Charity gives up millions for global cancer fight

A Scottish charity has awarded nearly £4 million to fund 20 new cancer research projects around the world. Worldwide Cancer Research divided the funds following a Dragons’ Den-style meeting involving researchers from all over the world. The 20 research projects will involve researchers from labs in the UK, US, Argentina, Europe and Australia.

Dr Helen Rippon, chief executive of Worldwide Cancer Research, said: “We believe that our global search for answers will one day help stop cancer consuming lives and shattering families.”

Among the beneficiaries is Dr Pierre Guermonprez, from King’s College London, who will receive £242,312 to investigate how Crispr gene-editing could be used to bolster a person’s immune system in the fight against cancer.