Epigenetics

• Science & Technology

Following CUPiD’s arrow: A new blood test to find cancer of unknown primary

Researchers in Manchester have developed CUPiD, a blood test that could transform the diagnostic journey of someone with cancer of unknown primary. Researchers in Manchester have developed CUPiD, a blood test that could transform the diagnostic journey of someone with cancer of unknown primary.

23 April 2024

• Health & Medicine

Can vaping cause changes in our cells?

You may have seen media coverage of a study that looked at changes in different types of cells from people who smoked and people who vaped. Let's break down what the results really show. You may have seen media coverage of a study that looked at changes in different types of cells from people who smoked and people who vaped. Let's break down what the results really show.

20 March 2024

• For Researchers

Thinking outside the chromosome – how ecDNA is challenging conventional thinking

What is extrachromosomal DNA? How have we come to think of its role in cancer? And what has all this got to do with a flagship lung cancer study? What is extrachromosomal DNA? How have we come to think of its role in cancer? And what has all this got to do with a flagship lung cancer study?

11 November 2022

• Science & Technology
• Health & Medicine

NCRI Cancer Conference 2016: Day 1 – lung cancer and yeast

We're in Liverpool for the annual National Cancer Research Institute (NCRI) Cancer Conference, sharing updates from the most exciting research on show. We're in Liverpool for the annual National Cancer Research Institute (NCRI) Cancer Conference, sharing updates from the most exciting research on show.

6 November 2016

• Science & Technology
• Health & Medicine

Meet our new research fellows 2016

Find out how our new up and coming researchers plan to tackle some of the big scientific questions in cancer. Find out how our new up and coming researchers plan to tackle some of the big scientific questions in cancer.

6 October 2016

• Science & Technology

Flicking the switch on cancer’s immaturity

Researchers have discovered a reversible genetic switch that plays a role in cancer cells' eternal youth. Researchers have discovered a reversible genetic switch that plays a role in cancer cells' eternal youth.

29 September 2016

• Science & Technology
• Health & Medicine

Pancreatic cancer found to be four separate diseases

Scientists have discovered pancreatic cancer can be divided into four separate types, paving the way for more accurate diagnosis and treatment. Scientists have discovered pancreatic cancer can be divided into four separate types, paving the way for more accurate diagnosis and treatment.

25 February 2016

• Science & Technology
• Health & Medicine

Targeting cancer’s self-defence mechanisms

We often talk about cancer as being a disease caused by mistakes in DNA – the genetic instructions inside all our cells that tell them to make molecules such as proteins. And faulty genes do indeed cause cells to grow out of control, leading to cancer. But it isn’t just the sequence of the DNA that matters, but also how it’s used that’s important. We often talk about cancer as being a disease caused by mistakes in DNA – the genetic instructions inside all our cells that tell them to make molecules such as proteins. And faulty genes do indeed cause cells to grow out of control, leading to cancer. But it isn’t just the sequence of the DNA that matters, but also how it’s used that’s important.

16 September 2015

• Science & Technology
• Health & Medicine

Scientists discover how cells overpower cancer drug

Cancer Research UK scientists have found how cells adapt to overcome cancer drugs designed to interfere with their genetic controls. Cancer Research UK scientists have found how cells adapt to overcome cancer drugs designed to interfere with their genetic controls.

16 September 2015

• Science & Technology

Too good to be true? A blood test 'to predict breast cancer'

We look at the science behind media stories about a 'simple blood test' that apparently can 'predict breast cancer'. We look at the science behind media stories about a 'simple blood test' that apparently can 'predict breast cancer'.

27 June 2014

• Science & Technology

Reading the code: Professor Tony Kouzarides

The lab of Cancer Research UK scientist Professor Tony Kouzarides focuses on how genes get turned on and off - we explore his work and how it links to cancer. The lab of Cancer Research UK scientist Professor Tony Kouzarides focuses on how genes get turned on and off - we explore his work and how it links to cancer.

25 October 2013

• Science & Technology
• Health & Medicine

A new age of cancer classification and treatment

Large-scale studies from across the globe are providing genetic clues that link different tumours - but what does this mean for how we define and treat cancer? Large-scale studies from across the globe are providing genetic clues that link different tumours - but what does this mean for how we define and treat cancer?

15 October 2013