VARIOUS NATIONAL MEDIA: Multimillion pound boost for Manchester scientists to detect cancer earlier

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The University of Manchester will be a partner in a new transatlantic research alliance announced today (Monday, 21 October) to help more people beat cancer through early detection.

Cancer Research UK will invest up to £40 million over the next five years into the International Alliance for Cancer Early Detection (ACED).

ACED is a partnership between Cancer Research UK, Canary Center at Stanford University, the University of Cambridge, OHSU Knight Cancer Institute, UCL and The University of Manchester. Contributions from the Alliance’s US partners will take potential investment to more than £55 million.

By combining the ‘fire power’ of some of the leading research institutions in the world in early detection, ACED will accelerate breakthroughs, leading to quicker benefits for patients.

https://www.manchester.ac.uk/discover/news/multimillion-pound-boost-for-manchester-scientists-to-detect-cancer-earlier/

Period21 Oct 2019

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  • TitleCancer research: Scientists seek clues to how disease 'is born'
    Media name/outletBBC News Online
    Media typeWeb
    Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
    Date21/10/19
    DescriptionResearchers from Manchester, for example, are growing human breast tissue in the lab with synthetic immune cells to see if they can spot the very earliest, subtle changes that could lead to cancer.

    Prof Rob Bristow said it was akin to a "living tissue bank outside patients".

    Yet there is always the danger of over-diagnosis, because not all early cell changes turn into cancers.
    URLhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-50088180
    PersonsRobert Bristow
  • Title£55m Anglo-US research alliance to boost early cancer detection rates
    Media name/outletThe Guardian
    Media typeWeb
    Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
    Date21/10/19
    DescriptionEfforts to improve early cancer detection rates have been given a boost with a new major international alliance of researchers backed by £55m of funding.

    The unit will bring together six universities and charities across the UK and the US to share expertise, ideas and resources to increase the scale of research.

    The hope is to improve understanding of how cancer arises, develop tests and imaging techniques and design clinical trials to speedily bring innovations to the public. The earlier cancers are detected, the easier they can be treated and the better the chance of survival.
    URLhttps://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/oct/21/55m-anglo-us-research-alliance-to-boost-early-cancer-detection-rates
    PersonsRobert Bristow
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