Tag: Grand Challenge

CR UK streams £60m into tackling global cancer

by Anna Smith | Jan 23, 2019 | News | 0

Cancer Research UK has pledged to tackle global cancer challenges with £60 million funding.

Charity sets eight new ‘grand challenges’ to combat cancer

by Selina McKee | Jun 22, 2017 | News | 0

Earlier detection of cancer through interrogation of medical and non-medical data sets using machine and deep-learning is one of eight new key quests set by Cancer Research UK in the second phase of its Grand Challenge Fund.

CR UK awards £71m to first Grand Challenge winners

by Selina McKee | Feb 10, 2017 | News | 0

Cancer Research UK will award up to £71 million to the first four winning teams of its Grand Challenge competition, set up to help overcome the biggest challenges facing cancer researchers in order to accelerate success in the global fight against the disease.