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Research involving UCL scientists has shown that the amount of a protein called CD74 can indicate which people with bowel cancer may respond best to immunotherapy.

UCL Cancer Institute is pleased to announce the appointment of neurosurgeon and neuroscientist, Dr Thomas Wälchli as an Honorary Consultant Neurosurgeon and Principal Clinical Research Fellow.

A UCL academic based at the Cancer Institute has been chosen as a European Molecular Biology Organisation (EMBO) Young Investigator, a programme that supports young science group leaders in Europe and beyond.

The CRUK City of London Radiation Research Centre of Excellence – a partnership uniting leading radiation researchers from UCL, Barts Cancer Institute, King’s College London and The Francis Crick Institute - received the funding to continue world-class radiotherapy research.

Research led by UCL and the University of Cologne has identified the crucial role played by the LUBAC protein complex in activating a key tumour-promoting signalling pathway, with implications for understanding the biological processes that drive liver cancer progression.

PhD students at UCL have delivered seminars and taught key research techniques to aspiring young scientists as part of a project funded by the Cancer Research UK City of London Centre.

Laboratory models of tumours are widely used and valuable tools for cancer research. However, there are limitations to how well these models can represent the genetic complexity of primary tumours.

The international team of scientists will aim to decipher the T-cell receptor cancer-recognition code in the latest Cancer Grand Challenges award 2024. Each winning team will receive up to $25m over f

Over the course of 10 years, 500 patients took part in the INTERLACE study at hospitals in the UK, Italy, India, Mexico, and Brazil. Here we meet one of the trial patients, the lead investigator and one of the statisticians tasked with making sense of the data.

A UCL/UCLH research team, led by Professor Sandra Strauss, has been awarded the six-figure research grant to continue their pioneering study into osteosarcoma - an aggressive form of bone cancer.

Annouced at the 2023 Americal Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) annual meeting, Dr Valerie Crolley was awarded the Marcia Mataldi Endowed Merit Award for her abstract on a trial looking at chemotherapy after surgery for cancer of the bile duct or gallbladder (BILCAP)

Baroness McDonagh, a former General Secretary of the Labour Party, died on 24 June 2023. Her sister, Siobhain McDonagh, is the Member of Parliament for Mitcham and Morden.

Internationally recognised oncologist, Professor, Siow Ming Lee, has been presented with the British Thoracic Oncology Group (BTOG) Lifetime Achievement Award. The accolade recognises Professor Lee's exceptional contributions to the field of lung cancer research and treatment.

Research led by UCL, in partnership with the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology and AstraZeneca, has identified a new chemical compound that can stimulate nerve regeneration after injury, as well as protect cardiac tissue from the sort of damage seen in heart attack.

New research by UCL scientists has shown how melanomas can grow undetected by the body’s immune system, with findings offering a way to identify novel drug combinations to treat the disease.