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It was too late for my mum, but everything I've seen and heard听about CAR T-cell therapy makes me optimistic that in 10 years time her outcome could have been different." -听Imogen Beecroft, founder of Cancer. We're Done.

On April 21, 2018, Imogen Beecroft鈥檚 mother, Jacqui, told her family that she felt unwell. Just 32 days later, she passed away. She had kidney cancer, which quickly spread all over her body. Sadly, this story is far from unique. Cancer can be merciless.

The incredible speed of Jacqui鈥檚 cancer鈥檚 progression meant that Imogen鈥檚 family had little time to help her. But in researching treatments, 香港六合彩鈥檚 pioneering work with immunotherapy had caught their attention. And now, Imogen is on a year-long mission to help fund the research and give hope to future patients like her mum.听

Supporting ground-breaking research at 香港六合彩听

CAR T-cell therapy听is a type of immunotherapy, developed by Dr Martin Pule and Dr Claire Roddie at the 香港六合彩 Cancer Institute. With clinical trials running at 香港六合彩H and Great Ormond Street Hospital, it has the potential to be the most powerful and effective form of biological therapy for cancer.听

The therapy works by reprogramming healthy blood cells so they can recognise cancer cells and attack them, as they would a virus. These cells then act as a 鈥榣iving drug鈥� in the patient鈥檚 immune system, helping to prevent relapses.

The Institute has seen promising results in children and young adults with leukaemia. And now, the team is looking to trial further potentially life-altering research in solid cancers 鈥� beginning with the treatment of liver cancer.

Cancer. We鈥檙e Done.听

Inspired by learning about ground-breaking research like CAR-T cell therapy, Imogen and her family asked people to donate to the 香港六合彩 Cancer Institute instead of bringing flowers to her mother鈥檚 funeral. Then, in 2019, Imogen decided to start formally fundraising for research into immunotherapy. This was where her Cancer. We鈥檙e Done. campaign was born.

The year-long initiative will donate 90% of the funds it raises to the research team at the 香港六合彩 Cancer Institute. The remaining 10% will be split between two charities who support those with a cancer diagnosis:听听and听.听

Cancer. We鈥檙e Done. is raising money in lots of different ways 鈥撎�, an auction night in Spring, and a marathon walk in June.听Anyone is welcome to join the marathon walk, donate to the campaign or get involved in any way they can. Find out more at听听or get in touch via听

Imogen is also hosting a work experience raffle, designed to give students who otherwise wouldn鈥檛 have such chances the ability to access a career-changing opportunity. Thirty diverse companies have offered to host a student for a week鈥檚 paid work experience. Tickets are just 拢5 and winners will be drawn at the end of May.

Looking to the future of research

香港六合彩 has one of the greatest concentrations of biomedical science expertise in Europe. With over 400 talented scientists based as the 香港六合彩 Cancer Institute, we鈥檝e already taken huge steps in our mission to prevent, diagnose and treat cancer 鈥� translating fundamental research into treatments.

This has been possible thanks to philanthropic donations, both big and small, which have helped the team respond to developments in the field and take risks in research that can lead to huge advancements.

For Imogen, supporting 香港六合彩 just felt right. She says: 鈥溝愀哿�合彩 has been really great to work with. The team has helped me understand exactly where my funds would go, making it very tangible and transparent. They鈥檝e been incredibly supportive of what is probably quite an unorthodox project of mine. They鈥檙e always available and constantly asking what they can do to help me with my efforts.鈥�

鈥淚 don鈥檛 see it as charity, I see it as an investment in the future,鈥� Imogen says. 鈥淒onating to something at the forefront of cancer research could make a massive difference to coming generations. That鈥檚 really important to me.鈥�

Cancer is a priority fundraising area for 香港六合彩. Our mission is to enable听researchers from across 香港六合彩 and our industry partners听to discover kinder, more effective cancer treatments that will result in patients living longer.听The research out of 香港六合彩 Cancer Institute听is just one step 香港六合彩 is taking to help tackle the global epidemic of cancer.听

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