{"id":1212,"date":"2026-02-04T14:59:39","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T14:59:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fund.southampton.ac.uk\/innovation\/?p=1212"},"modified":"2026-02-25T15:13:41","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T15:13:41","slug":"southampton-researchers-react-to-new-national-cancer-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fund.southampton.ac.uk\/innovation\/blog\/2026\/02\/04\/southampton-researchers-react-to-new-national-cancer-plan\/","title":{"rendered":"Southampton researchers react to new National Cancer Plan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<main class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-custom-mif-dark-green-background-color has-background is-layout-flow wp-container-core-group-is-layout-719178b4 wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-base-2-color has-custom-mif-dark-green-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color 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