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.

A survey of more than 200 researchers details impact of the pandemic. The scientists estimate their own research has been put back by six months through loss of access to labs, facilities, trials and samples. But they feel science has now adapted to COVID-19 – and researchers believe donations and Government support could accelerate recovery.

Street artist James Cochran has created a 50,000-dot painting using a lab pipette – to illustrate pioneering new research which will be undertaken in the ICR's new Centre for Cancer Drug Discovery.