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Welcome to our blog, where you can read updates from members of our team, find out what our supporters are up to and hear from those who have experienced cancer first hand. If you would like to submit content for the blog please send a summary of your story and your contact details to web@ycr.org.uk.
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Don't you just love it when a plan comes together

Science and research
13/05/2013
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Sometimes in your working life, something happens that makes you tingle all over, and makes you feel like all the effort that you pour into your work has been worthwhile. At the moment,...

2013 Marathon Des Sables Update

Marathon Des Sables
18/04/2013
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Everyone at Yorkshire Cancer Research would like to say a massive thank y...

Harrogate business man takes on the toughest footrace on earth

Overseas challenge event
19/02/2013
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Duncan Read, a 40-year-old business man from Harrogate, will take on the Marathon Des Sables in April to raise money for Yorkshire Cancer Research. Here he gives an insi...

Building funding links in China: partnering and leverage

Science and research
12/12/2012
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In July I spent a hectic week in Guangzhou, China as part of our sponsorship of a Cancer Diagnostics Workshop under the umbrella of the UK China Healthcare Open Innovation Programme. Deta...

Sky News interview: DNA database

Science and research
12/12/2012
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This week the Prime Minister unveiled plans to launch a new DNA database capable of holding the genetic details of every person in Britain. The project will hold data from...

My day learning new techniques at the University of East Anglia

Science and Research
12/12/2012
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Josie Hayes is one of our new funded PhD students in the Translational Neuro-oncology Group at Leeds Institute of Molecular Medicine. She spent a week with researchers at the Universit...

The Keighley and Craven Winter Ball

Events
30/10/2012
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Yorkshire surgeons give their verdict on life saving technique

Science and research
25/10/2012
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This week Nikki from our press team had the opportunity to attend our colon cancer surgery workshop, which was designed to improve outcomes for patients in Yorkshire and beyond...

Turning scientific discoveries into working treatments

Chief Executive's blog
11/10/2012
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"As a medical research charity, one of the biggest challenges we face is turning scientific discoveries into products that can be commercially produced and used to treat patients on an ...

How you can get involved this Christmas

Everything else
02/10/2012
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We had a great time meeting some of you at the Great North Run in September, and as the running season draws to a close, we're starting to think about Christmas!  1 2 3 4 5   Results: 1-10 of 43