Image: Blood brain barrier from mouse brain tissue. Image provided by the National Cancer Institute. Diffuse midline gliomas (DMGs) are one of the most aggressive and hard-to-treat childhood cancers.

Clinical trials are an essential to part of cancer research. They allow researchers to test and refine promising treatments in people and potentially get them approved for wider use, to save lives.

The goal of our laboratory is to improve the treatment and survival of children with neuroblastoma, medulloblastoma and rhabdomyosarcoma, three paediatric solid tumours in which high-risk patient ...

"Search" is our twice-yearly newsletter to supporters. In our latest edition of Spring Search issue, we look at the latest research news including how our scientists are developing improved breast ...

Lucy Dan earned her Master's degree in biological sciences from Durham University. She is a ICR/Imperial Convergence Science Centre student and will investigate novel ways to target the activities of ...

Victoria Cushing earned her Master's degree in biochemistry from the University of Oxford. She is investigating the structure and function of CAK and is currently pursuing high-resolution structures ...

I graduated from the University of Southampton, with an integrated Master’s in Biochemistry (MSc). For my bachelor’s project, I investigated the effects of reactive oxygen species and vitamin C on ...

Scientists have worked out how a protective element of our DNA helps prevent an abnormal genetic event that can lead to cells becoming cancerous. They have shown exactly how telomeres – the protective ...