Scientists win charity funding for cancer fight

CANCER researchers in Yorkshire have been handed £180,000 for ground-breaking work in Yorkshire.

The money awarded by the charity Yorkshire Cancer Research will be used to fund four one-year projects designed to capture key details in preparation for further research.

Scientists at Leeds Institute of Molecular Medicine will study cancer of the womb, which has increased by 40 per cent in the last two years, by investigating the role of inflammatory proteins, which help cancer cells develop within the lining of the womb and evade the immune system.

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Further research into leukaemias and lymphomas will be carried out by researchers at Leeds University’s Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology amid evidence as many as two in five cases are triggered by mistakes in the production of antibody genes which are generated to help the body fight invading micro-organisms.

Other projects include a study at Sheffield to investigate a cheap but effective treatment for lymphoma.

A fourth project at Leeds University will look at the development of hi-tech software which will allow scientists to compare DNA data samples more easily and ultimately help them to understand the causes of cancer.