Latest news and events
Centre News
Towards a cancer mission in Horizon Europe
7 Aug 2020
European mission against cancer: researchers, policy makers, charities and patient organisations team up to draft a plan of action.
Four-stranded DNA structures found to play role in breast cancer
3 Aug 2020
New research by Profs Balasubramanian and Caldas published in Nature Genetics studies G-quadruplex DNA structures in 22 model tumours.
Game-changing sponge detects those at risk of cancer
31 Jul 2020
A ‘sponge on a string’ pill test has been hailed a ‘game-changer’ by Cambridge cancer doctors after results from a hugely successful 3 year trial were published in the medical journal The Lancet today.
Genetic tool can identify Asian women at higher risk of breast cancer
31 Jul 2020
The tool, called a Polygenic Risk Score (PRS), separates people into different risk groups based on their genetic sequence to predict their future risk of developing breast cancer.
Centre-organized events
AZ–CRUK Cambridge Centre Symposium: ‘Treating Earlier Stage Disease’
14 May 2020
Please pre-register now for the AZ–CRUK Cambridge Centre Symposium: 'Treating Earlier Stage Disease' which will take place on 24–25 September 2020.
CRUK Cambridge Centre Events Calendar 2020
6 Jan 2020
We organise meetings, workshops, networking events and talks to encourage researchers and healthcare professionals from different disciplines to work together.
Publications
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Hyperpolarized 13C MRI of Tumor Metabolism Demonstrates Early Metabolic Response to Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy in Breast CancerRadiology: Imaging Cancer31 Jul 2020
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Acta Neurochir (Wien)13 Jul 2020
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Eur J Cancer9 Jul 2020
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Br J Haematol9 Jul 2020
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Blood23 Jun 2020
Talks
Talk or event in Cambridge
Tue 08 Sep 11:00: Study virus assembly and host interactions in vitro and in cells by cryoEM and cryoET
Venue:
Webinar (via Zoom online)- link to follow
Talk or event in Cambridge
Thu 17 Sep 16:30: Therapeutic Opportunities in Glycoscience ***Please note we have had to alter the time of this seminar via zoom to start at 4.30pm - apologies for any inconvenience this might cause***
Venue:
To register please sign up via zoom: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJEufuGgqDorGNKIbAXM0oNMYhpy2Sdl_bQM
Talk or event in Cambridge
Mon 21 Sep 00:00: LMB Seminar Series: Title tbc
Venue:
Max Perutz Lecture Theatre, Medical Research Council (MRC) (MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biol
Talk or event in Cambridge
Talk or event in Cambridge
Thu 15 Oct 13:00: Title to be confirmed **Please note this seminar will take place either online or in person**
Venue:
CRUK CI Lecture Theatre
