News that has caught Rachael Babin’s eye this week
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New Victorian COVID-19 Cancer Network
Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre alliance and Monash Partners Comprehensive Cancer Consortium Join Forces to Coordinate…
Crumpled graphene makes ultra-sensitive cancer DNA detector
Graphene-based biosensors could usher in an era of liquid biopsy, detecting DNA cancer markers circulating…
Discovery that cells inject each other opens new line of attack on cancer
Although most cancer cells are killed by chemotherapy, individual cells vary in their sensitivity, so…
3D genetic structure in blood cancer important beyond DNA code changes
Children with aggressive blood cancers have differences – not just in the DNA code of…
Study reveals an inherited origin of prostate cancer in families
US researchers from Vanderbilt University have identified haplotypes, ancestral fragments of DNA, that are associated…
Cancer patients over 65 on multiple medicines are at higher risk of hospitalisation
Older patients with prostate, breast, or lung cancer are more likely to be hospitalised after…
QIMR Berghofer Scientist Named Cure Cancer Researcher of the Year
QIMR Berghofer geneticist Dr Tracy O’Mara has been named the Cure Cancer 2020 Researcher of…
How hope can keep you healthier and happier
Everett Worthington, Virginia Commonwealth University Hope can erode when we perceive threats to our way…
Prostate cancer study finds molecular imaging could transform management of patients with aggressive cancer
Results from a randomised controlled trial involving 300 prostate cancer patients find that a molecular…
E-cigarette users had substances linked to bladder cancer in urine
An analysis of evidence from multiple scientific studies found six substances that have a strong…