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Concluded challenges

Challenges that were being investigated, but whose teams' original funding has come to an end.

2017

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Cancer causes

Determine the mechanisms that cause cancer without known mutagenesis, such as obesity, in order to devise novel interventions. This challenge was tackled by team STORMing.
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Tissue specificity

Devise approaches to prevent or treat cancer based on mechanisms that determine tissue specificity of some cancer genes. This challenge is being tackled by team SPECIFICANCER.

2015

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3D tumour mapping

Find a way of mapping tumours at the molecular and cellular level. This challenge was taken on by teams IMAXT and Rosetta.
Lethal vs non lethal cancers

Lethal versus non-lethal cancers

Distinguish between lethal cancers that need treating, and non-lethal cancers that don't. This challenge was taken on by team PRECISION.
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Unusual mutation patterns

Discover how unusual patterns of mutation are induced by different cancer-causing events. This challenge was taken on by team Mutographs.

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Unfunded challenges

We don't fund teams against every challenge we set. Explore the challenges that are currently unfunded and have no teams working on them.