Barts Cancer Institute is a leading UK cancer research institute, part of Queen Mary University of London and a partner in the Cancer Research UK City of London Centre. 🧪🧬🔬 https://www.bci.qmul.ac.uk/https://bsky.app/profile/qmbci.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/qmbci.bsky.social/post/3ml4ej2dofc25Most of us develop gene mutations linked to blood cancer as we age, but only a small proportion go on to develop the disease. New research from @benjaminwerner.bsky.social and team at BCI explores why, showing how mutated cells compete and evolve over time. 🧪 #medsky #oncosky @qmul.bsky.social https://www.bci.qmul.ac.uk/general-news/2026/05/study-offers-clues-to-blood-cancer-risk-revealing-how-gene-mutations-compete-over-time/05 May 2026 14:11 +0000at://did:plc:ys2p6ysothlf24dytwbrk546/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml4ej2dofc25https://bsky.app/profile/qmbci.bsky.social/post/3miy23thr622iCongratulations to Dr @kevinrouault.bsky.social, who has been awarded £1m from @cancerresearchuk.org to launch a clinical trial aiming to improve quality of life for people with myelodysplastic syndromes, a form of blood cancer with limited treatment options. 🧪 #medsky #oncosky @qmul.bsky.social https://www.bci.qmul.ac.uk/general-news/2026/04/new-1m-clinical-trial-launches-to-improve-quality-of-life-for-people-with-blood-cancer08 Apr 2026 10:03 +0000at://did:plc:ys2p6ysothlf24dytwbrk546/app.bsky.feed.post/3miy23thr622ihttps://bsky.app/profile/qmbci.bsky.social/post/3mhuyvmeg2s2b🔬 Watch how cancer and immune cells interact in a living system. Scientists at BCI have developed mini lab-grown ovarian tumours that recreate the complex neighbourhood of cells in patients. Published today in @natcomms.nature.com. Read more: bit.ly/4bMCrVg 🧪 #medsky #oncosky @qmul.bsky.social25 Mar 2026 11:39 +0000at://did:plc:ys2p6ysothlf24dytwbrk546/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhuyvmeg2s2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/qmbci.bsky.social/post/3mgrox6sjkc2yCongratulations to Professor Michelle Lockley and Dr Oliver Pearce, who have been awarded prestigious @cancerresearchuk.org Programme Foundation Awards, worth nearly £1.5m each. Read more about their work seeking novel cancer therapy targets in our Q&A. 🧪 #medsky #oncosky @qmul.bsky.social https://www.bci.qmul.ac.uk/general-news/2026/03/barts-cancer-institute-teams-awarded-nearly-3m-from-cancer-research-uk-to-seek-novel-cancer-therapy-targets/11 Mar 2026 10:37 +0000at://did:plc:ys2p6ysothlf24dytwbrk546/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgrox6sjkc2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/qmbci.bsky.social/post/3mdzhgdb3kk2gToday, on #WorldCancerDay, we’re taking you behind the scenes at Queen Mary's Barts Cancer Institute and introducing you to the people who are making progress possible. Follow us to stay up to date with new developments. 🧪 #UnitedByUnique #MedSky #OncoSky @qmul.bsky.social @cancerresearchuk.org https://youtu.be/xM6gqJzwIMw04 Feb 2026 08:28 +0000at://did:plc:ys2p6ysothlf24dytwbrk546/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdzhgdb3kk2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/qmbci.bsky.social/post/3mcwt5sooec2wPeople with a rare eye cancer (uveal melanoma) that has spread to the liver may survive for longer when doctors take a more active approach to monitoring and treatment, according to results from Professor Hemant Kocher and team. @qmul.bsky.social #medsky #oncosky 🧪 https://www.bci.qmul.ac.uk/general-news/2026/01/new-approach-offers-hope-for-people-with-rare-eye-cancer21 Jan 2026 13:55 +0000at://did:plc:ys2p6ysothlf24dytwbrk546/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcwt5sooec2whttps://bsky.app/profile/qmbci.bsky.social/post/3m4dw65dzf22s📰 15 years of research by Prof. Tatjana Crnogorac-Jurcevic at BCI have led to the launch of Procyon Diagnostics, a new Queen Mary Innovation #spinout company developing a simple test for early #PancreaticCancer detection. @qmul.bsky.social | @qminnovation.bsky.social 🧪 #medsky #oncosky Read more ⤵️ https://www.bci.qmul.ac.uk/general-news/2025/10/new-spinout-launches-to-advance-early-pancreatic-cancer-detection29 Oct 2025 16:57 +0000at://did:plc:ys2p6ysothlf24dytwbrk546/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4dw65dzf22shttps://bsky.app/profile/qmbci.bsky.social/post/3m22gv5yirc22📰 A new AI tool could help doctors identify which skin cancers are most likely to spread. We spoke to Professor Alex Wang and Dr Emilia Peleva to find out more about their new study and next steps ⬇ @qmul.bsky.social | @cruk-cityoflondon.bsky.social 🧪 #medsky #oncosky #ArtificialIntelligence https://www.bci.qmul.ac.uk/general-news/2025/09/new-ai-model-sheds-light-on-high-risk-skin-cancer/30 Sep 2025 11:39 +0000at://did:plc:ys2p6ysothlf24dytwbrk546/app.bsky.feed.post/3m22gv5yirc22https://bsky.app/profile/qmbci.bsky.social/post/3lyi24doj322v🎉 Join us in congratulating four BCI researchers who have been promoted! Promoted to Professor: 🔹Professor Angus Cameron 🔹Professor Jun Wang Promoted to Senior Lecturer: 🔹Dr Diu Nguyen Promoted to Reder: 🔹Dr Miguel Ganuza @qmul.bsky.social @qmulfmd.bsky.social @cruk-cityoflondon.bsky.social10 Sep 2025 10:38 +0000at://did:plc:ys2p6ysothlf24dytwbrk546/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyi24doj322vhttps://bsky.app/profile/qmbci.bsky.social/post/3lydpktpjks2z📰Rogue DNA rings could provide early clues to brain cancer’s growth, according to new results co-led by Dr @benjaminwerner.bsky.social, as part of international @cancergrand.bsky.social collaboration @qmul.bsky.social | @crick.ac.uk | @stanford.edu | @aacrjournals.bsky.social | #medsky #oncosky 🧪 https://www.bci.qmul.ac.uk/general-news/2025/09/rogue-dna-rings-reveal-earliest-clues-to-deadly-brain-cancers-growth08 Sep 2025 17:18 +0000at://did:plc:ys2p6ysothlf24dytwbrk546/app.bsky.feed.post/3lydpktpjks2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/qmbci.bsky.social/post/3lwvkqkfivk2x📰 NICE has approved a breakthrough life-extending combination treatment for bladder cancer for use in the NHS from today, following trials led by Prof Tom Powles at BCI @qmul.bsky.social. 🧪 #medsky #oncosky #bladdercancer @qmulfmd.bsky.social | @cruk-cityoflondon.bsky.social https://bci.qmul.ac.uk/general-news/2025/08/breakthrough-life-extending-treatment-for-advanced-bladder-cancer-available-on-nhs/?classic-editor21 Aug 2025 08:50 +0000at://did:plc:ys2p6ysothlf24dytwbrk546/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwvkqkfivk2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/qmbci.bsky.social/post/3lwr6jmpnds25Congratulations to our team at the Pancreatic Cancer Research Fund Tissue Bank (PCRFTB), who have achieved a landmark international accreditation 🎉 They have become the first in England to receive ISO 20387:2018 accreditation, an international standard recognising excellence in biobanking. 🧪 https://www.bci.qmul.ac.uk/general-news/2025/08/pancreatic-cancer-research-fund-tissue-bank-achieves-landmark-international-accreditation/19 Aug 2025 15:00 +0000at://did:plc:ys2p6ysothlf24dytwbrk546/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwr6jmpnds25https://bsky.app/profile/qmbci.bsky.social/post/3lw563x22yc2a💡 £10 million has been awarded to a new UK-wide partnership investigating innovative healthcare nanotechnologies. The initiative, funded by EPSRC, will unite researchers at BCI @qmul.bsky.social, @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social & @universityofleeds.bsky.social. #medsky #oncosky 🧪 https://www.bci.qmul.ac.uk/general-news/2025/08/10m-awarded-to-partnership-investigating-innovative-radiolabelled-nanomedicines/11 Aug 2025 15:59 +0000at://did:plc:ys2p6ysothlf24dytwbrk546/app.bsky.feed.post/3lw563x22yc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/qmbci.bsky.social/post/3lvaumsw5is25🌟 We recently welcomed 43 aspiring young scientists to BCI as part of two #WorkExperience programmes (STARS and BURSThrough) designed to break down perceived barriers to #HigherEducation and ignite students' aspirations to pursue careers in #STEM 🧪 @qmul.bsky.social | @cruk-cityoflondon.bsky.social https://www.bci.qmul.ac.uk/general-news/2025/07/aspiring-scientists-gain-a-burst-of-inspiration-at-the-bci/31 Jul 2025 09:55 +0000at://did:plc:ys2p6ysothlf24dytwbrk546/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvaumsw5is25https://bsky.app/profile/qmbci.bsky.social/post/3lumrrxmln22i📰Could a breath test detect blood cancer? New research from @richeslab.bsky.social ‬funded by @bartscharity.bsky.social suggests molecules exhaled in the breath might enable development of a simple, low-cost test to diagnose lymphoma. @qmul.bsky.social @qmulfmd.bsky.social #medsky #oncosky 🧪 https://www.bci.qmul.ac.uk/general-news/2025/07/could-a-breath-test-detect-blood-cancer/23 Jul 2025 10:11 +0000at://did:plc:ys2p6ysothlf24dytwbrk546/app.bsky.feed.post/3lumrrxmln22ihttps://bsky.app/profile/qmbci.bsky.social/post/3lumrfa4gi22iProf Claude Chelala and her team's research into the inequalities facing women with breast cancer from different ancestries is now featured on @natcomms.nature.com homepage! Learn more & watch our interview with Prof Chelala: https://www.bci.qmul.ac.uk/general-news/2025/05/beyond-one-size-fits-all-study-reveals-ethnic-differences-in-breast-cancer-development-and-outcomes-demanding-tailored-care-approaches #medsky 🧪 #oncosky @qmul.bsky.social [contains quote post or other embedded content]23 Jul 2025 10:04 +0000at://did:plc:ys2p6ysothlf24dytwbrk546/app.bsky.feed.post/3lumrfa4gi22ihttps://bsky.app/profile/qmbci.bsky.social/post/3ltok66y47c22🎉We recently celebrated the inaugural lecture of Professor Andrejs Braun, joined by his family, friends & colleagues. In his talk, "The Philosopher’s Classroom: Alchemical Fusion of Research and Education," Professor Braun explored the inseparable nature of research & teaching. @qmul.bsky.social11 Jul 2025 09:35 +0000at://did:plc:ys2p6ysothlf24dytwbrk546/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltok66y47c22https://bsky.app/profile/qmbci.bsky.social/post/3lt2ibpchqk2k📰 Cells’ recycling system (autophagy) plays a surprising role in shaping immune cell DNA, new research from the BCI shows. The findings could have implications for the development of certain #bloodcancer and #autoimmune diseases. #medsky #oncosky 🧪 @qmulfmd.bsky.social @qmul.bsky.social https://www.bci.qmul.ac.uk/general-news/2025/07/cells-recycling-system-plays-a-surprising-role-in-shaping-immune-cells-dna/03 Jul 2025 10:08 +0000at://did:plc:ys2p6ysothlf24dytwbrk546/app.bsky.feed.post/3lt2ibpchqk2k