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Study finds marked benefits for cancer prevention with a higher intake of fatty fish
A new research review will once again have people asking for a second helping of…
Chlamydia knocks out the body’s own cancer defence
Infections due to the sexually transmitted bacterium Chlamydia trachomatis often remain unnoticed. The pathogen is not…
Genetic testing could improve breast cancer prevention
Screening women for a wide range of known genetic risk factors could improve strategies for…
Australian scientists solve Frankenstein DNA mystery
Scientists from Garvan, the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research and Peter MacCallum…
How cannabis was used to shrink one of the most aggressive brain cancers
By Wai Liu, St George’s, University of London. Widely proscribed around the world for its…
Direct drug screening of patient biopsies could overcome resistance to targeted therapy
A new screening platform using cells grown directly from tumour biopsy samples may lead to…
Scientists find way to reduce ovarian cancer tumours
In a potential breakthrough against ovarian cancer, researchers have discovered how to both shrink tumours…
Genetically modified cells learn to fight mesothelioma
It’s been called the “fifth pillar” of cancer treatment: genetically re-engineering the human immune system…
Scientists challenge the efficacy of folfiri in a colorectal cancer subtype
The current classification system for colorectal cancer, which is based on genetic expression profiles, cannot…
Ovarian cancer kills Australian women needlessly, say campaigners
Source: The Guardian Lack of research means about 1,000 die every year from the eighth…