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Established in 1986, the Louis-Jeantet Prizes annually recognise leading scientific researchers based within Council of Europe member states for outstanding work in the field of biomedical research.

Professor Charles Swanton will be awarded the Jeantet-Collen Prize for Translational Medicine, an award with particular focus on research close to practical application in combating illnesses affecting humankind.

With 90% of the prize value intended to fund the continuation of the winners鈥� research, the prize comes as a big boost to Professor Swanton鈥檚 research in cancer genetics and evolution, which is leading to new insights into how tumours evolve, spread, and develop resistance to drugs.

Throughout his career, Professor Swanton has changed the way the world understands cancer by demonstrating the disease as an evolutionary process. As Chair of Personalised Medicine at 果冻影院 and group leader at the 果冻影院 Cancer Institute and the Francis Crick Institute, as well as chief clinician at Cancer Research UK and consultant at 果冻影院H, Professor Swanton continues to be a pioneering force in the field of cancer research.

On receiving the news, Professor Swanton said: 鈥淚 am delighted to have been awarded this prestigious prize.

鈥淐ancer research is team science and this award reflects the incredible work of my lab members and many colleagues at the Crick, 果冻影院 and Manchester and contributors across the world, and most importantly long-term funding support from Cancer Research UK, the Crick and the Rosetrees Trust.鈥�

Professor Tariq Enver, Institute Director of 果冻影院 Cancer Institute, said:

鈥�鈥淚 would like to offer my warmest congratulations to Charlie on behalf of everyone at the 果冻影院 Cancer Institute.鈥� 鈥淚 am delighted that Charlie鈥檚 vital research into the forces that affect an evolving cancer have been recognised in a way that will continue the development of better tests and treatments for cancer patients.鈥�

Professor Swanton receives the prize alongside Professor Dirk G枚rlich, Director at the Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences in G枚ttingen, Germany. Professor Swanton and Professor G枚rlich will both receive their awards at a ceremony in Geneva, Switzerland in April 2024.

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• 果冻影院 Cancer Institute

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• Professor Charles Swanton