Our research in Edinburgh
Cancer Research UK funds world-class researchers at the University of Edinburgh, including a team who are looking for new ways to stop cancer spreading to other parts of the body.
We also fund the clinical trials work of the Children’s Cancer and Leukaemia Group (CCLG) at the Royal Hospital for Sick Children in Edinburgh. The group co-ordinates the care of virtually all the UK’s children with cancer, ensuring they receive the most up-to-date treatments.
Below are some of the highlights of our research in Edinburgh.
Click on the names below to find out more about each scientist
These pages contain highlights of the research we fund in this city - we'll be updating and expanding them regularly. Please visit our Grants & Research website for detailed scientific information about our research.
All cancer types
Prof Margaret Frame
Cell Adhesion Signalling Laboratory
University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh
How do cancer cells spread - and how can we stop them?
Possibly the biggest challenge in cancer treatment is to stop the disease spreading to other parts of the body. Research in Professor Margaret Frame's lab based at the University of Edinburgh is aimed at understanding in detail how cancer cells move around.
Bowel cancer
Prof Malcolm Dunlop
Department of Surgery, MRC Human Genetics Unit
Western General Hospital, Edinburgh
The genetic causes of bowel cancer
Professor Malcolm Dunlop is leading research into the genetic and environmental causes of bowel cancer at the MRC Human Genetics Unit in Edinburgh. Bowel cancer is the UK's third most common cancer and Scotland itself has one of the highest rates of this disease in the world.
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