The weird and wonderful world of organoids
Mini organs grown in the lab are boosting cancer research and drug discovery.
Chernobyl: chasing a ‘catching’ cancer
Sanger researcher Alex Cagan travelled to Chernobyl’s nuclear exclusion zone for samples of cancer. But he isn’t investigating the effects of the reactor disaster; his quarry has a more ancient source: the immortal cells of an 8,000 year-old animal that are still being passed from dog to dog
Turning DREAM into reality
21.01.16 David Wedge reports the launch of a new DREAM Challenge that aims to identify the different cells that make up a cancer
Immunotherapy: the latest way to treat cancer
Yong Yu talks about his research in immunotherapy, an emerging cancer treatment that exploits the biology of innate lymphoid cells
Following cancer’s journey
01.04.15 How do tumours move between organs? Are they competing when they spread or do they work cooperatively? David Wedge looks for answers in a new prostate cancer study
Is the playing field level in prostate cancer?
01.04.15 Between competing prostate tumours there are often areas of normal tissue. David Wedge asks whether these healthy cells are actually creating a field effect that facilitates cancer’s spread
How can we see our immune system?
19.01.15 By sequencing individual immune cells, scientists can now look at the way our bodies respond to infection and disease. Rachael Bashford-Rogers explains what this new viewpoint could show us
A molecular archaeologist’s toolkit
14.01.15 Like archaeologists, cancer researchers piece together the shards of past catastrophe. However, as Moritz Gerstung explains, algorithms, not brushes, are the tools of the trade
Targeting skin cancers
26.11.14 Many melanomas don’t respond to existing drugs and most eventually become resistant to treatment. Marco Ranzani explains how researchers are searching for new therapies
