Research projects
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Melanoma
Researchers hope to find ways for immunotherapy to help more patients by understanding how particular cells in our immune system could give treatments a boost.
Researcher: Dr Meredith O'Keeffe
Investigating the effect of immune therapy on certain immune cellsComplete Israel
General cancer research
This project hopes to kickstart a new cancer cure that could help patients in the future whilst reducing the side effects that come with current treatments.
Researcher: Professor Niv Papo
Developing a therapy for a challenging but promising target in cancerComplete Spain
General cancer research
Researchers hope to find out how the time of day influences how well cancer patients respond to therapy so that treatments can improve and work for more people.
Researcher: Professor Cristina Lopez-Rodriguez
Off the clock: understanding immune cell’s circadian rhythm to improve anti-tumour therapiesComplete United Kingdom
General cancer research
This team hope to kickstart a way to more accurately diagnose patients and find clues towards new treatments by finding a new marker to detect cancer.
Researcher: Professor Edward Tate
Probing a group of proteins to develop novel ways to detect and treat cancerComplete Spain
Pancreatic cancer
Survival rates for pancreatic cancer are worryingly poor so this project hopes to find new drug targets that could be used to develop much needed new therapies.
Researcher: Dr Patricia Sancho
The importance of fat in the aggressiveness of pancreatic cancerComplete Singapore
Ovarian cancer
Researchers hope to help patients with aggressive ovarian cancer by investigating if a different existing drug could be effective at attacking cancer cells
Researcher: Dr Chit Fang Cheok
Using a tapeworm killer to treat ovarian cancerComplete United Kingdom
Oesophageal cancer
Oesophageal cancer is very tricky to diagnose making it hard to treat, so researchers want to find new markers to detect it earlier and improve survival rates.
Researcher: Dr Maria Alcolea
Finding ways to detect oesophageal cancer soonerComplete Spain
Lung cancer
This project hopes to be a vital step towards a completely new and targeted approach to tackling a cancer that is in desperate need of more effective treatments.
Researcher: Dr Juan Valcarcel
Testing a brand new approach to treating lung cancerComplete Netherlands
Bowel cancer
Bowel cancer is one of the highest causes of cancer death so this project is looking for urgent new cures by better understanding how it hides from our immune system.
Researcher: Professor Paul Coffer
Building mini-tumours in the lab to study bowel cancer