The Cutting Edge of Cancer Research

The Naked Scientists Podcast

Dr Chris Smith

Natural Sciences, Science, Science Radio, Naked Scientists, Health & Fitness, Engineering, Medicine, Technology, Life Sciences

4.6 • 958 Ratings

🗓️ 4 November 2012

⏱️ 60 minutes

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How does cancer spread? How can we target our immune system to take out tumours? This week we visit the National Cancer Research Institute's annual conference to explore the cutting edge of cancer research. We'll find out why cancers become resistant to chemotherapy, and how new research offers us a window to watch a cancer as it spreads. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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0:00.0	Stripping down science, the naked scientists.
0:07.0	The Naked Scientists. On average one person dies of cancer every four minutes in the UK.
0:26.0	That's a shocking statistic.
0:28.0	So this week to coincide with the National Cancer Research Institute's annual Cancer Conference in Liverpool, where I am right now, we have a special
0:34.9	show dedicated to discussing new breakthroughs in cancer research, including what we've learned
0:39.5	about how the disease spreads through the body, how cancers can become resistant to
0:43.5	chemotherapy and a new way to combat cancers by reprogramming a patient's immune
0:48.1	system. Thank you, Kat and we'll also be discussing this week some of the week's
0:52.3	other breaking science news stories, including
0:55.2	this.
0:56.2	Now one of those was an elephant that was saying hello in Korean, and the other was an elephant that was saying hello in Korean and the other was the elephant's trainer
1:05.6	but can you tell which it is we'll meet Kossick the elephant that can talk later in the show
1:19.0	The Naked Scientists Podcast is powered by UK Fast, the UK's best hosting provider on the web at UKfast. Co. UK.
1:32.0	It is Sunday, November the 4th and this is the Naked Scientist with me Chris Smith and also with Cat Arnie. You can get in touch with us. You can tweet at naked
1:34.5	scientists or you can also comment on our Facebook page that's at
1:37.6	Facebook.com slash the naked scientists or you can use good old email Chris
1:42.2	at the naked Scientist.com.
1:44.0	Can probably the biggest issue in cancer and one that causes around nine out of ten
1:48.6	cancer deaths is the fact that cancer spread around the body forming
1:52.4	other tumors elsewhere.
1:54.0	This is a process that scientists call metastasis.
1:56.8	Now we're joined here from the NCRI Cancer Conference by Dr. Juan Masaget,
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