Undertaking this type of research is expensive, requiring specialist equipment,
consumables and expert research staff. The Cancer Vaccine Institute (CVI) needs
to raise at least £600,000 each year to fund its pioneering work.
Your support could really help us to fight cancer with vaccines.
Here are some examples of costs involved:
£10 will pay for enough freezing vials to freeze down vaccine and samples for one patient
£20 will pay for tissue culture flasks for preparation of one vaccine.
£70 is the approximate cost of funding vaccine research for one hour
£100 will buy the solutions needed for separation of cells to make one vaccine
£250 covers the cost of two days’ work by a post-doctoral research assistant
£500 will pay for half a leukapheresis (for taking white blood cells from a patient
