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Crowdsourcing a cancer drug: how the public can bring a new (old) drug to trial
Researchers are hoping to launch one of the UK’s first successfully crowdfunded clinical trials -…
Differences between tumours of younger and older colorectal cancer patients
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is on the rise among younger patients. Although some of the younger-onset…
Titanium and gold based compound fights kidney cancer cells
Researchers developed a promising metal-based compound that destroys kidney cancer cells, while leaving normal cells…
Promising drugs turn immune system on cancer
Cancer Research UK scientists have shown that a class of experimental drug treatments already in…
Results of international trial show promise in rare, difficult to treat cancer
Neuroendocrine tumours (NETs) develop in the neuroendocrine system, responsible for producing the hormones that regulate…
Being overweight may increase risk of type of brain tumour
Being overweight or obese may be tied to an increased risk of a type of…
Anti-depressants plus blood thinners cause brain cancer cells to eat themselves in mice
Scientists have been exploring the connection between tricyclic antidepressants and brain cancer since the early…
Role of cancer-suppressing gene uncovered
University of Adelaide researchers have uncovered the role played by a gene which suppresses the…
UK NHS cancer patients denied drugs due to inflated prices
By Sarah Boseley – The Guardian. Research reveals how drug firms are charging health service such…
Starving cancer cells of sugar could be the key to future treatment
Concetta Bubici, Brunel University London and Salvatore Papa, Birkbeck, University of London All the cells…