UK Research and Innovation’s (UKRI) Medical Research Council (MRC) is investing £2 million to support research into cancers with poor survival rates. These include studies into cancers of the brain, lung and oesophagus.
Cancer diagnosis and treatment are set to be accelerated with the opening of England’s first Integrated Pathology Unit (IPU). The new facility will apply pioneering digital imaging and artificial intelligence to pathology, assisting clinical trial research programmes focused on developing tests for cancer.
A fund of over £113 million has been announced today (28 November 2022) to develop innovative medicines and diagnostics for cancer, obesity, mental health and addiction in the UK population.
