Trio of research centres get £15m from CRUK

Cancer research labs in Oxford, Manchester and Cambridge have been relaunched by Cancer Research UK as hubs for the charity’s national network of 15 research centres, each receiving an initial £5-million funding boost.

CRUK’s network has a strong emphasis on translational research—moving diagnostics or treatments into clinical application—and the three freshly minted Major Centres will all maintain this focus.

The Oxford centre, which is a partnership between CRUK, the University of Oxford and Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust, will extend its work in computer sciences and big data.