The Beatson Institute for Cancer Research (also known as the Cancer Research UK Beatson Institute) is a

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facility that conducts research into the basic biology of cancer. It is based in

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, Scotland. The Institute is named in recognition of Sir

George Beatson Colonel Sir George Thomas Beatson (26 May 1848 – 16 February 1933) was a British physician. He was a pioneer in the field of oncology, developing a new treatment for breast cancer, and has been called "the father of endocrine ablation in can ...

, a surgeon, who in 1912 established a research department in the cancer hospital in Glasgow. This department became independent from the hospital in 1967 when the Institute was founded by the then Director, Dr John Paul. Dr Paul raised sufficient funds to move the Beatson in 1976 to its present location on the Garscube Estate, where it has since interacted closely with researchers at the

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. The Institute moved in 2008 to a new research building built by Reiach and Hall Architects. Professor John Wyke became Director in 1987, Professor

Karen Vousden Karen Heather Vousden, CBE, FRS, FRSE, FMedSci (born 19 July 1957) is a British medical researcher. She is known for her work on the tumour suppressor protein, p53, and in particular her discovery of the important regulatory role of Mdm2, a ...

in 2002 and Professor

Owen Sansom Owen Sansom, FRSE., FMedSci is the Director of the Cancer Research UK Beatson Institute (formerly known as the Beatson Institute for Cancer Research). He is known for his work determining the molecular hallmarks of colorectal cancer (CRC), inc ...

in 2017. Research groups at the Beatson Institute study cancer initiation, metabolism and

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. The Institute holds an annual meeting, the Beatson International Cancer Conference, focused on one of these topics. https://www.beatson.gla.ac.uk/about.html ×

Notable present and former scientists and physicians

* Professor Allan Balmain,

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* Professor

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* Dr John Paul * Professor

, FMedSci * Professor

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, FRS,

* Professor Paul Workman

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Notable present and former scientists and physicians

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