News that has caught Rachael Babin’s eye this week
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Repurposed antidepressant could be a new treatment for recurrent prostate cancer
An antidepressant in use for decades, repurposed to fight prostate cancer, shows promise in helping…
‘Optical tweezers’ help in quest for better cancer treatments
Stem cells involved in replenishing human tissues and blood depend on an enzyme known as…
Mayo researchers recommend all women with breast cancer diagnosis under age 66 be offered genetic testing
A study by researchers at Mayo Clinic, USA, published this week in the Journal of…
Prompt colonoscopy should follow up positive bowel cancer tests
A prompt colonoscopy should be provided to all patients with positive fecal immunochemical test (FIT)…
DNA discovery can lead to new types of cancer drugs
Cells can both survive and multiply under more stress than previously thought, shows research from…
A new strategy to prevent the most aggressive tumours from generating resistance to chemotherapy
One of the most frequent problems when treating cancer is that the tumours develop resistance…
Newly discovered immune cell type may be key to improving pancreatic cancer immunotherapy
Immunotherapy is showing great promise for treating cancer. But so far, this approach has been…
Directing nanoparticles straight to tumours
Modern anticancer therapies aim to attack tumour cells while sparing healthy tissue. An interdisciplinary team…
DNA topological problems may cause lymphoma
Researchers from the Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO), Madrid, and the Andalusian Molecular Biology…
Gold nanoparticles detect signals from cancer cells
A novel blood test that uses gold nanoparticles to detect cancer has also been shown…