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Research by grantee

This section of the site will be constantly updated and expanded, so please check back occasionally for new information about the work we fund.

We fund the work of over 4,500 scientists, doctors and nurses across the UK, and run specialised institutes dedicated to cancer research.

In this section of the site, you can find information about many of our top researchers.

Click on the letters below for alphabetical lists of our researchers.

For in-depth information on the work we fund, please visit our Grants and Research website.

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Prof David Balfour Prof David Balfour

Understanding nicotine addiction

Division of Pathology & Neuroscience

University of Dundee

Prof Frances Balkwill Prof Frances Balkwill

Developing new treatments for ovarian cancer

Institute of Cancer

Barts & The London School of Medicine & Dentistry

Prof David Bates Prof David Bates

Stopping the growth and spread of cancer

Department of Physiology

University of Bristol

Dr Facundo Batista Dr Facundo Batista

Investigating immune cells in cancer

Lymphocyte Interaction Laboratory

London Research Institute

Prof Richard Begent Prof Richard Begent

Developing and testing new treatments for cancer

Cancer Research UK Targeting and Imaging Group, Department of Oncology

UCL Cancer Institute

Prof Valerie Beral Prof Valerie Beral

What affects a woman's lifetime risk of cancer?

Cancer Epidemiology Unit

University of Oxford

Prof Jillian Birch Prof Jillian Birch

Looking for the causes of childhood cancer

Cancer Research UK Paediatric and Familial Cancer Research Group

Royal Manchester Children's Hospital

Prof Tim Bishop Prof Tim Bishop

Finding cancer genes

Genetic Epidemiology Laboratory

St James's University Hospital

Dr David Blackbourn Dr David Blackbourn

Understanding how viruses cause cancer

Tumour virology

Cancer Research UK Institute for Cancer Studies

Prof Judith Bliss Prof Judith Bliss

Improving treatments for breast cancer patients

Clinical Trials and Statistics Unit

Institute of Cancer Research

Prof Julian Blow Prof Julian Blow

How do cells copy their DNA accurately?

Division of Gene Regulation and Expression

University of Dundee

Dr Dominique Bonnet Dr Dominique Bonnet

Stem cells and leukaemia

Haematopoietic Stem Cell Laboratory

Cancer Research UK London Research Institute

Prof Chris Boshoff Prof Chris Boshoff

Understanding Kaposi's sarcoma

Cancer Research UK Viral Oncology Group

UCL Cancer Institute, University College London

Dr Simon Boulton Dr Simon Boulton

Understanding how cells repair DNA damage

DNA Damage Response Laboratory

London Research Institute

Dr James Brenton Dr James Brenton

Finding new ways to overcome drug resistance in ovarian cancer

Functional Genomics of Ovarian Cancer

Cambridge Research Institute

Prof Kevin Brindle Prof Kevin Brindle

Magnetic resonance imaging - a tool to monitor the success of cancer treatments

Molecular Imaging Group

Cambridge Research Institute

Prof Robert Brown Prof Robert Brown

'Epigenetics' and the problem of drug resistance

Epigenetics Team

Imperial College London and The Institute of Cancer Research