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Chris McCabe works on mechanisms of endocrine cancers, including thyroid and breast tumour models. The McCabe group currently holds funding from the Wellcome Trust, the Medical Research Council and Cancer Research UK. Its current research focuses on:

Assessment of the role of the proto-oncogenes PTTG and PBF in thyroid, breast and colon tumours
In vitro and in vivo models exploring gene function
Gene expression in multiple tumour models
Mechanisms of aneuploidy and genetic instability in thyroid and colon cancer
The action of the sodium iodide symporter NIS in radioiodine treatment of thyroid and other tumours
Diverse mechanisms of endocrine cancer
Murine models of tumourigenesis

Professor McCabe currently supervises six doctoral researchers and is interested in supervising future projects in the areas of breast cancer invasion and thyroid cancer therapy.

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Neil Sharma

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Hisham Mehanna

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Luke Alderwick

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Liam Cox

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Neil Morgan

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Laura O'Neill

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David Hodson, MRCVS

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Andrew Beggs

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Grant Stewart

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Eva Petermann

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Martin Hewison

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Rachel Hoare

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Nikos Batis

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John Reynolds

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Rima Smith

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David Thickett

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Alex Tan

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Christopher Bunce

  • Biosciences - Professor of Translational Cancer Biology and Director of Research

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Gary Reynolds

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Lorna Gilligan

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Shakila Thangaratinam

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Versha Cheed

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Alan Watson

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Arri Coomarasamy

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Fang Gao Smith

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Sara Brookes

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John C. Watkinson

  • Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham

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Kavitha Sunassee

  • King’s College London

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Philip Blower

  • King’s College London
  • Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

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Jana Kim

  • King’s College London
  • Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

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Adrian Warfield

  • University Hospital Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

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Weiguang Wang

  • University of Wolverhampton

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Benjamin Small

  • University of Wolverhampton

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Emy Bosseboeuf

  • STIM Laboratory, University of Poitiers, Poitiers, France

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George Firth

  • King’s College London
  • Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

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R Yu

  • Lunds Universitet

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Christopher Campbell

  • Birmingham Women's Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

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Teresa Gagliano

  • University of Ferrara

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Matthew Ringel

  • Ohio State University

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David A Cameron

  • University of Edinburgh
  • University of Sheffield
  • Queen's University
  • Western General Hospitals NHS Trust
  • Edinburgh Cancer Research Centre

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Jon Hoffman

  • Birmingham Women's Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

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Sissy Jhiang

  • Ohio State University

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S Hussain

  • City University Ajman
  • The British University in Dubai

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Robert C Stein

  • Imperial College London

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Luke Hughes-Davies

  • Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
  • University of Cambridge

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Leila Rooshenas

  • University of Bristol

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Andreas Makris

  • Mount Vernon Hospital

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Justin Gundara

  • Royal North Shore Hospital

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Anna L. Stratford

  • University of British Columbia

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John M S Bartlett

  • University of Toronto
  • Ontario Institute for Cancer Research
  • Queen's University
  • Western General Hospitals NHS Trust
  • Edinburgh Cancer Research Centre
  • University of Edinburgh

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Claire Hulme

  • University of Leeds
  • University of Exeter

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Juan Nicola

  • Universidad Nacional de Córdoba

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Gilbert Fruhwirth

  • King’s College London

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W Lu

  • University of Notre Dame

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S Gates

  • University of Warwick

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Sukhchain Bansal

  • University of Birmingham

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Moray Campbell

  • Ohio State University

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Stan Sidhu

  • Royal North Shore Hospital

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Jenny L Donovan

  • University of Bristol

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Amy Campbell

  • University of Warwick

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Jane Bayani

  • Ontario Institute for Cancer Research
  • University of Toronto

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Iain R Macpherson

  • Beatson West Scotland Cancer Centre
  • University of Glasgow

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Allan Hackshaw

  • Imperial College London

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Sarah E Pinder

  • King’s College London
  • Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

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Carlos Caldas

  • University of Warwick
  • Cancer Research UK
  • University of Cambridge
  • NIHR Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre

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J. A. Dunn

  • University of Warwick

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Ruth Bender Atik

  • Miscarriage Association

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Ian C. Wilson

  • Queen Elizabeth Hospital

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Edmond Edi-Osagie

  • Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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Beth Bradshaw

  • Birmingham Women's Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

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Yakoub Khalaf

  • Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

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Richard Trembath

  • Queen Mary, University of London

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Adrienne Morgan

  • Independent Cancer Patients Voice

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Kalsang Bhatia

  • Burnley General Hospital

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Andrea Marshall

  • Warwick Clinical Trials Unit, Coventry, UK.
  • University of Warwick

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Mary Falzon

  • University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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Elena Provenzano

  • Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
  • University of Cambridge
  • NIHR Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre

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Sarah E Lamb

  • University of Oxford
  • University of Warwick
  • John Radcliffe Hospital

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Julian Savulescu

  • Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics
  • Murdoch Childrens' Research Institute
  • Melbourne Law School

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Jackie Ross

  • King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

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Caroline Wilson

  • University of Bristol
  • University of Sheffield

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Patrick Danaher

  • Ontario Institute for Cancer Research

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James S. Good

  • Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham

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Helena Earl

  • University of Cambridge
  • University of Warwick
  • NIHR Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre, and Cambridge Breast Cancer Research Unit Cambridge
  • Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
  • NIHR Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre

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Andrew M. Wardley

  • Christie Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
  • University of Manchester

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R Lall

  • University of Warwick

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Paul C Boutros

  • Ontario Institute for Cancer Research
  • University of Toronto

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Eric Lian

  • Queen's University

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Nigel Stallard

  • University of Warwick

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Yvonne Wallis

  • Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust
  • Birmingham Women's Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

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Irene Tracey

  • University of Oxford

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Jean E. Abraham

  • Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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Cheryl A. Crozier

  • Ontario Institute for Cancer Research

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Natalie Nunes

  • West Middlesex University Hospital

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Michele Papucci

  • Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
  • California Institute of Technology

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Karolina Wartolowska

  • University of Oxford

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Michael Simpson

  • King’s College London

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V. Harmer

  • St Mary's Hospital London
  • Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

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Janet A Dunn

  • University of Warwick
  • University of Edinburgh

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Lindsey Vialard

  • Birmingham Women's Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

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Onyebuchi Okosieme

  • Cardiff University

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Patrick J. Morrison

  • Queen's University, Belfast

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Karen McAdam

  • Peterborough City Hospital, Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Edith, Cavell Campus, Peterborough, UK.
  • Peterborough City Hospital
  • Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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Oliver Buchmueller

  • Imperial College London

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Katie Baker

  • University of Birmingham

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Rachel Small

  • Birmingham Heartlands Hospital

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Siyuan Hu

  • University of Glasgow

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Colin M Dayan

  • Cardiff University

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Mohammed E. El-asrag

  • University of Birmingham

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Peter S Hall

  • University of Edinburgh

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Charlotte E Kelly

  • Hull York Medical School

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Andrew Hartley

  • Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham

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Martyn Underwood

  • Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust

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Dave Newbold

  • Rutherford Appleton Laboratory

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Julia Wade

  • University of Bristol

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Alastair M. Gray

  • University of Oxford

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Davor Jurkovic

  • Imperial College London
  • University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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Mercedes Robledo

  • Carlos III Health Institute Center for Biomedical Research on Rare Diseases

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Lois Mulligan

  • Royal North Shore Hospital

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Jane M Blazeby

  • University of Bristol

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Trevor Cole

  • Birmingham Women's Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

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Bethany Shinkins

  • University of Oxford

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Anne Laure Vallier

  • Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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Fiona MacDonald

  • Birmingham Women's Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

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Elizabeth N. Kornaga

  • Ontario Institute for Cancer Research
  • Tom Baker Cancer Centre

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Carmel Conefrey

  • University of Bristol

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Alison Birtle

  • Royal Preston Hospital
  • Royal Preston Hospital Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
  • University of Manchester
  • Rosemere Cancer Centre, Royal Preston Hospital

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Peter Canney

  • Beatson West Scotland Cancer Centre

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Daisy Elliott

  • University of Bristol

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Fiona Eatock

  • Royal Victoria Hospital

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Marcus Jepson

  • University of Bristol

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David Beard

  • University of Oxford
  • Royal College of Surgeons of England

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A Maria Gonzalez

  • Montpellier University Hospital

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Chris Poole

  • University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust
  • University Hospital Coventry

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J. A. Cook

  • University of Oxford

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Sakaorna Jeyanathan

  • University of Birmingham

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Michael J.o. Wakelam

  • Babraham Institute
  • University of Glasgow

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T Quinn

  • Kingston University and St. George's

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Victor L.J. Tybulewicz

  • The Francis Crick Institute
  • Imperial College London

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Tammy Piper

  • University of Edinburgh
  • Edinburgh Cancer Research Centre

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Sue Stewart

  • Birmingham Women's Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

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S Stewart

  • MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit
  • Ghent University

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Siobhan Quenby

  • University of Warwick

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Cindy Q Yao

  • Ontario Institute for Cancer Research
  • University of Toronto

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Jameel Muzaffar

  • University of Cambridge

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Alison Halliday

  • University of Oxford

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Andrew Judge

  • University of Oxford
  • Southampton General Hospital

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Adele Francis

  • Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham

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Emma C Hall

  • The Institute of Cancer Research

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Shlomo Melmed

  • Cedars Sinai Med Ctr

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Claire Balmer

  • University of Warwick

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Graham R Williams

  • Imperial College London

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Daniel F. Mcauley

  • Royal Victoria Hospital
  • Queen's University, Belfast

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