The Francis Crick Institute, supported by Cancer Research UK, has received the largest ever individual philanthropic pledge in the institute’s five-year history. A pledge from the Chris Banton Foundation has enabled the setting up of a £50million research fund, dedicated to accelerating the translation of Crick discoveries and ideas into societal benefit, including the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of human disease. Discovery research sits at the heart of Crick science, but importantly the institute also embraces translation, creating a meeting point for the academic, clinical and industrial worlds where fundamental…
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