In this episode, we return to Professor Colin Cooper and UEA’s prostate cancer research team to hear about the latest developments in their work since our last visit in 2021.

Colin takes us inside the lab and shares the latest on the at-home Prostate Urine Risk (PUR) Test and the Tiger Test, while Paul Jackson explains why laboratory accreditation is essential before the tests can be used in patient care.

We also hear about the team’s research into the possible role of bacteria in aggressive prostate cancer, alongside new understanding that prostate cancer may be two distinct diseases, and how support from patients, charities and philanthropists has helped move this work forward.

In our final prostate cancer episode, we are back with Trevor Beckford who is taking us through his experience of prostate cancer diagnosis process in the UK.

Prof Colin Cooper shares details of the next phase in his research and how philanthropy could get him get there.

And we chat to Paul Jackson, the expert behind the setting up of the diagnostic screening laboratory, a vital step towards proving UEA’s revolutionary diagnostic tests for prostate cancer in clinical trials and getting an accredited test into the hands of clinicians across the world.

In our second episode of the Pioneer Podcast, we are joined by the genius minds behind prostate cancer research at UEA.

We delve into the detail of the UEA prostate cancer tests, how they work and how they could make a difference to lives around the world.

And we hear more from Trevor Beckford as he shares his personal story of his prostate cancer diagnosis.