Featured research stories
Hear from our researchers about their work, their career paths, and their experience of being part of our research community.
Promoting a positive research culture
Discover our series of blog articles touching on key questions about research careers, diversity in research and research integrity.
Research careers
Our research careers column offers insights to make careers in research more productive, rewarding and successful with topics such as career mentorship, the impact of self-editing, and narrative CVs.
Diversity in research
Why is diversity in STEM so important? How to inspire the next generation of researchers? This column dives into these topics and much more.
Research integrity
Do you want to learn more about big integrity issues and what we do about them? Our research integrity series addresses generative AI, open science, referencing and the relevance of communication and training.
Research case studies
These stories feature projects from our research community across a range of different research fields.
Early detection and diagnosis
A surgeon, a physicist and a chemist walk into a bar – how cross disciplinary research can push forward early detection
Two multidisciplinary teams investigate the potential of infrared technologies in cancer detection.
Prevention and population
The path to prevention is paved with biological insight
The first two Biology to Prevention awardees take us through their work and explain why they think a biological approach to cancer prevention is important.
Data and Children and Young People
Harnessing the power of data for paediatric cancer research
The Data for Children’s and Young People’s Cancer Pilot awardees use the power of data science to answer questions we’ve never been able to ask before.
Clinical
Stethoscopes and test tubes – getting the best of both worlds
How do we continue to attract medics to research? We spoke to Professor Iain McNeish to find out.
Translation
MOv18 – opening a new front for immunotherapy
Follow Sophia Karagiannis and James Spicer on an immunological adventure as they work with our Centre for Drug Development on a potentially ground-breaking new class of drug.
Discovery
Understanding metastasis in the light of evolution
Dr Simone Zaccaria takes us through his single-cell DNA sequencing approach and tells us why understanding molecular clocks and metastatic migration could be vital for patient benefit.
Cancers of unmet need
Hunting for the future: How an international collaboration is giving liver cancer researchers hope
A joint project between Cancer Research UK and the Spanish and Italian cancer societies is building both the community and the tools to push forward liver cancer research.
Cancers of unmet need
Tracking cancer evolution: the TRACERx Lung Study
TRACERx is a major research initiative which takes practical steps to make precision medicine for lung cancer patients a reality.