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A simple text could make the difference between life and death
A Ph.D. researcher from the University of South Australia is testing whether smartphone text messages…
LGBTI adolescents and young adults with cancer: Can we do better?
A new systemic review of the literature has shown a clear gap in the understanding…
A miniature robot that could check colons for early signs of disease
Engineers have shown it is technically possible to guide a tiny robotic capsule inside the…
New study highlights need for ethnic and ancestral diversity in genomic research
A new multicenter analysis led by researchers at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, the…
Timed release of turmeric stops cancer cell growth
A Washington State University research team has developed a drug delivery system using curcumin, the…
New hope for aggressive breast cancers as diabetes drug creates treatment ‘sweet spot’
A drug commonly used to treat Type 2 diabetes can force breast cancer ‘stem cells’…
Survivors of childhood brain tumours experience lasting cognitive and socioeconomic burden
Survivors of childhood brain tumours who received radiotherapy and were very young at the time…
For stomach cancer, aerosol chemotherapy offers breath of hope
“Classic chemotherapy was awful… but with this treatment, I feel hope,” says French pensioner Jacques…
Vitamin D metabolite helps stop drug-resistant cancer
What’s good for our bones may also help stop cancer cells that develop resistance to…
Antibodies against HPV16 can develop up to 40 years before throat cancer is diagnosed
An international group of researchers has found that antibodies to the human papilloma virus type…