An update to the Hallmarks of Cancer framework for understanding (and researching) what causes human cancers. spkl.io/63321Aqwbc
Douglas Hanahan
@cp-cell.bsky.social
A new study from team OPTIMISTICC, published in @cellpress.bsky.social, shows that tumour-resident microbes are largely confined to cancers of the orodigestive tract.
Together with team PROSPECT, they have generated a new resource and analytic pipeline. 👇
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Next week is the final week to submit abstracts for Cancer and the Host: www.cancergrandchallenges.org/conferences/...
📥 Abstract deadline: 20 March
🗓️ 17–19 June 2026
📍The Royal Society, London
This conference brings together leading researchers to explore cancer as a systemic disease. Read more 👇
If you missed our Special Session at the #AACR Annual Meeting, you can still catch the key insights in the latest edition of Discover 👇
Take a closer look at the science with Allan Balmain and Mike Stratton: features.cancergrandchallenges.org/impact/
Thanks to everyone who let us pick their brain over the years! Especially the amazing @cancergrand.bsky.social team, Scientific Committee members past and present, all Cancer Grand Challenges team leads, funded scientists and programme managers.
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The new @cancergrand.bsky.social teams have been announced! Read about the teams tackling cancer avoidance, mechanisms driving mutational signatures, the dark proteome, cancer neuroscience, & rewiring cancer cells now in Cancer Discovery @aacrjournals.bsky.social: aacrjournals.org/cancerdiscov...