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A piece of your genome might predict your cancer risk
A paper in the latest issue of Cell outlines characteristics on the cell’s surface that could predict…
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Researchers show the potential of precision medicine for treating rare cancers
For the first time, researchers have been able to identify effective treatments for patients with…
Mystery of BRCA in breast cancer risk solved, 20 years after its discovery
More than 20 years after scientists revealed that mutations in the BRCA1 gene predispose women…
The importance of returning results to study participants
Researchers from Garvan and the Australian Pancreatic Cancer Genome Initiative have explored the feasibility and…
Quick, cheap genetic test could help prostate cancer treatment
Identifying which men with advanced prostate cancer will benefit from targeted treatments could be made…
By decoding how HPV causes cancer, researchers find a new potential treatment strategy
A study that teases apart the biological mechanisms by which human papillomaviruses (HPV) cause cancer…
Discovery of a new genetic syndrome which predisposes the body to cancer
Research led by Jordi Surrallés, professor of the Department of Genetics and Microbiology at the…
Breast cancer study confirms the ‘Angelina Jolie’ effect
By Timothy Malcolm, UNSW. A study into the “Jolie Effect” by Weill Cornell Medicine and UNSW Sydney…
Understanding drug resistance genes in ovarian and breast cancer cells
Researchers from the People’s Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University) have studied the mechanism of…
ESMO 2017: DNA Sequencing Could Open Up New Drug Indications for Patients with Rare Cancers
Thanks to DNA sequencing, patients with rare cancers for which no standard treatment is available…