Science Talk

Jo Williams and her husband set up the charity Lucas’ Legacy after losing their son, Lucas, to a brain tumour when he was nearly seven years old. Their support has helped fund our life-changing research into childhood brain tumours. Jo shares their story.

Jules Bakker spoke to Dr Chiara Gorrini about joining one of the top childhood cancer research labs in the UK. She discusses how her ten years of experience studying breast cancer is helping the lab drive forward discoveries that will lead to smarter and kinder treatments for children with cancer.

On 28 February organisations around the world will be working to raise awareness of rare diseases for Rare Disease Day. Tilly Haynes looked into what qualifies as a rare cancer, and how researchers at The Institute of Cancer Research, London, are working on some of them.