Blood test for prostate cancer
17th September 2019
A new and simple blood test has been found to efficiently and accurately detect the presence of aggressive prostate cancer, in a study led by BCI’s Professor Yong-Jie Lu.
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BRCA testing for higher risk group
13th September 2019
Researchers are calling for population-wide BRCA testing in the Jewish community after finding it to be more effective than current approaches, cost effective and to have a high satisfaction rate with those undergoing testing.
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Blood Cancer Awareness Month 2019
1st September 2019
Today marks the start of Blood Cancer Awareness Month. Our researchers are committed to work to understand the biology of blood cancer and harness this knowledge to identify new treatment strategies to help those affected.
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Introducing Dr Barrie Peck
14th August 2019
Introducing new Group Leader, Dr Barrie Peck We are pleased to welcome Dr Barrie Peck to the CRUK Barts Centre as a new Group Leader. We recently spoke with Barrie […]
Read more Understanding familial leukaemia
8th August 2019
In 2014, the charity Bloodwise awarded a 5-year programme grant to a team from Queen Mary University of London to support research to better understand the nature of the faulty genes responsible for an inherited/familial predisposition to MDS/AML.
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Antibody therapy in pancreatic cancer
31st July 2019
Scientists have found a way to target and knock out a single protein that they have discovered is widely involved in pancreatic cancer cell growth, survival and invasion. Called avb6, the protein is present on the surface of more than 80 per cent of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma – the most common form of pancreatic cancer – and is vital to increase the successful growth and spread of the tumour cells.
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