medicine

MRC funding to develop techniques for precision removal of brain cancer cells

Posted in Medicine on 13th Sep, 2023
by Alex Muller

Imperial researchers make up one of four teams receiving £500k to work across disciplines on improving outcomes of hard-to-treat cancers.

Trials show new cancer vaccine could improve patient survival for some lung cancers by nearly half

Posted in Medicine on 13th Sep, 2023
by Alex Muller

A French biotechnology company said that its cancer vaccine was effective in decreasing the risk of death for people with some lung cancers by 41%.

High-risk but high-reward research tackling hardest-to-treat cancers receives £2 million funding boost

Posted in Medicine on 13th Sep, 2023
by Alex Muller

Innovative researchers working to tackle some of the hardest-to-treat cancers, including through the use of AI, have received a £2 million funding boost.

Cancer Research UK ‘turning down far too much’ due to rising costs, says CEO

Posted in Medicine on 7th Sep, 2023
by Alex Muller

According to CRUK’s financial accounts for March 2023, the charity spent £45m less on research than the year prior at £398m.

funding boost for research into little known blood cancer

Posted in Medicine on 7th Sep, 2023
by Alex Muller

Relatively little is known about the causes of a group of blood cancer called myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPN), affecting approximately 4,000 people in the UK every year.