Tag: Cancer Research UK

£1.7 million for the world’s first vaccine to prevent lung cancer

Stuart Mitchell

Researchers at the University of Oxford, the Francis Crick Institute and University College London have been granted £1.7 million of funding from Cancer Research UK and the CRIS Cancer Foundation to develop a lung cancer vaccine.  The team are seeking to create ‘LungVax’, the world’s first vaccine to prevent lung cancer in people with a high risk of the disease.   From COVID-19 breakthrough to lung cancer vaccine The LungVax vaccine will use technology similar to the highly successful Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine.   In the same way traditional vaccines use part…

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Housebuilder sets £4 million fundraising target for Cancer Research UK

Stuart Mitchell

Bellway has announced it has set itself a target of raising £4 million for Cancer Research UK (CRUK) before the end of 2024. Since the partnership with Cancer Research UK began in 2016, employees at the housebuilder have dedicated their fundraising efforts to the cause. Bellway has now raised just over £3 million for CRUK and is now aiming to raise another £1 million in 2024, which will take it past its overall target of £4 million by the end of the year. All 21 divisions and Head Office of…

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Cancer Research UK partners with the Retail Trust to provide all shop staff and volunteers with free wellbeing support

Stuart Mitchell

Cancer Research UK has started working with the Retail Trust to support the wellbeing of the thousands of volunteers and staff members at its 550+ UK shops. The new partnership will give Cancer Research UK’s 2,000 shop workers and 11,000 volunteers across the country access to personalised support from the Retail Trust. This includes counselling and cognitive behavioural therapy for themselves or under-18s in their care, as well as exclusive discounts and rewards. Julie Byard, director of trading at Cancer Research UK, said: “The wellbeing and health of our dedicated volunteers…

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Ticketmaster raises £1.5m for Cancer Research UK

Stuart Mitchell

Since joining forces in 2015, Ticketmaster have raised £1.5m for Cancer Research UK. Cancer affects us all. We can’t beat it alone and luckily, thanks to partnerships like this, we don’t have to. From funding clinical trials to raising awareness and influencing policy, we make sure we spend every pound in the best way to power progress for people affected by cancer. £1.5m could fund Professor Richard Gilbertson’s studies into brain tumour genetics for a year and a half. Professor Richard Gilbertson in Cambridge is one of the world’s leading…

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Cancer Research UK launches ambitious manifesto to avoid 20,000 cancer deaths a year by 2040

Stuart Mitchell

Cancer Research UK has recently set out how the next UK Government could dramatically improve cancer outcomes and prevent 20,000 cancer deaths a year by 2040.    Ahead of the next general election, the charity has published an ambitious cancer plan which, if adopted, would ensure UK is amongst the best in the world for cancer survival by 2035.  “Longer Better Lives: A Manifesto for Cancer Research and Care” has been developed with the insights of cancer patients and experts from across health, life sciences, government and academic sectors.   “Cancer is…

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