MANCHESTER's newly opened £28.5m cancer research centre will 'help to save thousands of lives', according to facility director Prof Nic Jones.
According to Cancer Research UK, around 13,200 people are diagnosed with cancer every year in Greater Manchester
The state-of-the-art, 6000 sq m University of Manchester centre, located opposite The Christie on Wilmslow Road in Withington, will house around 150 scientists from the university, Cancer Research UK and The Christie NHS Foundation Trust.
The three Manchester Cancer Research Centre partners have been working together closely since 2006 and jointly funded construction through their 'More Tomorrows' campaign.
Prof Jones hopes the new centre will draw more 'world-class scientists' to the city. "It's part of our ambition to make Manchester one of the top cancer centres in the world," he says.
“The new research centre will make a tremendous difference to the way cancer is treated in the future," he continued. "The new facilities will allow us to progress personalised cancer treatments which will be the way forward for future generations diagnosed with the disease.
"We will know more about an individual patient’s disease characteristics which will help to lead directly to better treatments and outcomes.”
In April 2015 work began on the new £6m Maggie's Centre at The Christie, which is expected to receive over 60,000 people a year.
According to Cancer Research UK, around 13,200 people are diagnosed with cancer every year in Greater Manchester.
The new centre was designed by Capita Symonds.
