The 3 x 60-minute brand-funded series, produced by Dragonfly North (part of Banijay UK) from its Manchester base, and brokered by WPP’s EssenceMediacom, is a new collaboration with Cancer Research UK that will take viewers inside what has been described as the “Golden Age of cancer research.”
It will follow Sarah Blagden, Professor of Experimental Oncology in the Department of Oncology, who is developing a groundbreaking lung cancer prevention vaccine in what she calls a “once in a generation opportunity". Neurosurgeon and scientist Associate Professor Richard Mair, who treats patients with hard-to-treat brain cancers, and Professor Caroline Dive, who is working on blood tests to detect cancer before it shows up on a scan, will also be followed.
As well as following patients and families undergoing life-saving treatments, the series will also explore the personal backstories and motivations that drive these world-class scientists.
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