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Fiona Scott

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PhD chemist. Cancer Research UK press officer. Views/opinions my own. www.fionascottwrites.com

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An unexpected link between pancreatic cancer and dementia could help us beat the disease - Cancer Research UK - Cancer News Our researchers have found curious dementia-like behaviour in cells during the development of pancreatic cancer.

Working on this story was a lovely little throwback to my MChem thesis about drugs targeting autophagy news.cancerresearchuk.org/2025/08/15/a....

20.08.2025 15:48 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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We need international partnerships to get new cancer drugs into the clinic - Drug Discovery World (DDW) Lars Erwig, Director of the Centre for Drug Development at Cancer Research UK, calls for an international approach to clinical trials.

We need international partnerships to get new cancer drugs into the clinic
www.ddw-online.com/we-need-inte...

20.05.2025 15:24 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Looking forward to tuning into #AACR25 for the next few days πŸ”¬

25.04.2025 12:44 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Β£5.5m research funding to transform bowel cancer care - Cancer Research UK - Cancer News The CRC-STARS team will learn more about how bowel cancer behaves so that it can potentially be treated in a more personalised way

My latest article for Cancer News news.cancerresearchuk.org/2025/03/31/5...

10.04.2025 10:43 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Wasn’t expecting an 8-hour power cut today but grateful to those working hard to secure and restore some sort of normality after #StormEowyn

24.01.2025 23:03 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I’ve been really enjoying reconnecting with many folks on BlueSky in recent weeks (particularly former ChemTwitter folks πŸ§ͺ), it’s like a lovely wee reunion seeing what everyone is up to after a couple of years πŸ₯° happy weekend all

17.01.2025 22:41 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Screenshot of fireworks with caption β€œdue to adverse weather conditions this is a recording of previous years”

Screenshot of fireworks with caption β€œdue to adverse weather conditions this is a recording of previous years”

The most Scottish new year ever

01.01.2025 00:04 πŸ‘ 3275 πŸ” 277 πŸ’¬ 32 πŸ“Œ 14
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A nice end to the year working on this feature with @express.co.uk @ox.ac.uk πŸ’‰πŸ’‰πŸ’‰

29.12.2024 21:54 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Stunning! 🀩

23.12.2024 10:00 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Getting ahead of cancer: our 2024 research highlights - Cancer Research UK - Cancer News To end the year, we want to highlight some of our biggest stories of 2024, including big advances in prevention, diagnosis, and treatment.

Our 2024 Wrapped! πŸ§ͺ

- Β£173m awarded to our Cambridge Institute, @cruk-ci.bsky.social
- Β£58.7m to train clinician scientists
- 120,000+ people being recruited for the capsule sponge screening trial
- 3 cancer prevention vaccine projects

Read more about our progress this year πŸ‘‡ cruk.ink/4iLz3ws

19.12.2024 10:01 πŸ‘ 30 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 2
Green fields, trees and blue sky on a countryside walking route

Green fields, trees and blue sky on a countryside walking route

My first post on Threads was a collection of embroidery projects, today’s lunchtime walk seems apt for my first @bsky.app post - hello! β˜€οΈπŸ‘‹πŸ»

19.11.2024 16:24 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0