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Cancer Research UK (CRUK) is the world's largest independent cancer research organisation. [2] [3] It is registered as a charity in the United Kingdom [1] and Isle of Man, and was formed on 4 February 2002 by the merger of The Cancer Research Campaign and the Imperial Cancer Research Fund. [4]
Mitchell was appointed the Chief Executive of Cancer Research UK in 2018. [15] [16] She is responsible for the leadership and direction of the world's leading cancer charity dedicated to saving lives through research. She has helped put the charity on a strong footing to achieve its vision of bringing about a world where everybody can lead ...
Race for Life is a series of fundraising events, organised by charity Cancer Research UK. They involve running, jogging or walking a 5-kilometre, 10-kilometre or 'Pretty Muddy' course and raising sponsorship for doing so. The money raises funds for cancer research in all 200 types of cancer. The Race for Life series of events is open to people ...
The Cancer Research UK London Research Institute (LRI) was a biological research facility which conducted research into the basic biology of cancer. The LRI officially became a part of the Francis Crick Institute ("the Crick") in April 2015, research transferred to the new Crick building in Somers Town throughout 2015 and 2016, and LRI fully ...
Yorkshire Cancer Research is an English registered charity [1].. Founded in 1925, Yorkshire Cancer Research has supported projects across the county of Yorkshire for 100 years, mainly in the county's regional universities and teaching hospitals, including Bradford University, [2] Hull University, [3] Leeds University, [4] Sheffield University [5] and University of York [6] and their associated ...
The charity was founded 1911 [4] as the Society for the Prevention and Relief of Cancer, by Douglas Macmillan following the death of his father from the disease. In 1924, the name was changed to the National Society for Cancer Relief, which it retained until 1989 when it was changed to Cancer Relief Macmillan Fund, later changed again to Macmillan Cancer Relief.
The Institute moved in 2008 to a new research building built by Reiach and Hall Architects. [3] Professor John Wyke became Director in 1987, Professor Karen Vousden in 2002 and Professor Owen Sansom in 2017. [4] Research groups at the Beatson Institute study cancer initiation, metabolism and metastasis. The Institute holds an annual meeting ...
The Sir Bobby Robson Foundation is a British cancer research charity which raises money to fund the early detection and treatment of cancer, and clinical trials of anti-cancer drugs. Based in the North East of England , the Foundation was launched on 25 March 2008 in the name of Sir Bobby Robson , himself a cancer sufferer five times since 1992 ...