About The Hope
You, Me and the Big C: Putting the can in cancer
BBC
4.8 • 3.1K Ratings
🗓️ 4 February 2019
⏱️ 95 minutes
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Summary
Deborah James and Lauren Mahon visit the Francis Crick Institute to explore the hope in cancer research.
They talk to Michelle Mitchell, Cancer Research UK’s CEO and Dr Sam Godfrey. Given a guided tour around one of the labs by PhD student, Edurne Mugarza.
Professor Julian Downward, Associate Research Director at the Crick, discusses how his work led to the development of drugs such as Herceptin and panitumumab and we find out his hopes for the future.
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| 0:00.0 | Woo! |
| 0:02.0 | Ha! |
| 0:07.0 | I've played it 200,000 sales. |
| 0:10.0 | No! |
| 0:11.0 | We have probably created obviously today, so you probably have about half a million. |
| 0:15.0 | That's incredible! |
| 0:17.0 | I was going to go out there and say a thousand, but half a million, you know. |
| 0:31.0 | Hello and welcome to You Me and the Big C with Deborah James, IKO Fowl Bay. |
| 0:37.0 | Yay! |
| 0:38.0 | And me, Laura Mann, otherwise known as Girl |
| 0:52.5 | We want to tell you about the highs as well as the lows. |
| 0:55.5 | You can get in touch with us to get future topics and let us know your experiences by using the hashtag You Me Big C on social media. |
| 1:01.5 | Today we want to do a very special podcast to mark World Cancer Day. |
| 1:05.5 | Last year, Deb's and I came to the Francis Creek Institute with Five Live Drive and Tony, Tony Livsa. |
| 1:10.5 | We were so impressed we wanted to come back and do a whole podcast here. |
| 1:15.5 | So come back to date me a few people and talk about the hope for the future of cancer treatment and get a tour around one of the labs. |
| 1:21.5 | I can't wait, so we're here, we're actually sitting here in the Francis Creek Institute, which I have to say is the most stunning building. |
| 1:29.5 | It's very impressive, it's very, it's very, it's very, it's very space-ypey. |
| 1:32.5 | It's very space-ypey, so we're sitting here in the reception and we're actually going to be taking you around the Institute, around the building, June and our podcast. |
| 1:40.5 | And we're going to actually be looking in a variety of different labs aren't we? |
| 1:43.5 | And speaking to some wonderful people, this building was built, I don't actually know, I think I'm going to have to come back to that. |
| 1:50.5 | I don't know when it was built. |
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