Information and impact

Lung cancer
Thanks to research my father is still with us and got to see me live my dream

While Jack was studying for his PHD, his father, John, was diagnosed with lung cancer. His father’s dream was to see Jack become a doctor, and thanks to research his dream came true.

Suzanne and her daughter smile together for a picture at a family celebration
Brain cancer
I was given just one year to live

When she was diagnosed with a brain tumour the size of a golf ball, suddenly all of Suzanne's plans for the future with her family seemed so far out of reach. 

Leukaemia
Helping to diagnose rare genetic diseases

Your support helped Professor Kevin Hiom discover a new gene which was involved in the development of a rare genetic disease called Fanconi anemia.

Dario Alessi in the lab
Multiple cancers
Repurposing a diabetes drug for cancer treatment

Your support helped a drug for type 2 diabetes be tested in over 100 clinical trials for treatment and prevention of cancer. 

Professor Hans Clevers
Multiple cancers
Mini tumour organoids to help personalise cancer treatment

You helped fund research that allowed scientists to grow mini tumour organoids in the lab from a patient’s own cancer cells to study the disease and personalise treatment.

Laura Soucek And Team
Lung cancer
How Dr Laura Soucek 'drugged the undruggable'

An innovative but risky discovery research project that you helped fund in 2013 has allowed Dr Laura Soucek to develop a new cancer treatment and prove that it was ready for clinical trials. 

Stephen Bown With Nurses Anita Agyekum Karikari And Uzma Baqar May 2014
Multiple cancers
Pioneering a new laser therapy for cancer

Our research helped to discover a pioneering new treatment called photodynamic therapy which can cure cancer if it's caught early enough. 

Mark Cragg In Lab
Blood cancer
Helping to develop new blood cancer drugs

Your support helped Professor Mark Cragg discover how drugs could be used to target and destroy cancer cells and helped develop new blood cancer treatments.

Dr Awen Gallimore
Bowel cancer
Clinical trials to stop bowel cancer coming back

Your support in 2005 has helped launch clinical trials testing a promising new treatment option for people with bowel cancer. 

Dr Olivia Rossanese Headshot
Dr Olivia Rossanese
Vincenzo Giambra Headshot
Dr Vincenzo Giambra
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Dr Sharon Rossiter
Miriam Martini Headshot
Dr Miriam Martini
Bruno Silva Santos Headshot
Professor Bruno Silva-Santos
Aura Carreira Headshot
Dr Aura Carreira
Pipsa Saharinen Headshot
Professor Pipsa Saharinen
David Withers
Professor David Withers
Laura Rosenburg Headshot
Dr Laura Rosenberg
Ruth Palmer Headshot
Professor Ruth Palmer
Sheeba Irshad Headshot
Dr Sheeba Irshad
Louis Vermeulen Headshot
Professor Louis Vermeulen
Pim French Headshot
Dr Pim French
Maite Huarte Headshot
Dr Maite Huarte
Petr Cejka Headshot
Dr Petr Cejka
Renata Basto in the lab
Dr Renata Basto
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Professor Marcos Malumbres
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Professor Adrian Bracken
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Professor Jan-Jacob Schuringa
Jonine Figueroa Headshot
Professor Jonine Figueroa
Yogesh Kulathu Headshot
Dr Yogesh Kulathu
Daniel Lietha Headshot
Dr Daniel Lietha
Simon Leedham Headshot
Professor Simon Leedham
Amy Berrington Headshot
Professor Amy Berrington
Dan Hodson Headshot
Dr Daniel Hodson
Denes Hnisz Headshot
Dr Denes Hnisz
Sara Sigasmund Headshot
Dr Sara Sigismund
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Professor Krishnaraj Rajalingam
Danijela Headshot
Dr Danijela Vignjevic