Individual research projects
Our world-class research is focused entirely on breast cancer. Right now, we’re funding almost £30 million worth of ground-breaking research projects.
Our research projects
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Understanding how breast cancer becomes resistant to PARP inhibitor drugs
Professor Nick Lakin
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Understanding how changes in BRCA1 gene can lead to breast cancer
Professor J Ross Chapman
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Investigating how a protein called Tspan6 affects immune cells in breast cancer
Professor Fedor Berditchevski
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Finding new weaknesses in triple negative breast cancer
Professor Tyson Valentine Sharp
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Finding new ways to predict if hormone treatment is working
Mrs Jane Macaskill (originally submitted by Professor Andrew Evans)
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Understanding and improving autistic adults’ experiences of breast cancer diagnosis and treatment
Professor Manuela Barreto, Dr Char Goodwin and Professor Ginny Russell
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Investigating how to improve immunotherapy for triple negative breast cancer
Professor Awen Gallimore
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Understanding how breastfeeding reduces the risk of breast cancer
Dr James Flanagan
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Improving the effectiveness of chemotherapy for triple negative breast cancer
Professor Greg Hannon and Dr Kirsty Sawicka
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Understanding the experiences of black women taking hormone therapy
Dr Lyndsay Hughes
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Investigating how the bacteria in our gut could help us against breast cancer
Dr Stephen Robinson
