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Professor Tony Kouzarides, Professor of Cancer Biology, Senior Group Leader at the Gurdon Institute and Director and Co-Founder of the Milner Institute, has been awarded a Knighthood for his Healthcare Innovation and Delivery services. Professor Kouzarides said: “I am delighted to receive this honour, which reinforces the...

The Little Princess Trust has awarded new funding for research on malignant germ cell tumours in teenagers and young adults. The funding for this rare, hard-to-treat cancer has been awarded to Paediatric Cancer Programme member Dr Cinzia Scarpini, based in the Murray/Coleman group at the Department of Pathology, University...

Researchers have gained a deeper understanding of the complex cell division process of the malaria parasite in the recently concluded project PlasmoCycle. The PlasmoCycle project, funded by the European Research Council, explored the complex DNA dynamics behind this parasite's cell cycles in depth. “ The Plasmodium cell...

European experts caring for young patients with a specific type of brain cancer have – for the first time – agreed and published freely available guidance outlining how best to treat them. The guidance looks at current treatments for patients with a rare type of tumour called Central Nervous System Germ Cell Tumours – or...