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£10m awarded to partnership investigating innovative radiolabelled nanomedicines
11th August 2025
Researchers at Barts Cancer Institute (BCI), Queen Mary University of London, will play a part in a revolutionary new partnership with King’s College London and the University of Leeds, aiming to accelerate and optimise the clinical translation of healthcare nanotechnologies.
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Scientists explore new way to bring CAR-T cell therapy to pancreatic cancer
22nd May 2025
A new strategy to help powerful cancer-targeting immune cells, known as CAR-T cells, infiltrate pancreatic tumours has been developed by researchers at Barts Cancer Institute, Queen Mary University of London. The unique three-pronged approach could pave the way for making CAR-T cell therapy—a treatment that has transformed care for certain blood cancers—effective against pancreatic cancer, a disease that remains very difficult to treat.
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Scientists uncover promising leukaemia treatment targeting fat metabolism
17th October 2024
Researchers at Barts Cancer Institute reveal promising acute myeloid leukaemia treatment targeting fat metabolism, addressing the urgent need for better therapies.
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Thomas Powles named in TIME’s list of the 100 most influential people in global health this year
2nd May 2024
Professor Powles has been recognised for his transformative clinical work delivering a life-extending treatment for severe bladder cancer.
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Professor Thomas Powles selected as one of Nature’s top ten people who shaped science in 2023
15th December 2023
Professor Powles has been recognised for his transformative clinical work delivering a life-extending treatment for severe bladder cancer.
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Scientists uncover a promising strategy to combat leukaemia resistance
18th May 2023
Research reveals a vulnerability in leukaemia cells that causes them to fill with toxic fatty acids
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