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Cancer Research UK is the leading funder of cancer research in the UK
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Celebrating International Clinical Trials Day

We’ve written many times about clinical trials on this blog. Trials tell us which treatments work, and their results boost the progress we’re...

News digest – Angelina Jolie, clinical trial transparency, testicular cancer and more

Angelina Jolie’s decision to have a double mastectomy to reduce her risk of breast cancer, after she learnt she carried the BRCA1 gene,...

“I remember the appointment so vividly” – carrying the BRCA1 gene

Seeing  Angelina Jolie talking in the media so prominently this week does have a huge impact on people like me. I think her announcement...

News digest – tobacco disappointment, genetic ‘fine tuners’, vaccine cost drop, and more

Also across the pond, researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine identified a group of proteins that are faulty in...

Government must put children’s health before tobacco’s profits

Next Wednesday, in a ceremony full of tradition and colour, the Queen marks the formal start of the parliamentary year. This will...
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