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Bug in the System: The Past, Present and Future of Cancer

Moths and Miracles

Duration: 28 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LWLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Dr Kat Arney hears from those at the cutting edge of the science of fighting cancer, and asks - will we ever defeat it altogether?

We discover how researchers are taking fresh approaches drawn from the worlds of evolutionary biology, game theory and even pest control to devise strategies to finally find a cure and drive cancer to extinction.

Featuring interviews with:

Nobel Prize winner Jim Allison, Chair of Immunology at the MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas
Caroline Dive, Director of the Cancer Biomarkers Centre at the Cancer Research UK Manchester Research Institute
Bob Gatenby, Associate Professor at the Moffitt Cancer Center at the University of South Florida in Tampa
Crispian Jago

Produced for BBC Audio Bristol by Beth Sagar-Fenton. Show less

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