News that has caught Rachael Babin’s eye this week
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Vitamin B6, leukaemia’s deadly addiction
Scientists have discovered that Acute Myeloid Leukaemia (AML) grows by taking advantage of the B6…
Researchers identify molecular characteristics of leptomeningeal melanoma metastases
Patients with advanced melanoma who develop metastases in the leptomeninges, the fluid filled membranes surrounding…
Researchers decipher a new way that immune cells detect infections and cancers
Published in Science, the research team from the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity (Doherty…
Pancreatic cancer cells secrete signal that sabotages immune attack on tumours
A key immune signal has a previously unknown role in turning off the immune system’s…
Smart algorithm finds possible future treatment for childhood cancer
Using a computer algorithm, scientists at Uppsala University in Sweden have identified a promising new…
Novel genetic signature that can predict some kinds of breast cancer identified
Researchers have identified a genetic signature with prognostic value for certain kinds of breast cancer.…
World first treatment with ‘acoustic cluster therapy’ to improve chemotherapy delivery
The first patient has been treated with an innovative new technology that uses microscopic clusters…
Giving entire course of radiation treatment in less than a second is feasible
Cancer patients may one day be able to get their entire course of radiation therapy…
Plant-derived SVC112 hits cancer stem cells, leaves healthy cells alone
The red, tube-shaped flowers of the firecracker bush (Bouvardia ternifolia), native to Mexico and the…
Researchers surprised by high levels of alcohol consumption among cancer survivors
New research in the January 2020 issue of JNCCN – Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer…