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Being more active reduces cancer risk
Posted in Highlights from UCL, Medicine, Science on 11th Aug, 2026
by Alexander Muller
Replacing 15 minutes of sleep or sedentary behaviour with 15 minutes of movement are each linked to a two per cent reduced risk of cancer, new UCL research has found.
UCL cancer researcher wins international prize for pioneering tumour work
Posted in Highlights from UCL, Medicine, Science on 27th Feb, 2026
by Alexander Muller
Professor Charles Swanton (UCL Cancer Institute) has been awarded the 2026 Sjöberg Prize for his groundbreaking work on how tumours evolve.
World’s first trial of lung cancer vaccine launched
Posted in Highlights from UCL, Medicine, Science on 27th Nov, 2025
by Alexander Muller
People at high risk of lung cancer will soon be able to receive the first ever experimental vaccine designed to prevent the disease, in a world-first clinical trial led by researchers at UCL and the University of Oxford.
Study suggests tumour microenvironments could predict cancer progression
Posted in Highlights from UCL, Medicine, Science on 21st Apr, 2024
by Alex Muller
Researchers from the Francis Crick Institute and University College London have revealed that examining the immune cells in the environment surrounding a tumour could help predict cancer progression and treatment response.
Advancing personalized medicine research with open access genomic data
Posted in Highlights from UCL, Science on 17th Feb, 2019
by Alex Muller
Since the sequencing of the first human genome back in 2001 rapid advances in technology have transformed our ability to gather and analyse genomic data.