Tag: Pancreatic Cancer UK

Pancreatic Cancer UK becomes 2025 TCS London Marathon Official Charity of the Year

Stuart Mitchell

Pancreatic Cancer UK have issued a rallying cry to runners – “Take on the ultimate test to help develop the ultimate test”– as it was announced as the official Charity of the Year for the 2025 TCS London Marathon.  The charity aims to raise £2 million to give doctors a game-changing early detection test for the deadliest common cancer. Such a breakthrough could save thousands of lives a year from the disease, which kills more than half of people within just three months of their diagnosis.  Survival rates for pancreatic…

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Medical charities collaborate to ensure research results are shared

Stuart Mitchell

23 members of the Association of Medical Research Charities (AMRC) are working in collaboration to develop and launch a joint publication platform, AMRC Open Research.  By removing traditional barriers and delays to publication, the new platform will help the charities maximise the value of the donations they receive by making it possible for every output from the research they fund to be rapidly and openly shared. The AMRC Open Research will use services developed by F1000 and a publication process first used on F1000Research. This process has since been adopted…

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