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Five new teams selected to take on cancer’s toughest challenges
Announcing five new global Cancer Grand Challenges teams. Each team will be awarded up to $25m over five years to take on cancer's toughest problems.
Today we’re excited to announce the five new global teams that have been selected to each receive up to $25m in Cancer Grand Challenges funding over five years to take on four of cancer’s toughest challenges. In March 2023, we announced…
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Embedding patient advocacy within a discovery science initiative
As we look towards announcing our new teams on 6 March, we reflect with former members of the Cancer Grand Challenges Advocacy Panel on the role the…
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A holistic approach to cancer research: bringing future research leaders together with patient advocates
Last month we held our annual Future Leaders Conference in Lisbon. As well as being a time for early career researchers from across our funded teams…
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Changing the narrative around ductal carcinoma in situ and breast cancer risk
New findings from the Cancer Grand Challenges PRECISION team this Breast Cancer Awareness Month show that breast cancer development from DCIS is a…
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Major new scientific partnership between the UK and France to tackle cancer’s toughest challenges
Today we’re announcing a major new €10m (£8.6m) partnership between Cancer Research UK and France’s Institut National Du Cancer (INCa) to help fund…

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Discover: a year of scientific creativity
Launching Discover: a year of scientific creativity – our annual progress magazine showcasing the power of global team science. Discover celebrates how our teams are coming together, thinking differently and driving…
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The rules (not the exceptions) of cancer tissue specificity
The SPECIFICANCER team delves deeper into the biological laws that govern tissue specificity in cancer and reveals intricate webs of genetic interactions. This story first featured in our annual progress magazine - …
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Genes in space: the future of biology is spatial
A new expansion sequencing toolbox and analysis platform from the IMAXT team reveals hidden truths in biology by creating detailed nanoscale-resolution genomic maps. This story first featured in our annual progress…
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Uncharted territory: metabolic tumour maps reveal new therapeutic avenues
A deeper understanding of the metabolic changes during tumour development could radically change clinical decision-making and unlock opportunities to intervene across the entire patient journey. This story first…
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Matrix remodelling in the transformation from inflammation to malignancy   
Chronic inflammation is directly linked to up to 25% of cancer deaths worldwide. Could reprogramming of the inflamed microenvironment prevent, slow or even revert the cascade of inflammation to malignancy?  This story…
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Hidden treasure: do the clues to preventing and detecting colorectal cancer lie in the microbiome?
The OPTIMISTICC team identifies microbiological signatures which may make colorectal cancer screening available for all. This story first featured in our annual progress magazine - Discover: a year of scientific…
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A step closer to distinguishing harmless from invasive breast lesions 
New findings from our PRECISION team define clinical criteria that may distinguish between patients with harmless breast carcinoma from those with a higher risk of invasive cancer. This story first featured in our…
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“We can all be agents of change” - learnings from our first Future Leaders Conference
In October 2021 we held our first Future Leaders Conference, a chance for the early career members of our community to come together virtually, discuss their work and focus on professional development.  The event was …
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Escape from the immune system
Cancers in different parts of the body use unique strategies to avoid attack by the immune system, according to a new study from the Cancer Grand Challenges SPECIFICANCER team and collaborators. The findings also…