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Highlights of the year, 2014
2014 has been full of exciting research results for the ICR. We have selected ten of our discoveries from the past year, which we'll publish every day over the next two weeks
The Climb of Life event reaches new heights
The annual fundraising event has raised more than £100,000, bringing the grand total raised by the team over the last eight years to over £600,000.
Blood test could pick up genetic echoes of lifestyle risk for cancer
A blood test could one day uncover the genetic ‘echoes’ from past activity such as smoking which could increase a person’s chance of developing cancer years later
Scientists discover way to target rare breast cancer mutation
UK scientists have identified a drug to target a rare breast cancer mutation that helps drive the disease in around 900 of the 50,000 new cases of breast cancer diagnosed in the UK each year.
ICR supporters take on the Berlin Marathon
Supporters of The Institute of Cancer Research, London, raised more than £7,000 at the Berlin Marathon for research into cancer.
Professor Paul Workman appointed as ICR Chief Executive
Professor Paul Workman has been appointed as Chief Executive and President of The Institute of Cancer Research, London, on a permanent basis.
New research leader pledges three-pronged attack on cancer evolution and drug resistance
Professor Paul Workman sets out his vision for cancer drug discovery as he is appointed Chief Executive of The Institute of Cancer Research, London
Structural study reveals clues of cancer-causing protein
Advanced modelling techniques have mapped the structure of a key protein for the development of the nervous system – and cancer, a new study reveals.
Genetic testing could improve breast cancer prevention
Screening women for a wide range of known genetic risk factors could improve strategies for breast cancer prevention, a new analysis shows.
Prostate cancer: entering a golden age of research
Oncologists are hailing this as the ‘golden age of prostate cancer research’ after new prostate cancer drugs reached the clinic. The ICR has played a major role in developing four new drugs that have been shown as effective in later-phase trials.
BRCA-targeting drugs could treat prostate cancer, leading expert says
A pioneering cancer drug set to become the first to be approved specifically for inherited cancers could also be used much more widely to treat prostate cancer, a world-leading expert said today.
How the ICR drove the science behind pioneering cancer drug
Olaparib is set to become the first cancer drug for an inherited genetic fault. Here is the story of our crucial role in its development.
