Science Talk

Darwin day marks the birthday of Sir Charles Darwin, the father of modern biology. Graham Shaw talked to Team Leaders Dr Alejandra Bruna and Dr Marco Bezzi from the ICR’s Centre for Evolution and Cancer, to learn more about how evolution helps us understand cancer and the parallels in the fight against coronavirus.

To celebrate Darwin Day, The Institute of Cancer Research invited world-leading expert on the biology of ageing, Professor Dame Linda Partridge, to talk about how ageing stems from evolutionary processes, and what it means for diseases like cancer.

Evolution takes millions of years, except when it doesn’t. Science Communications Officer Graham Shaw considers the story of Darwin’s finches on the Galápagos Islands – a fascinating example of evolution in action, and the forces that also help cancer evade treatment.