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Nine new challenges videos

16 May 2023
Nine new Cancer Grand Challenges - challenge videos

Members of our Scientific Committee discuss each of our nine new challenges, their potential impact and what we're looking for from applications

  1. Ageing and cancer
  2. Cancer cell plasticity 
  3. Cancer inequities
  4. Chemotherapy-induced neurotoxicities 
  5. Early-onset cancers
  6. Obesity, physical activity and cancer
  7. Retrotransposable elements
  8. Solid tumours in children 
  9. T-cell receptors

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1. Ageing and cancer | Decipher the functional basis underlying the association between ageing somatic tissues and cancer 

Watch the video with Professor Charles Swanton and visit the challenge page.

2. Cancer cell plasticity | Understand cancer cell plasticity and its contribution to the development of pan-therapeutic resistance in cancer 

Watch the video with Professor Sir David Lane and visit the challenge page.

3. Cancer inequities | Understand the mechanisms through which genetics, biology, and social determinants affect cancer risk and outcomes in diverse populations, to motivate interventions to reduce cancer inequities

Watch the video with Professor Timothy Rebbeck and visit the challenge page.

4. Chemotherapy-induced neurotoxicities | Understand and prevent chemotherapy-induced neurotoxicity and neuropathy

Watch the video with Professor Lillian Siu and visit the challenge page.

 

5. Early-onset cancers | Determine why the incidence of early-onset cancers in adults is rising globally

Watch the video with Professor Judy Garber and visit the challenge page.

6. Obesity, physical activity and cancer | Determine the mechanisms through which obesity and physical activity influence cancer risk

Watch the video with Professor Karen Vousden and visit the challenge page.

7. Retrotransposable elements | Understand the roles of retrotransposable elements in cancer 

Watch the video with our head of research, Gemma Balmer-Kemp and visit the challenge page.

8. Solid tumours in children | Develop therapeutics to target oncogenic drivers of solid tumours in children 

Watch the video with Professor Judy Garber and visit the challenge page.

9. T-cell receptors | Decipher the T-cell receptor cancer-recognition code

Watch the video with Professor René Bernards and visit the challenge page.