancer has risen by 49 per cent in the last 40 years according to figures published by Cancer Research UK. The number of people dying from oesophageal cancer has risen by 49 per cent in the last 40 years according to figures published by Cancer Research UK.

6 January 2014

• Health & Medicine

Tripling tobacco taxes to prevent 200 million premature deaths

Tripling tobacco tax globally would cut smoking by a third and prevent 200M premature deaths this century from lung cancer and other diseases. Tripling tobacco tax globally would cut smoking by a third and prevent 200M premature deaths this century from lung cancer and other diseases.

1 January 2014

• Health & Medicine

Cancer Research UK and AstraZeneca sign deal to repurpose asthma drug that could fight kidney cancer

Cancer Research UK and Cancer Research Technology have reached an agreement with AstraZeneca to take AZD2098, into a kidney cancer clinical trial. Cancer Research UK and Cancer Research Technology have reached an agreement with AstraZeneca to take AZD2098, into a kidney cancer clinical trial.

23 December 2013

• Science & Technology

Genetic profiling tracks progression from manageable blood cancer into deadly disease

Genetic profiling has uncovered how follicular lymphoma evolves from a manageable disease into an aggressive cancer. Genetic profiling has uncovered how follicular lymphoma evolves from a manageable disease into an aggressive cancer.

22 December 2013