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The young people powering the future of cancer research

By contributing to the VIVO Biobank, teenagers and young adults like Cory and Aleesha-Marie are powering lifechanging discoveries. By contributing to the VIVO Biobank, teenagers and young adults like Cory and Aleesha-Marie are powering lifechanging discoveries.

by Khrisha Gajparia, Tim Gunn | In depth, Personal stories | 15 April 2026

15 April 2026

NexTGen team looking at a computer screen in lab

A pioneering trial from Cancer Grand Challenges team NexTGen is testing whether their cutting-edge new therapy can help treat children and young people with solid tumours by harnessing the immune system. A pioneering trial from Cancer Grand Challenges team NexTGen is testing whether their cutting-edge new therapy can help treat children and young people with solid tumours by harnessing the immune system.

by Sophie Wedekind | News | 8 April 2026

8 April 2026

Three researchers at a lab bench. They are wearing white lab coats.

We've published our refreshed equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) in research strategic approach (2025). This data-driven blueprint will help us get closer to achieving our goal of beating cancer for everyone. We've published our refreshed equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) in research strategic approach (2025). This data-driven blueprint will help us get closer to achieving our goal of beating cancer for everyone.

by Cancer Research UK | News | 14 October 2025

14 October 2025

This entry is part 30 of 37 in the series That Cancer Conversation
This entry is part 28 of 37 in the series That Cancer Conversation
This entry is part 27 of 37 in the series That Cancer Conversation
A microscope image of a bowel organoid.

Researchers at UCL Cancer Institute are closing in on answers to one of bowel cancers' biggest challenges – why people’s cancers respond to treatment differently Researchers at UCL Cancer Institute are closing in on answers to one of bowel cancers' biggest challenges – why people’s cancers respond to treatment differently

by Henry Scowcroft | In depth | 9 May 2025

9 May 2025

That Cancer Conversation Bowelbabe Fund special cover with a purple background

Michelle sits down with Ben, Sarah, Emma and Steve to talk about their memories of Deborah and discuss the Bowelbabe Fund as they prepare to take on this year’s London Marathon. Michelle sits down with Ben, Sarah, Emma and Steve to talk about their memories of Deborah and discuss the Bowelbabe Fund as they prepare to take on this year’s London Marathon.

by Sophie Wedekind | Podcast | 15 April 2025

15 April 2025

This entry is part 25 of 37 in the series That Cancer Conversation
Pictures of Taylor, Zaid and Eilidh in hospital during their cancer treatment.

Four teenagers and young adults tell us what it's like to receive a lifechanging cancer diagnosis while your life is still taking shape. Four teenagers and young adults tell us what it's like to receive a lifechanging cancer diagnosis while your life is still taking shape.

by Tom Bourton, Tim Gunn | Personal stories | 4 April 2025

4 April 2025

Researchers discussing work in lab

Along with our partners, we've committed £5.5m in funding to form a world-leading research team tasked with making personalised medicine a reality for people with bowel cancer. Along with our partners, we've committed £5.5m in funding to form a world-leading research team tasked with making personalised medicine a reality for people with bowel cancer.

by Fiona Scott | News | 31 March 2025

31 March 2025