“I am fully convinced by the power of research and think it’s important for people to know that research is out there for them.” Read Ben's story about taking part in important research into his rare kidney condition 👇

"After all, science is essentially international, and it is only through lack of a historical sense that national qualities have been attributed to it." - Marie Skłodowska Curie, the first person to be awarded two Nobel Prizes, the 1903 physics prize and 1911 chemistry prize.

Have cancer conspiracy theories gone mainstream? RCR Officer Tom Roques discusses the dangers of cancer misinformation on BBC Panorama's ‘Cancer Conspiracy Theories: Why Did Our Sister Die?’. Watch tonight at 8pm on BBC One, or on BBC iPlayer: bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episod…

Our Cambridge BRC colleagues CRUK Cambridge Institute Cambridge University & Tailor Bio have created a test that predicts chemotherapy resistance. This means that patients will move towards having more individualised chemotherapy treatments. To learn more 👇 Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Cambridge Biomedical Campus CRUK Cambridge Centre

This afternoon at the #BigCancer52Conversation we’re hearing incredible stories of patients' experiences of rare & less common cancers Thank you AstraZeneca UK The National Lottery Community Fund Level39 for making today possible

'No one should be forced to beg for time off when their child is fighting for their life' Two parents are campaigning for a law in memory of their son Hugh, which would give parents statutory rights if their child is critically ill itv.com/news/2025-06-2…

“I’d gone for run feeling perfectly fine. Less than 24 hours later, I was having a blood transfusion. That’s how fast life can change. Dan, 31, was fit and enjoying life to the full when he was given the diagnosis of aplastic anaemia, a rare and life-threatening blood disorder.

Published today, the NHS England 10 year Health Plan highlights the importance of improving access to healthcare and ensuring vital community involvement in healthcare research. Supported by NIHR, state-of-the-art mobile research vans, such as the ones launched in Cornwall &

Today marks 20 years since 7/7 London bombings. We remember the lives lost and the extraordinary response from our donors and staff. Remarkably, around 22% of our current donors were already giving blood then. Were you donating in 2005, or did 7/7 move you to start?

An important aspect to #beatingbloodcancer is improving the services we can offer the 280,000 people affected by blood cancer. Rubina Ahmed shared the fact that 1 million people accessed our health information online in 2024! #bloodcancersymposium25

Today is also the day we launch our new research strategy focusing on accelerating progress through blood cancer research. You can read more here 👇 bit.ly/45XfkpN #beatingbloodcancer #bloodcancersymposium25

Dr Gonia Gozdecka Cambridge Stem Cell Institute gave exciting insights of how metformin could help prevent AML in those with the DNT3A mutation. 👉bit.ly/3Ge3rkZ Because we want to stop people from getting blood cancer at all. #bloodcancersymposium25 #beatingbloodcancer

Great to see so many researchers come together for a day of science and talks, on what is an exciting day for the charity as we announce we're looking to fund £70m of research over the next five years! 💪 #bloodcancersymposium25 #beatingbloodcancer

"We need to establish new targeted therapies that can replace or augment existing treatments" This afternoon we kicked off our treatment session with Prof Alex Tonks sharing his research investigating the role of ROS in AML. 👉bit.ly/4lyMY9Y #bloodcancersymposium25

"It can be greatly beneficial to involve people affected by blood cancer in your research and we can help you." We hear from Lisa Whittaker , our Research Involvement Lead. This is a key part of our new Research Strategy 👉bit.ly/4lCE0s7 #bloodcancersymposium25

New blog with Cancer Research UK Lead Research Nurse Anne Croudass, thanks so much for sharing NIHR ARC South London #ppi #involvement #cancerresearch CRUK RadNet City of London Biomedical Engineering & Imaging Sciences Blood Cancer UK Research arc-sl.nihr.ac.uk/news-insights/…

Fantastic patient involvement opportunity with Cancer Research UK. They are looking for people affected by cancer (directly or as family member/carer) to bring their experience to the clinical research committee. Details in the link below…I would highly recommend! cancerresearchuk.org/get-involved/p…

A really insightful blog from Blood Cancer UK's policy team on what the 10-year health plan means for people with blood cancer. bloodcancer.org.uk/news/what-does…

£500 million is a lot of money - it's the amount we’ve invested in blood cancer research since 1960. That money could buy a lot of things... but when the right investment in research means more people survive blood cancer, private islands start to pale in comparison.

The Government has released its 10 Year Health Plan, setting out its vision for the future of the NHS in England. We worked hard to ensure the voices of the blood cancer community were heard. We've broken down what the Plan could mean here 👇 bit.ly/4lZSAdD