devastating, one of Britain's top researchers said.
Cancer Research UK, the world’s largest independent cancer research charity, lost about £160 million (Dh803m) in income over the past year as public donations plummeted.
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affected research projects, with the organisation unable to fund scores of schemes that it would have supported. Effects are likely to be felt for several years.
"It's been devastating," said Prof Caetano Reis e Sousa, a Fellow of the Royal Society who leads a team at The Francis Crick Institute, a centre in London with about 1,250 scientists.
We’re wholly reliant on fundraising, so where people’s personal finances are under pressure, we see that come through in our income