Researchers discover a natural food additive that blocks skin cancer cells
By David Nield – Science Alert. So much better than sunscreen. Researchers have discovered some…
Monthly Archives: February, 2016
CRT announces license agreement with MSD to develop inhibitors of PRMT5 for cancer and blood disorders
Cancer Research Technology (CRT) – the development and commercialisation arm of Cancer Research UK – has…
LSD’s medical comeback
By Sam Wong. In a town in Switzerland, people with cancer are taking LSD to…
Increasing breastfeeding worldwide could prevent over 800,000 child deaths and 20,000 deaths from breast cancer every year
Just 1 in 5 children in high-income countries are breastfed to 12 months, whilst only…
New class of drug slows growth of castration-resistant prostate cancer cells
A first-in-class sphingosine kinase 2 inhibitor slowed the growth of castration-resistant prostate cancer cells, in…
Proton beam therapy offers potential to treat childhood brain cancer with fewer severe side effects than conventional radiotherapy
Proton beam therapy—a more precise form of radiotherapy—to treat the childhood brain cancer medulloblastoma appears…
Breakthrough therapy gives hope for new leukaemia treatment
In a world-first clinical trial, Melbourne medical researchers have shown that patients with an advanced…
Higher dietary fibre intake in young women may reduce breast cancer risk
Women who eat more high-fibre foods during adolescence and young adulthood—especially lots of fruits and…
Study finds significant cognitive impairment in adult survivors of childhood brain tumours
Cancer survivors of childhood brain tumours show significant deficits in intelligence, educational achievement and employment,…