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20 October 2021
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New findings, old ideas: reviving a decades old view on the causes of cancer
Surprising discoveries from the Mutographs team challenge the classical view that all carcinogens directly cause mutations and suggest that non-mutagenic agents play a greater role in tumour promotion than originally thought.
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01 October 2021
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Nearly 170 diverse, global teams submitted bold ideas outlining how they would solve some of cancer’s toughest challenges. Today, we reveal the 11 teams selected to compete for a share of £80m.
We were delighted to…
21 June 2021
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APC is one of the most commonly mutated genes in colorectal tumours – but why is it so frequently mutated in this type of cancer compared to others?
The answer lies in the way APC-mutant cells compete with their…
3 June 2021
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Patient advocate Helen Matthews meets co-investigator Owen Sansom to discuss SPECIFICANCER’s latest findings, how working cross-discipline enables ‘big strides forward’ and the unique, important perspectives brought to…
1 June 2021
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New findings from the OPTIMISTICC team reveal aspirin’s antibacterial activity against Fusobacterium nucleatum, an oncomicrobe known to drive colorectal cancer.
OPTIMISTICC’s Caitlin Brennan, postdoctoral fellow and…
21 April 2021
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By distinguishing between people with ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) who will develop invasive breast cancer and those who won’t, the Cancer Grand Challenges PRECISION team could spare thousands of women around the…
15 April 2021
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Look inside the IMAXT team’s virtual reality lab, ahead of its release later this year, as the team calls for volunteers to help test the software.
A core component of the Cancer Grand Challenges IMAXT programme,…
13 April 2021
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Findings from the OPTIMISTICC team point towards a global microbiome signature for colorectal cancer that could help improve the way we detect the disease.
Colorectal cancer is the third most common cancer in the world…
31 March 2021
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In October, we posed 9 new challenges to the research community, each with the potential to change the way we think about cancer. Through our blog series, members of our Cancer Grand Challenges Scientific Committee…
30 March 2021
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We recently held a webinar with the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) providing an overview of the Cancer Grand Challenges partnership between Cancer Research UK and the US National Cancer Institute. …
30 March 2021