News that has caught Rachael Babin’s eye this week
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Cancer genes can exist outside our chromosomes
New Ludwig Research will shift how cancer diversity and resistance are understood and studied Ludwig…
Mathematical analysis of best therapy choice: containment vs aggressive treatment
In cases where drug resistance can lead to treatment failure, new research shows that therapies…
Newfound effect of cancer drug may expand its use
A drug first designed to prevent cancer cells from multiplying has a second effect: it…
Researchers study patients’ genetic and susceptibility risk factors for lymphoedema
Each year, about 1.38 million women worldwide are diagnosed with breast cancer. Advances in diagnosis…
Can a dying patient be a healthy person?
Richard Gunderman, Indiana University and James W Lynch, University of Florida The news was bad.…
Programming anti-tumoural bacteria
Scientists have recruited modified bacteria to help fight cancer, which successfully infiltrated tumours and activated…
This new treatment could make pancreatic cancer a manageable disease
Deborah Ogbeni, University of Hertfordshire and Louise Mackenzie, University of Hertfordshire Cancer is among the…
An alternative theory on how aspirin may thwart cancer
Studies abound that point to a role for plain old aspirin in keeping deadly cancers…
Breast cancer patients with dense breast tissue more likely to develop contralateral disease
Breast cancer patients with dense breast tissue have almost a two-fold increased risk of developing…
Non-profit drug development could cut cost of cancer medicines
Universities should work with new forms of commercial partner to take their own cancer drugs…