News that has caught Rachael Babin’s eye this week
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Tumours might grow faster at night
Hormone that keeps us alert also suppresses the spread of cancer They emerge at night,…
The skin cancer selfie: Gigapixel camera helps early diagnosis
Melanoma is the deadliest form of skin cancer, causing more than 75 percent of skin-cancer…
Cell migration: How it works, how new discovery may inform cancer research
During cancer metastasis, immune response cells are moving in a controlled manner through the body.…
New visualisation software uncovers cancer subtypes
Much of biomedical research these days is about big data—collecting and analysing vast, detailed repositories…
Nine-valent HPV vaccine may prevent nearly 90 percent of cervical cancers
Because nine human papillomavirus (HPV) subtypes were found to cause the majority of cervical precancers,…
Cancer diagnosis can take toll on mental health, study finds
One out of three people diagnosed with cancer also wind up struggling with a mental…
Link between breast implants and cancer under investigation
An international research group including Viennese pathologist Lukas Kenner has reviewed cases of possible association…
Australia the first country in the world to see decline in skin cancer rates
By Melissa Davey – The Guardian. Public health messages like ‘slip, slop, slap’ heralded a…
Getting on and getting it on: good sex isn’t just for the young
By Jane Ussher, University of Western Sydney Research tells us that women’s sexual functioning declines…
Researchers discover gene that can predict aggressive prostate cancer at diagnosis
Researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have identified a biomarker living…