Cancer research ‘shut down’ if Scotland votes for Independence
By Matthew Holehouse – The Telegraph. Vital cancer research would be “shut down” if Scotland becomes…
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What can we learn from other countries’ health systems?
By Stephen Duckett, Grattan Institute. Health systems in all wealthier countries face similar problems, but…
Epigenetics: genes, environment and the generation game
Source: The Guardian – Angela Saini. New research claims that environmental factors affect not just…
The newest precision medicine tool: Prostate cancer organoids
Research led by investigators at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center has shown for the first…
FDA approves new melanoma drug that turns on the immune system to fight deadly cancers
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved a new immunotherapy drug to treat advanced…
Sabotage as therapy: Aiming lupus antibodies at vulnerable cancer cells
Yale Cancer Center researchers may have discovered a new way of harnessing lupus antibodies to…
Breast conserving therapy shows survival benefit compared to mastectomy in early-stage patients
When factoring in what is now known about breast cancer biology and heterogeneity, breast conserving…
Prostate cancer: Pioneering new imaging method
Researchers at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology are pioneering the use of a…
Novel immunotherapy vaccine decreases recurrence in HER2 positive breast cancer patients
A new breast cancer vaccine candidate, (GP2), provides further evidence of the potential of immunotherapy…
Research finds no association between wearing a bra and breast cancer
A population-based case-control study found no association between bra wearing and increased breast cancer risk…