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News and Trends 3 Feb 2023

Beyond Biotech podcast 32: Cancer Research Horizons, Enterome, OncoHost, TrakCel, Turbine

Our guests are Ofer Sharon, CEO of OncoHost; Matthew Lakelin, co-founder, TrakCel; Pierre Belichard, CEO of Enterome; and Tony Hickson, chief business officer for Cancer Research UK and Cancer Research…

February 3, 2023 - 4 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

News and Trends 5 Jan 2023

Cancer Research UK and Turbine to partner on program

Cancer Research Horizons, the innovation engine at the core of the world’s largest private funder of cancer research, Cancer Research UK, has announced that it is partnering with Turbine AI,…

January 5, 2023 - 3 minutesmins - By Jim Cornall

Startup Scout 8 Sep 2022

Stratosvir is overcoming the viral immunotherapy delivery bottleneck

The U.K. startup Stratosvir is working to tackle the barriers to developing viral immunotherapies for cancer, including allowing intravenous delivery and making it possible to dose multiple times. Cancer immunotherapies…

September 8, 2022 - 6 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith

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News and Trends 26 Jul 2022

Deep Science Ventures deepens CRUK pact to co-found oncology startups

The venture builder Deep Science Ventures (DSV) has expanded an existing alliance with Cancer Research UK’s innovation-focused arm Cancer Research Horizons, with the mission to establish new oncology startups in…

July 26, 2022 - 3 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith

News and Trends 27 Apr 2022

Cancer Research UK Deploys €700M to Foster Oncology Startups

In a show of strength after an income squeeze during the Covid-19 pandemic, the charity Cancer Research UK has dedicated €711M (£600M) to setting up a new innovation arm and…

April 27, 2022 - 4 minutesmins - By Jonathan Smith

News and Trends 16 Feb 2021

Cancer Research UK Cuts Two Biotech Collaborations Amid Pandemic Squeeze

The major research funder CRUK and two of the biotech companies it works with have decided to cut development ties as the financial impact of the coronavirus disease pandemic continues…

February 16, 2021 - 4 minutesmins - By Anita Chakraverty

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News and Trends 10 Apr 2020

Coronavirus Pandemic Bites into European Cancer Research

The UK funder Cancer Research UK and Swedish oncology biotech Alligator Bioscience have independently announced cuts to payroll and research costs due to the coronavirus disease pandemic. Cancer Research UK…

April 10, 2020 - 4 minutesmins - By Anita Chakraverty

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News and Trends 22 Jun 2017

What are the Biggest Cancer Challenges? The UK Offers £20M Prizes for Solutions!

Cancer Research UK is taking applications for £20M prizes from research groups worldwide that want to solve the biggest challenges in cancer research. Cancer Research UK is launching today its second…

June 22, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

News and Trends 30 Mar 2017

New Clues on How the Immune System Weakens with Age

By analyzing the responses of individual immune cells, a new study in Science provides new insights into the decline of the immune system with age. In a collaborative effort, researchers from…

March 30, 2017 - 2 minutesmins - By Melanie De Almeida

News and Trends 6 Oct 2016

New UK Hero Will Fight Against Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

Achilles Therapeutics was born yesterday in the UK with a €15M funding round. The company will focus on the development of personalized neo-antigentherapies for non-small lung cancer. The newborn Achilles Therapeutics made…

October 6, 2016 - 2 minutesmins - By Clara Rodríguez Fernández

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News and Trends 26 Jul 2016

This Malaria drug is being re-purposed for Cancer Radiotherapy

Cancer Research UK says an old anti-malaria drug could be repurposed as a cancer therapy. In pre-clinical studies, this drug increases oxygen levels in tumors, making them easier to treat with…

July 26, 2016 - 3 minutesmins - By Denise Neves Gameiro

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News and Trends 1 Feb 2016

New Discovery unites Australia, Germany and UK Against Blood Cancers

Cancer Research UK has teamed up with MSD (Merck) and the Wellcome Trust to co-develop some Inhibitors for both Cancerous and Non-cancerous blood disorders from the Australian Academia-Biotech Network. The Australian…

February 1, 2016 - 2 minutesmins - By Dani Bancroft

News and Trends 22 Sep 2015

Francis Crick Institute pushes to do human embryo research

The Francis Crick Institute from London has announced its application to conduct non-clinical purpose research on human embryos. The Francis Crick Institute is a cutting-edge collaboration of the UK's leading…

September 22, 2015 - 2 minutesmins - By Dani Bancroft

News and Trends 3 Sep 2015

Adaptimmune Clinical Trials full-steam ahead with GSK investment!

Adaptimmune has had exciting results regarding the ongoing battle with Synovial Sarcoma. GSK looks to further invest in the expansion of the clinical trial to include two further cohorts. Adaptimmune,…

September 3, 2015 - 3 minutesmins - By Dani Bancroft

News and Trends 30 Sep 2014

New Collaboration for New Cancer Therapies

Medimmune, the global biologics research and development arm of Anglo-Swedish drug major AstraZeneca, has entered into a collaboration to establish a joint lab in Cambridge, UK, with Cancer Research Technology,…

September 30, 2014 - 2 minutesmins - By Julie Lellouche

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