Samra Turajlić: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Academic
- Role
- director of the Cancer Research UK Manchester Institute and head of the cancer dynamics laboratory at the Francis Crick Institute in London
- Quoted on
- NHS & care workforce/staffing, Dementia
- Tracked press citations
- 2
- Most recently quoted
- 30 Sept 2026
- First quoted
- 27 Aug 2026
“Fail to do so, and the cost will not only be measured in lost prestige – but in lost discoveries and, ultimately, lost lives to cancer.”
What Samra Turajlić has said
“We increasingly see cancer as something that's shaped by the immune system. In fact, the appearance of cancer is a failure of the immune system to eliminate it in the first place.”
director of the Cancer Research UK Manchester Institute and head of the cancer dynamics laboratory at the Francis Crick Institute in London · Dementia · 27 Aug 2026 · What is immunotherapy and how does it treat cancer and other conditions? ↗
Where Samra Turajlić has been quoted
- Staff shortages cripple range of UK industries after Labo...observer.co.uk · 30 Sept 2026
- What is immunotherapy and how does it treat cancer and other conditions?theguardian.com · 27 Aug 2026
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