CRUK Science Blog – Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute

Illustration of a puzzle of a brain with missing pieces

The scientists on a mission to revolutionise brain tumour research

17 Jun 2019

Image of a clock.

News digest – NHS waiting times, prostate cancer scans, drug decisions and gut bacteria

15 Jun 2019

News digest – obesity projections, immunotherapy trials, Vitamin D and cancer ‘cure’ documentaries

8 Jun 2019

News digest – ultra-processed food, liquid gel spacer, night shift work and how breast cancer spreads

1 Jun 2019

Lung cancer deaths in women are increasing globally. It’s a hidden but preventable epidemic

31 May 2019

prostate cancer cells

ASCO 2019 news: targeted treatment takeover, drugging the ‘undruggable’, obesity and blood tests

31 May 2019

Learning about advanced cancer from the people who donate their bodies after death

28 May 2019

Lung cancer CT scan

News digest – artificial intelligence, e-cigarettes, cancer screening and animal ‘avatars’

25 May 2019

Section of human colon showing sausage-shaped crypts. The section has been stained for a protein called MAOA (shown in brown). The blue crypt carries a fault in the MAOA gene, which stops the protein being made and means the crypt no longer shows up as brown.

News digest – bowel cancer rates, brain tumour ‘pink drink’, cigarette displays and chewing gum

18 May 2019

An image of the lining of our gut, which is home to a variety of species of bacteria.

Bowel cancer rates are rising in young adults, but do we know what’s behind the increase?

17 May 2019

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