News that has caught Rachael Babin’s eye this week
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Fruit flies could be key to fighting cervical cancer caused by human papillomavirus
Human papillomavirus (HPV) is one of the most common sexually transmitted infections and has been…
Leukaemia blood testing has ‘massive potential’
Researchers at The University of Manchester have unlocked the potential of a new test which…
Aggressive lung cancer’s aggressiveness may be its Achilles’ heel
Researchers at the University of Virginia School of Medicine have discovered a flaw in the…
Unraveling knotty chemical structures enables rapid screening of anti-cancer compounds
It isn’t often that a graduate student makes a spectacular technical leap in his field,…
Legions of nanorobots aim carcinogenic tumours with precision
Researchers from Polytechnique Montréal, Université de Montréal and McGill University have just achieved a spectacular…
Computers trounce pathologists in predicting lung cancer type and severity
Computers can be trained to be more accurate than pathologists in assessing slides of lung…
Duration of adulthood overweight and obesity linked to cancer risk in US women
The duration of overweight and obesity in women’s adult lives is associated with cancer risk,…
Cancer survivors’ sex lives as good as others their age
Cancer survivors have just as much sex and can function as well as others their…
Molecule prevents effect of chemotherapy
Annually about 2000 Danish patients with colorectal cancer are treated with chemotherapy. Today, a range of…
Study links two genes to breast cancer survival
Testing for the activity of two genes could pick out women who are at increased…