MRI scan used for heart disease could also pick out aggressive cancers 29 Jun 2020 A type of smart MRI scan used in people with heart disease could help assess whether children’s cancers are especially aggressive and spot early signs that targeted treatments are working, a new study suggests. Find out more Show/Hide
Babies with brain tumours could benefit from targeted treatment 02 Apr 2020 Brain cancer in infants is biologically distinct from other childhood brain tumours and could be successfully treated with targeted drugs, a new study has shown. Find out more Show/Hide
ICR forms collaboration with AI drug discovery company to develop new possible treatments in rare childhood cancer DIPG 03 Oct 2019 Scientists at The Institute of Cancer Research are working with Healx, a biotech company specialising in artificial intelligence (AI) to discover new possible ways of treating diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG), an essentially untreatable brain cancer in children. Find out more Show/Hide
Three-minute MRI scan could safely and effectively test new precision treatments for children with neuroblastoma 12 Sep 2019
Professor to cycle 60 miles to give back to the Newcastle charity supporting her research into childhood cancer 23 Aug 2019
New treatment could become first ever targeted therapy designed for ‘untreatable’ childhood brain cancer 09 May 2019
Pioneering scientist Mel Greaves is knighted after research to unveil cause of childhood leukaemia 28 Dec 2018