Organisations and laboratories investigating cancer:
Marie Curie Research Institute: www.mcri.ac.uk
Breakthrough Breast Cancer: www.breakthrough.org.uk
Cancer Research UK: www.cancerresearchuk.org
COMPASS Collaborative: www.compasscollaborative.com
NCRI: www.ncri.org.uk
NCRI Cancer Informatics Initiative: www.cancerinformatics.org.uk - using informatics to maximise the impact of cancer research for the benefit of patients.
Beatson Laboratories: www.vet.gla.ac.uk/beatson
Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research: www.med.ic.ac.uk/ludwig
Institute of Cancer Research: www.icr.ac.uk
Leukaemia Research Fund: www.lrf.org.uk
Association for International Cancer Research: www.aicr.org.uk
Cancer Research Campaign Technology (CRCT) Technology transfer company: www.crct.co.uk
Science links
Links to other scientific institutions and scientific organisations:
Medical Research Council: www.mrc.ac.uk
Laboratory of Molecular Biology (Cambridge): www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk
The Sanger Centre: www.sanger.ac.uk
The Royal Society: www.royalsoc.ac.uk
UK University Biology Departments: www.bio.uea.ac.uk
Science Policy Research Unit: www.sussex.ac.uk/spru
Office of Science and Technology: www.dti.gov.uk/ost
National Institute for Medical Research: www.nimr.mrc.ac.uk
Wellcome Trust: www.wellcome.ac.uk
Association of Medical Research Charities: www.amrc.org.uk
Features and background information
Science journalism and background information on cancer research and related science. Includes educational web sites.
www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/tryit/dna good general explanation of DNA, genes etc.
Please note: Marie Curie Cancer Care provides links to third party websites where appropriate and is not responsible for the availability or content of any of these linked sites.
