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Article: 'Greatest day'for cancer research
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- The Northern Echo
- Article date:
- July 1, 2009
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A GROUNDBREAKING research centre which will put the North-East at
the forefront of cancer research is launched by a range of charities
today.
The Newcastle Centre for Cancer Research, based at Newcastle
University, will be jointly funded by Cancer Research UK, Leukaemia
Research and North of England Children's Cancer Research.
The centre will bring together leading UK researchers and help
set the pace for national and international progress in diagnosing
and treating the whole spectrum of cancers, including cancer of the
blood in adults and children.
It will concentrate on understanding the basic biology of how and
why cancers develop, so new drugs can be produced.
Another priority will be ...