Research news

This Autumn the spotlight fell on our researchers when the Research & Enterprise newsletter; RE:ACTION chose to showcase our unique partnership with the University of Southampton as an example of what can be achieved through collaboration. With kind permission of ISSUU we have reprinted the article in full below. New Approaches to Fighting Breast Cancer Professor …

We are pleased to be able to announce that Against Breast Cancer funded Cancer Immunology researcher Professor Stephen Beers was promoted to the position of Professor of Immunology and Immunotherapy in August 2018. His research group, based in the newly opened Centre for Cancer Immunology at Southampton University Hospital, seeks to understand how antibody drugs work …

September saw the appointment of two new Research Fellowships at Oriel College. The Against Breast Cancer Fellowships provide research support for some of the country’s leading scientists and clinicians performing breast cancer research at the University of Oxford. The announcement was made by the Provost of Oriel, Neil Mendoza at a special event held at …

Do dormant breast cancer cells that survive chemotherapy become secondary tumours? If so, what are the vital steps in this process? These are the key questions asked by the recipient of the second of our research grants issued following our call for proposals last year. The recipient based at the University of Sheffield, Professor Ingunn …

Earlier this year we completed our move into the new Centre for Cancer Immunology at University of Southampton. The building is the first of its kind in the UK and has been designed to bring together scientists, cancer doctors and clinical trials specialists to allow better collaboration and to deliver newly discovered science into patients …