
Gemma Balmer-Kemp
@gem_424
Science nerd working at Cancer Grand Challenges, CRUK but views are my own
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18-02-2012 20:08:31
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We are excited to share that the eDyNAmiC team has been chosen as a Cancer Grand Challenges, National Cancer Institute & Cancer Research UK winner! #CancerGrandChallenges

The CANCAN team will investigate #cachexia, the wasting condition often experienced in late stage cancer Congratulations Eileen P. White, PhD (@RutgersCancerInstNJ Ludwig Cancer) Marcus Goncalves (Weill Cornell Medicine) Tobias Janowitz (@cshl) and the team, funded by Cancer Research UK & National Cancer Institute 2/n


The eDyNAmiC team will investigate #ecDNA, found in around a third of cancers, hoping to develop much needed treatments for people whose cancer is driven in this way Congratulations Paul Mischel (Mischel Lab Stanford Medicine) and the team, funded by Cancer Research UK and National Cancer Institute 3/n


PROMINENT will take on the normal phenotypes challenge, seeking to identify new routes to #cancerprevention Congratulations Allan Balmain (UC San Francisco) Nuria Lopez-Bigas (IRB Barcelona) @lyonpaul (IARC) and the team, funded by Cancer Research UK, National Cancer Institute and Asociación Española Contra el Cáncer 4/n


NexTGen will take on the solid tumours in children challenge & develop nextgen CAR T-cell therapies for children with #braintumours and #sarcomas Congratulations Catherine Bollard (Children's National Hospital 🏥) Martin Pule (@UCL) and the team, funded by Cancer Research UK, National Cancer Institute and The Mark Foundation for Cancer Research 5/n





Great to see our new #CancerGrandChallenges teams being celebrated in Forbes 👇 #cancerresearch #cachexia #childhoodcancer #ecdna #cancerprevention Cancer Research UK National Cancer Institute




Great start to my #AACR2024 listening to Charles Swanton talking about the role of the TME in lung cancer evolution!



Read all about it!! Find out more about our five amazing new Cancer Cancer Grand Challenges Challenges teams 🙌🏼


#AACR24 is a moment of togetherness for the cancer research community. So cool to have already seen some of the scientific rock stars 🤟 from the Cancer Grand Challenges community: Yin Cao Andy Chan Sherene Loi, MD Charles Swanton Lillian Siu Gemma Balmer-Kemp


Cancer cachexia: No time to waste. Enjoying hearing from Cancer Grand Challenges Challenges team #CANCAN researchers Mariam Jamal-Hanjani & Marcus Goncalves #AACR2024
