A UNIVERSITY is set to work on a £10m research project exploring new ways to diagnose lung cancer. The Universities of both Southampton and Leeds have come together with healthcare, diagnostics and informatics companies to test the best way of detecting cancers at a stage when they can still be cured, linking to the NHS England Targeted Lung Health Checks programme. The project, called iDx-LUNG, is part of the Government’s Early Diagnosis Mission to diagnose three-quarters of cancers at an early stage by 2028. Work is able to proceed thanks to approximately £3.5m worth of funding from UK Research and Innovation’s Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund (ISCF), part of a total investment of £10 million in the programme overall.
Cancer Research UK is predicting a £300m fall in funding over the next three years.
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People across Suffolk are being encouraged to look beyond lockdown by signing up to Cancer Research UK’s Race for Life.
The popular event is planned to return this year despite the coronavirus crisis, with 3km, 5km and 10km events in Bury St Edmunds on June 6 and Ipswich on June 20.
The Ipswich event also includes the Pretty Muddy course.
The cancer charity is reporting a devastating loss in research funding last year due to Covid-19.
It is also predicting a staggering £300million drop in income over the next three years, which could put future medical breakthroughs at risk.
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