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Oxford and GSK launch £50m programme to advance cancer research

Global biopharma company GSK invests up to £50 million in a collaboration with Oxford to advance the understanding of how cancer develops, which could inform future development of vaccines to prevent cancer.

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Launch of 'To Immunity and Beyond' podcast series

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Pancreatic cancer immune map provides clues for precision treatment targeting

Study shows why there are differences in prognosis between different pancreatic tumours and identifies potential avenues for improved treatment approaches.

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Latest publications

Glycodeoxycholic and deoxycholic bile acids impair recognition and spatial memory in adult mice, and reduce central CREB-BDNF signaling and cytokine expression with neuroanatomical specificity.

Garcia A. et al, (2026), Gut Microbes, 18

DNA prime and peptide boost immunization elicits robust neoantigen-specific CD8 + T cell responses and therapeutic protection in mouse tumor models.

Morgado-Cáceres P. et al, (2026), Oncoimmunology, 15

The double-edged nature of antibody bivalency: mathematical and experimental analysis of cell surface antigen occupancy and opsonization.

Heirene L. et al, (2026), MAbs, 18

Ginkgo Datapoints Antibody Developability Competition outcomes: limited model performance and a call for data standardization.

van Niekerk L. et al, (2026), MAbs, 18