Patients’ own genetically altered immune cells show promise in fighting blood cancer
In recent years, immunotherapy has emerged as a promising treatment for certain cancers. Now this…
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The Angelina Jolie Effect on breast cancer screening
Angelina Jolie received widespread media attention in 2013 when she told the public that she’d…
Study finds one-third of colorectal cancers diagnosed before 35 are hereditary
Hereditary colorectal cancers, caused by inherited gene mutations, are relatively rare for most patients. However,…
Researchers discover a possible reason for drug resistance in breast tumours
HER2 membrane proteins play a special role in certain types of breast cancer: amplified levels…
‘Pill on a string’ could help spot early signs of cancer of the gullet
A ‘pill on a string’ developed by researchers at the University of Cambridge could help…
When a Fetus’s Test Finds a Mother’s Cancer
By Anna Nowogrodzki – MIT Technology Review. Mothers-to-be expecting to learn about chromosomal defects from a non-invasive…
Cancer taskforce tells NHS: get up to date and save 30,000 lives a year
Outdated treatment, uncertain funding and failure to battle big causes of cancer – with one…
Art and science combine to reveal the inner workings of our DNA
Kate Patterson, Garvan Institute and Susan Clark, Garvan Institute How can cells that contain the…
Scientists solve breast and ovarian cancer genetic mystery
Francis Crick Institute scientists, funded by Cancer Research UK, have solved a decades-old mystery and…
Nutrients turn on key tumour signaling molecule, fueling resistance to therapy
Tumours can leverage glucose and another nutrient, acetate, to resist targeted therapies directed at specific…