Professor Kristian Helin, Chief Executive and President at The Institute of Cancer Research, London, and Professor Trevor Graham, Director of the ICR’s Centre for Evolution and Cancer, have been awarded prestigious Fellowships for the Academy of Medical Sciences (AMS).

Scientists have found a genetic mutation that results in cancer cells being able to tolerate having an abnormal number of chromosomes – a condition which normally kills cells – allowing them to adapt to their environment and continue to grow.

Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal has officially opened the Centre for Cancer Drug Discovery and toured the centre to learn more about its work to overcome cancer’s ability to evolve and become resistant to treatment.