Research projects
Active Belgium
Lung cancer
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.
Researcher: Professor Peter Carmeliet
Rewiring blood cells that block the immune response with AIActive Finland
Breast cancer
Stopping breast cancer spreading would make it much easier to treat so this project is exploring a molecule that appears to stop tumours spreading.
Researcher: Professor Johanna Ivaska
Harnessing the power of healthy breast cells to keep cancer at bayActive Switzerland
Bowel cancer
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.
Researcher: Professor Alessandro Sartori
Developing bowel cancer immunotherapies that target DNA repairActive Italy
Lung 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.
Researcher: Dr Vincenzo Russo
Using cholesterol to boost anti-tumour T cellsActive Spain
Liver 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.
Researcher: Dr Pau Sancho-Bru
Growing mini tumours in the lab to understand hepatoblastomaActive Italy
Liver cancer
Researchers are hoping to discover new ways to diagnose liver cancer more accurately, which would help patients receive better treatments more quickly.
Researcher: Dr Fulvio Chiacchiera
When prevention fails: Understanding how mutated proteins make liver cancer more likelyActive Austria
Lung cancer
This project could lead to new immunotherapy treatments that can block tumour growth in lung cancer and potentially many other cancer types.
Researcher: Dr Stefano Angiari
Turning red lights green: How do cancer cells stop immune cells from doing their job?Active France
Multiple myeloma
Multiple myeloma is a hard to treat blood cancer and so in this project researchers want to find ways to help immunotherapy work for more patients.
Researcher: Dr Philippe Pasero
Predicting resistance in multiple myeloma and boosting immunotherapyActive United Kingdom
Oesophageal cancer
By better understanding how oesophageal cancer first emerges researchers hope to find new ways to prevent this disease and improve survival rates.
Researcher: Dr Maria Alcolea
Understanding the role of mutation interactions in oesophageal cancer