A look at innovations in the cure for cancer by Gregg Bayes-Brown, editor, Global University Venturing, with additional reporting by Thierry Heles.

One of the great misconceptions about cancer is that a single silver bullet will rid the world of it. If only things were that simple. The reality is that the struggle against cancer cannot be won with a one-shot solution – it is a war, with each form of cancer a potential battleground, and every new patient a fresh skirmish.

In 2012, the latest available numbers released by the charity Cancer Research UK, worldwide there were 14.1…