News that has caught Rachael Babin’s eye this week
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Precision editing of gut bacteria reduces cancer in mice
UT Southwestern researchers have shown that precision editing of the bacterial populations in the gut…
New ‘don’t eat me’ signal may provide basis for cancer therapies
Researchers have discovered a new signal that cancers seem to use to evade detection and…
Hidden chemistry in flowers shown to kill cancer cells
Researchers at the University of Birmingham have shown that it’s possible to produce a compound…
Higher vitamin A intake linked to lower skin cancer risk
People whose diets included high levels of vitamin A had a 17 percent reduction in…
A new choice for young women with pre-cancerous cervical disease
A single test for women has been shown to aid in predicting which cases of…
New drug provides hope for babies with aggressive acute lymphoblastic leukaemia
A breakthrough new drug is providing hope to tiny babies at risk of dying from…
New material could make it easier to remove pre-cancerous colon polyps
More than 15 million colonoscopies are performed in the United States every year, and in…
New therapy to treat drug-resistant acute lymphoblastic leukaemia
Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia accounts for one in five adult leukaemias. While new immune therapies have…
Globally, more than 11 million years of healthy life lost due to childhood cancer in 2017
While the number of new cancer cases in children and adolescents (aged 0-19 years) is…
Proton therapy for prostate cancer: does the evidence support the hype?
Stephen McMahon, Queen’s University Belfast High energy proton beam therapy, an advanced form of radiotherapy,…