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Video: mini-tumours shed light on how pancreatic cancer spreads
19th December 2023
We spoke to Professor Richard Grose about his lab’s latest study, which uses mini-tumours to understand how pancreatic cancer coerces normal cells to help it spread to other tissues. The new paper has been featured on the cover of the latest issue of the Journal of Pathology.
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Video: Knowledge is power – how our VOICE science course is helping cancer patient advocates to speak out
27th September 2023
One of our VOICE participants explains why she travelled half way around the world to take part
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Video: Illuminating the city of cells inside cancer
6th July 2023
A new technique produces stunning, nebula-like images of tumours that provide crucial insights into cancer, how it behaves and how our immune cells attempt to fight it.
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Welcoming Professor Francesca Ciccarelli to the BCI
24th April 2023
Professor Francesca Ciccarelli will be joining Barts Cancer Institute to lead our Centre for Cancer Genomics & Computational Biology.
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Introducing Dr Özgen Deniz
21st December 2022
We are pleased to welcome Dr Özgen Deniz to Barts Cancer Institute (BCI) at Queen Mary University of London as a Lecturer and Group Leader. After receiving a Cancer Research UK Career Development Fellowship, Dr Deniz is establishing her own independent research group in BCI’s Centre for Haemato-Oncology.
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Research on the use of urine biomarkers for early detection of pancreatic cancer
28th November 2022
Professor Tatjana Crnogorac-Jurcevic and her team at Barts Cancer Institute, Queen Mary University of London, are working to identify biological clues or ‘biomarkers’ for early, non-invasive detection of pancreatic cancer in urine samples. In their most recent paper, published in the International Journal of Cancer, the team reported that a urine biomarker panel could detect pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma, the most common type of pancreatic cancer, up to 2 years before clinical diagnosis.
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