Research projects

Exploring how ‘messages’ sent from cancer cells to other parts of the body might help cancers to spread and whether new cures could stop this process.

Researchers hope to improve outcomes for brain cancer patients by explore whether tumours with particular mutations can be treated using a targeted therapy 

Lots of cancer drugs cause nasty side effects by affecting healthy cells, so this project is looking for ways to turn on drugs only when they are in the tumour. 

Immunotherapy doesn’t always work but researchers hope to find ways to re-wire some of our cells so that these treatments can help more patients in the future.

Stopping breast cancer spreading would make it much easier to treat so this project is exploring a molecule that appears to stop tumours spreading.

Immunotherapy for cancer has huge potential but doesn’t always work, so this project hopes to find ways for it to cure more people with bowel cancer.

Researchers are looking to increase the quality of life of cancer patients by discovering new ways to boost our immune system to attack cancer.

Looking for new cures for hepatoblastoma, the most common type of liver cancer in children, by studying ‘mini tumours’ to discover how it develops. 

Researchers are hoping to discover new ways to diagnose liver cancer more accurately, which would help patients receive better treatments more quickly.