We are using cutting-edge technology to speed up the development of new cancer therapies

This tiny microchip (top left) is an amazing device! It contains thousands of tiny square wells - which are about half the width of a human hair. In our research, we place human cells into the chip, including cancer cells and different immune
cells to see how they interact.

We design it to mimic different situations and track individual cell behaviours over time. This is helping us learn why the immune system is not always effective against tumour cells.

Above (top right) you can see immune cells (blue) engaging with tumour cells (range). The time-lapse microscope images show the critical moment when an immune cell kills a tumour cell. The tumour cell changes from orange to green, signalling its death. But some tumour cells stay orange, indicating they survived the attack.

By harnessing the power of this chip, our research aims to find the best ways for immune cells to target and defeat tumour cells. This will help develop better immunotherapies (using the body's own immune system to fight cancer).