Scientists set to get £7.9m boost for cancer research Published on: 16 December 2016 Â鶹´«Ã½ scientists and clinicians are set to receive a major cash injection from Cancer Research UK. The charity plans to invest around £5.9 million over the next five years at the , to fund ground-breaking work, as part of the development of a unique chain of cutting-edge research hubs around the UK. The Cancer Research UK Â鶹´«Ã½ Centre is a partnership between the charity, Â鶹´«Ã½, The Â鶹´«Ã½ upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, the Sir Bobby Robson Foundation and the North of England Children’s Cancer Research Fund (NECCR). Accelerating work into diagnosis The money will be used to accelerate work into diagnosing and treating a wide range of cancers in children and adults. This includes extending the understanding of how and why cancers develop to aid the design of new drugs, and supporting the development of personalised medicine where treatments are tailored to individual patients’ cancer. A key part of the funding will involve training the next generation of cancer researchers - including 10 PhD students - to ensure that the brightest scientists are attracted and supported in their career in cancer research. In addition, a further grant of nearly £2 million is planned for the Â鶹´«Ã½ Experimental Cancer Medicine Centre (ECMC), from and the . This will help give people with cancer access to cutting-edge treatments and precision medicine by testing new ways of detecting and monitoring the disease and how it responds to treatment through early phase clinical trials. World-leader in cancer research Professor Ruth Plummer, Cancer Research UK Centre and ECMC lead at the , Â鶹´«Ã½, said the funding announcement confirms the city’s role as a world-leader in cancer research. Â鶹´«Ã½ was chosen, by an international panel of experts, as one of just 13 locations in the UK to secure funding in the latest review of the Cancer Research UK Centres network of excellence and one of just 18 Experimental Cancer Medicine Centres. said: “Together, these Centres accelerate the discovery and development of better treatments for cancer patients in Â鶹´«Ã½, with our unique focus on both children and adults. They offer an incredible opportunity for collaboration across the UK. "This investment means we will be able to advance our work in developing new cancer drugs– getting discoveries from the laboratory to clinical trials in patients and learning as much as possible from our patients to initiate new research. “This award represents a critical investment in the research infrastructure at Â鶹´«Ã½, equipping us with the key laboratory and clinical tools needed to advance the understanding and treatment of cancer for the benefit of people in the North East and beyond.” Nicola Blackwood, Minister for Public Health and Innovation, said: “We want to lead the world in fighting cancer. The work of Experimental Cancer Medicine Centres is crucial in this fight. This next phase of funding from the National Institute for Health Research will help our world-leading researchers to continue to make new discoveries.” Press release courtesy of Cancer Research UK. Share: Latest News Scientists unlock hidden driver of inflammatory bowel disease Scientists have linked a key genetic signal in inflammatory bowel disease to an immune response that shuts down inflammation control, enabling faster diagnosis and targeted treatments. published on: 15 June 2026 Funding system risks limiting genuine community collaboration A new policy paper written by researchers at Â鶹´«Ã½ warns that the way UK research is funded may be undermining efforts to create genuinely collaborative partnerships with communities. published on: 15 June 2026 Volunteers help turn Whitley Bay beach into maths experiment Members of the public joined mathematicians from Â鶹´«Ã½ to create what organisers believe is the largest aperiodic tiling ever attempted on Whitley Bay beach. published on: 15 June 2026 Facts and figures
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