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2 November 2021
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Why virtual reality is the future
A short film from Columbia Cancer Research featuring members of our IMAXT team – co-investigators Simon Tavaré and Owen Harris, and postdoctoral researcher Ignacio Vazquez-Garcia. Learn more about the IMAXT team.

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25 October 2021
The Cancer Grand Challenges Mutographs team has added an unexpected piece to the complex puzzle surrounding the development of oesophageal squamous…
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24 October 2021
Oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) is the most common type of oesophageal cancer – a disease that affected more than 600,000 people worldwide…
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20 October 2021
Surprising discoveries from the Mutographs team challenge the classical view that all carcinogens directly cause mutations and suggest that non-…
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20 October 2021
Today we launch Discover: a year of scientific creativity – our annual progress magazine showcasing the power of global team science.  Discover …

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Their donation, which rises to £1.25m with Gift Aid, will help scientists uncover secrets of the microbiome, which could lead to new colorectal cancer treatments. “I sold my company back in July, and we’re lucky to…
24 February 2021
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In October, we posed 9 new challenges to the research community, each with the potential to change the way we think about cancer. Through our new blog series, members of our Cancer Grand Challenges Scientific Committee…
17 February 2021
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In October, we posed 9 new challenges to the research community, each with the potential to change the way we think about cancer. Through our new blog series, members of our Cancer Grand Challenges Scientific Committee …
3 February 2021
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In a new Science paper, members of the Cancer Grand Challenges IMAXT team announce ExSeq – new technology that can create nanoscale-resolution genomic maps of tumour samples by combining the expansion of biological…
29 January 2021
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In October, Cancer Grand Challenges posed 9 new quests for the research community, each with the potential to contribute major advances to the way we think about and deal with the burden of cancer. Through our new blog…
25 January 2021
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In October, we posed 9 new challenges to the research community, each with the potential to change the way we think about cancer. Through our new blog series, members of our Cancer Grand Challenges Scientific Committee …
19 January 2021
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In October 2020 we launched 9 new challenges to the global research community, each with the potential to drive radical progress in cancer research. Solving these problems will demand tenacity, creativity and worldwide…
19 January 2021
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New findings from the Rosetta team have identified the antiporter SLC7A5 as a target for KRAS-driven colorectal cancer. We spoke with some of the co-authors to get their take on how a multidisciplinary team approach…
7 January 2021
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In October, we posed 9 new challenges to the research community, each with the potential to change the way we think about cancer. Through our new blog series, members of our Cancer Grand Challenges Scientific Committee …
6 January 2021