News
The latest science and news from the Institute.
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Funding announced for Cambridge Cancer Research Hospital
5th October 2020
The government has committed to provide funding for the new Cambridge Cancer Research Hospital at Addenbrooke’s.
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Imaging magnetised molecules could predict drug resistance in breast cancer patients
30th September 2020
New research suggests that a scanning technique, called carbon-13 hyperpolarised imaging, could be used to predict treatment response in breast cancer patients.Â
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Dr Pau Creixell joins Institute as new Group Leader
28th September 2020
Dr Pau Creixell has joined the Institute as a new Junior Group Leader, in partnership with the CRUK Cambridge Centre and Children’s Brain Tumour Centre of Excellence.Â
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PhD student Cristina Jauset Gonzalez wins Merck Innovation Cup 2020
23rd September 2020
Cristina Jauset Gonzalez, has won the Merck Innovation Cup 2020, working in an international team of researchers to create a novel drug discovery platform to aid the development of treatments for cancer and other diseases.
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Four-stranded DNA structures found to play role in breast cancer
3rd August 2020
Four stranded DNA structures – known as G-quadruplexes – have been shown to play a role in certain types of breast cancer for the first time.
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Formation of quadruple helix DNA tracked in live human cells for the first time
22nd July 2020
The formation of four-stranded DNA has been tracked in living human cells, allowing scientists to see how it works, and its possible role in cancer.
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Institute Group Leaders awarded promotions by the University
26th June 2020
We are delighted to announce that several of our Group Leaders have been promoted in the University of Cambridge Senior Academic Promotions.
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Cancer study shows how chemicals cause complex cell mutations
24th June 2020
A new study from the Odom Group provides fresh insights into why some harmful substances are so efficient at causing cancer, and could aid the quest for better treatments.
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New insights into the formation of medulloblastoma
17th June 2020
Research from our Gilbertson Group provides new insights into the formation of the most common type of malignant brain tumour in children.
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