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We are are helping to end death and disease caused by cancer, saving more lives by detecting early and personalising treatments. The experiences of patients and their families shape every stage of research and of plans for the Cambridge Cancer Research Hospital, as we work together to change the story of cancer.

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Cambridge is changing the story of cancer

15 July 2024

Find out about groundbreaking cancer research at Cambridge, including our planned new hospital, how we're studying the earliest stages of cancer, how AI is helping fight the disease, and the patients playing a key role in our work.

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Throwing a ‘spanner in the works’ of our cells’ machinery could help fight cancer, fatty liver disease… and hair loss

18 Apr 2025

Fifty years since its discovery, scientists have finally worked out how a molecular machine found in mitochondria, the ‘powerhouses’ of our cells...

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Mouse study suggests a common diabetes drug may prevent leukaemia

16 Apr 2025

Metformin, a widely used and affordable diabetes drug, could prevent a form of acute myeloid leukaemia in people at high risk of the disease, a study...

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Serena Nik-Zainal at the Early Cancer Institute

Scientists create 'metal detector' to hunt down tumours

10 Apr 2025

Cambridge researchers have created a ‘metal detector’ algorithm that can hunt down vulnerable tumours, in a development that could one day...

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AI can be good for our health and wellbeing

07 Apr 2025

Cambridge researchers are looking at ways that AI can transform everything from drug discovery to Alzheimer's diagnoses to GP consultations.

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Dawn, the UK’s fastest AI supercomputer

Under the bonnet at Dawn, the UK's fastest AI supercomputer

17 Mar 2025

How AI supercomputer, Dawn, is being used to tackle some of the most pressing issues facing humanity.

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Scientists discover how aspirin could prevent some cancers from spreading

05 Mar 2025

Scientists have uncovered the mechanism behind how aspirin could reduce the metastasis of some cancers by stimulating the immune system.

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Cambridge Festival Speaker Spotlight: Dr Mireia Crispin

12 Feb 2025

Dr Mireia Crispin is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Oncology at the University of Cambridge and leads a research group focusing on the...

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£10 million programme to use AI and state-of-the-art analytics to fight cancer

22 Jan 2025

Cambridge researchers are to lead a £10 million project that could result in doctors being able to predict your individual chances of getting cancer...

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Cambridge Cancer Research Hospital given green light by government

21 Jan 2025

The Secretary of State for Health and Social Care has announced that ambitious plans can proceed for Cambridge Cancer Research Hospital, which...

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Imaging technique allows rapid assessment of ovarian cancer subtypes and their response to treatment

06 Dec 2024

An MRI-based imaging technique developed at the University of Cambridge predicts the response of ovarian cancer tumours to treatment, and rapidly...

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Cambridge researchers develop urine test for early detection of lung cancer

06 Dec 2024

Cambridge scientists have developed a urine test for early detection of lung cancer. The test, the first of its kind, detects ‘zombie’ cells that...

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Landmark 'pill-on-a-thread' cancer screening trial welcomes first participants

28 Nov 2024

A pivotal clinical trial of a 'pill-on-a-thread' test, which will decide if it becomes a new screening programme for oesophageal cancer, has welcomed...

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