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The ICR, Cancer Research Technology and Zobio BV Sign Deal to Develop Cancer Drugs
The three organisations are collaborating to discover and develop drugs to block a DNA repair target that may play a role in cancer cell survival.
Gene Test to Predict Nerve Damage from Bone Cancer Treatment
Scientists have found a genetic test that predicts whether bone marrow cancer treatments including thalidomide are likely to give patients a debilitating side-effect.
Two-pronged Approach Brings Hope For Bowel Cancer Treatment
Cancer Research UK-funded scientists have discovered that blocking two cell DNA repair routes at once could provide a completely new way to treat bowel cancer and potentially other cancers.
Study Confirms Therapy Could Halt Breast Cancer Spread
ICR scientists have for the first time shown that blocking a key enzyme can stop breast cancer spreading to distant organs.
The Art of Structural Biology: modelling the APC Complex
The molecular machine controlling cell growth
Professor David Barford leads a team within the Section of Structural Biology that has recently published work in the prestigious scientific journal Nature* examining the structure of a protein complex known as the anaphase-promoting complex (APC/C).
First National Data on Breast Cancers that Occur Between Screenings
The first UK-wide study into the rate of breast cancers diagnosed between scheduled screenings has been published today in the British Journal of Cancer.
New Targeted Treatment Strategy Could Help Bowel Cancer Patients
Scientists at the ICR have found an important new drug target for advanced bowel cancer
Pill Brings Promise for Patients with Skin Cancer
Strength of early results means all 'placebo arm' trial patients will be offered treatment with RG7204.
Intensity-Modulated Radiotheraphy Protects Saliva Function and Improves Quality of Life
These findings, from the largest randomised trial of IMRT in head and neck cancer
Faulty Gene Behind Skin Cancer Also Triggers Spread
Cancer Research UK-funded scientists have discovered that skin cancer can spread to the lungs when a gene in an important cell communication pathway is blocked.
Specialist MRI Detects Advancing Prostate Cancer
Prostate cancer patients under Active Surveillance could be assessed by MRI instead of an invasive biopsy
UK Scientists Reveal Cancer’s Dark Darwinian Secret
A breakthrough study has shed light on the reason why advanced cancers are notoriously resistant to treatment and, remarkably, it may be as fundamental as evolution itself.