Research projects

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Leukaemia

How do inherited genetic risks cause leukaemia to develop?

This project hopes to discover new ways of preventing people with an inherited risk of a particularly aggressive form of leukaemia from developing the disease.

Researcher: Professor Hamish Scott

Understanding how inherited genetic risks are triggered to become leukaemia
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Lymphoma

How do healthy blood cells help drive lymphoma development?

Understanding how healthy cells support the survival and growth of lymphoma will ultimately lead to the development of essential new treatments.

Researcher: Professor Davide Rossi

How genetic mutations in healthy blood cells can help drive lymphoma development
Yenkel Ginberg Bleyer Teamshot

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Melanoma

How are immune cells activated to attack melanoma?

This project will hopefully reveal new molecular targets for drugs to make immunotherapy work better  for more cancer patients in the future.

Researcher: Dr Yenkel Grinberg-Bleyer

How immune cells are activated to attack melanoma
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Breast cancer

How do breast cancers recruit healthy cells to grow and spread?

Breast cancer is much harder to treat once it spreads so the team hope to better understand the processes through which tumours spread and find new ways to stop it.

Researcher: Dr Michael Samuel

Uncovering how breast cancer recruits healthy cells to grow and spread
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Lymphoma

Why do children with some genetic disorders develop lymphoma?

Children born with some disorders are prone to developing lymphoma so this project hopes to better understand why and improve outcomes for these children.

Researcher: Dr Lisa Westerberg

Understanding the causes of lymphoma in children
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Lung cancer

Why do some lung tumours develop into aggressive cancers?

Survival rates for lung cancer vary considerably so this project aims to improve survival rates by discover new ways to diagnosis and treat aggressive lung cancers.

Researcher: Dr Lynnette Fernandez-Cuesta

Studying the evolution of lung neuroendocrine neoplasms to discover new treatment targets

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General cancer research

Can we track immune cells to improve immunotherapy?

This team hope to make discoveries about the immune system that will kickstart new treatments, making them successful for more patients in the future. 

Researcher: Professor David Withers

Tracking immune cells to improve immunotherapy

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Sarcoma

How does the rare tissues cancer sarcoma develop?

Late stage sarcomas remain very hard to treat and not enough is understood about them, so this project hopes to be the starting point for vital new sarcoma cures.

Researcher: Professor Kevin Hiom

Understanding the development of sarcoma – a rare tissue cancer
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General cancer research

What can we discover about cancer from the placenta?

Researchers hope to find ways for immunotherapy to help more patients by learning how cancer cells hide from the immune system and stopping them hiding. 

Researcher: Dr Vincenzo Costanzo

What can the placenta teach us about cancer?