Graham Bonner was in his early fifties when he went from cycling 100 miles a week to being dependant on oxygen. He'd been diagnosed with kidney cancer in 2020, and later the father-of-three learned it had spread to his lungs, abdomen and lymph glands. But after treatment with immunotherapy, he made what he describes a ‘miraculous’ recovery and his scan showed no evidence of disease. Here he tells his story ..read more

Pancreatic cancer cells can change their ‘diet’ to keep growing, by switching from the sugar glucose to a back-up fuel called uridine, new research reveals ..read more

England’s first centre of its kind is set to make significant improvements in cancer diagnosis and treatment – by combining pioneering digital imaging with artificial intelligence ..read more

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Scientists have uncovered the inner workings of one of the most important and intricate ‘nanobots’ operating within our cells – using cutting-edge microscopy for visualising molecules almost at an atomic level. Their new study published in Nature has unveiled the critical step that switches on the spliceosome – a piece of cellular machinery that enables cells to build complex proteins ..read more

Professor Kristian Helin, a world-leading cancer researcher and Chief Executive of The Institute of Cancer Research, London, has been elected as a Foreign Member of the Royal Society in recognition of his outstanding contribution to cancer research ..read more

Artificial intelligence (AI) could help doctors diagnose lung cancer earlier, according to a study led by researchers from The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust in collaboration with The Institute of Cancer Research, London, and Imperial College London ..read more

Dr Chiara Braconi of the Division of Cancer Therapeutics at the ICR has been shortlisted for a prestigious award for women in science for her work on pancreatic cancer ..read more

Professor Swen Hoelder gave his inaugural lecture recently to mark his promotion to Professor at the ICR in 2020 – an event that had been postponed due to the Covid pandemic ..read more

Scientists at The Institute of Cancer Research, London, have created a compound that destroys a protein involved in driving cancers, including B-cell lymphoma ..read more