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 Who are Cancer Research UK?

Cancer Research UK is probably the most well known cancer charity and widely recognisable as a leader in its field.

Although it seems like they have been around a long time the charity was formed in 2002 when the Imperial Cancer Research Fund merged with The Cancer Research Campaign. 

The idea was to share data about cancer and to make a joint effort to help people with cancer and help prevent cancer.

Latest cancer research UK information:-

“Cancer Research UK scientists have used the immune system coupled with a virus found in horses and cattle, to hunt and purge cancer cells through the lymphatic system, a study reveals in Nature Medicine.

Studying mice, the researchers found that the vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV), carried by a type of white blood cell called T cells acted as a ‘cancer hunter’, tracking down tumour cells in the lymph nodes, liver and spleen, and killed them, leaving normal healthy cells unharmed. At the same time, VSV also helped to trigger an immune response against the tumour, significantly improving the anti-cancer effect.”