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International Women’s Day 2021: What does mentorship look like?

For International Women’s Day, we're talking about the importance of mentorship — for science, for careers and for life. We spoke to our researchers about their mentorship journeys and how formal mentoring programmes are supporting women in science.
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ICR Discovery Club explores how exploiting cancer’s DNA weaknesses can unlock new treatment

For the second virtual event, Discovery Club members went on a trip back in time and deep inside the cell with Professor Jessica Downs and Dr Navita Somaiah to explore how targeting cancer’s DNA weaknesses can unlock new treatments.
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Manchester father releases EP to fundraise in son’s honour

To mark Brain Tumour Awareness Month, Chris Nelson has produced spoken word poems and music inspired by his son, Blaise, to raise money for brain cancer research.
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When the damage is done – how ICR scientists tackle DNA damage repair

DNA damage is the basic cause of cancer, and understanding how cells repair DNA can help researchers develop the next generation of smarter, kinder treatments.
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Smarter, kinder treatments

We will move a step closer to cure by bringing personalised treatments into the clinic and developing them for patients.
Personalised treatments
Queen's Anniversary Prize

The ICR has been recognised with a prestigious Queen’s Anniversary Prize for its world-leading research in cancer drug discovery.
Queen's Anniversary Prize
Creating new treatments that target tumours

Teams of biologists, chemists and computational scientists design new drugs to selectively attack tumours.
About drug discovery
Innovative approaches

We will take on the challenge of cancer’s complexity, evolution and drug resistance through the discovery of innovative new approaches to cancer treatment.
Our innovative approaches
Making it count

We will deliver better outcomes and quality of life for patients by establishing innovative treatments, diagnostics and prevention strategies as part of routine healthcare.
Improving patient lives
Unravelling cancer’s complexity

We will comprehend the full complexity of cancer by harnessing the power of new technologies and Big Data.
Big data research