Today sees the launch of the Early Cancer Institute (ECI) at the University of Cambridge, which aims to help create a world where we can detect cancer early enough to cure it.
This plump sausage with teeth is actually a naked mole-rat. Scientists at the University of Cambridge are studying them to understand why they age healthily, rarely get cancer and acid doesn't cause them pain.
DNA damage caused by factors such as ultraviolet radiation affect nearly three-quarters of all stem cell lines derived from human skin cells, say Cambridge researchers, who are calling for whole genome sequencing to confirm if cell lines are usable.
A review by Cambridge researchers argues that not only is this unhelpful, but it may even deter men from coming forward for early testing and detection of a potentially treatable cancer.