Increasing the precision of cancer treatment

Research precision

To improve cancer therapies, our researchers are focusing on understanding the biology of cancer and the development of more precise cancer treatments.

  • We are capitalising on Imperial’s expertise in engineering, evolution and drug resistance to improve understanding of tumour progression, and developing technologies that better identify patients at risk of relapse
  • Our researchers are developing new surgical robots and imaging and sensing technologies that make it easier to detect the boundaries between healthy and cancerous tissue
  • We are developing drug discovery research, including the use of nanotechnologies for smart drug delivery

Case studies

Chemical Espionage

Molecular spies that detect cancer cells

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Cutting Cancer at the Edge

Cutting Cancer at the Edge

A new technology that uses rapid evaporative ionisation mass spectrometry to discriminate tumour from normal tissue.

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Solving the DOT1L Molecular Puzzle in Leukaemia

Solving the DOT1L Molecular Puzzle in Leukaemia

Figuring out how DOT1L dysregulation causes leukaemia and whether switching off DOT1L using an inhibitory drug kills leukaemic cells

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Using Ultrasound to Image Cancer

Using Ultrasound to Image Cancer

Developing super-high frame rate ultrasound in conjunction with microbubble contrast agents and signal processing algorithms as a technique for imaging cancer

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