That cancer can be controlled within a generation is an optimistic viewpoint. Coming from Professor Paul Moss, a clinical haematologist as well as Head of the School of Cancer Studies at the University of Birmingham, it is a cogent argument arising from a deep understanding of the complexities of the one of the biggest challenges in medical research, and not some wildly hopeful assertion.

It is the argument he puts forward in the first essay in The New Optimists.

Professor Moss’ particular research interest is in the role of the immune system in the protection from cancer and viral infection. He is also one of the panelists for the British Science Festival event on 15th September 2010, chaired by Sue Beardsmore — so you have the opportunity to talk with him face-to-face. Please do come, or participate on-line — more information about how to do so will be posted shortly.