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Scientists discover how to better map brain tumors
11/03/2015
Scientists have discovered a protein that helps map the edge of brain tumours more clearly so they show up on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans, according to new research presented at the...
Quarter of Londoners diagnosed with cancer at A&E are dead within two months
11/03/2015
A quarter of patients diagnosed with cancer after going to London A&E departments will have died within two months, according to research presented at the National Cancer Research Institute (NCRI)...
Researchers build nanoscale autonomous walking machine from DNA
11/03/2015
Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin have developed a nanoscale machine made of DNA that can randomly walk in any direction across bumpy surfaces.
Chemistry in mold reveals important clue for pharmaceuticals
11/03/2015
In a discovery that holds promise for future drug development, scientists have detected for the first time how nature performs an impressive trick to produce key chemicals similar to those in drugs...
Protein discovery promises to improve mapping of brain tumors
11/03/2015
Tests on rats show it is possible to better identify the edges of brain tumors on scans using a protein. If successful in humans, it could improve tumor removal and save lives.
Cancer cells hijack glucose, alter immune cells
11/03/2015
Study reveals potential metabolic pathway for cancer treatment. When cancer cells compete with immune cells for glucose, the cancer wins.
Antiangiogenic breast cancer treatment may benefit only patients with well-perfused tumors
11/03/2015
A Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) research team, in collaboration with investigators at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, may have found a reason why the use of antiangiogenesis drugs - which...
New applications for tried and tested medicines
11/02/2015
The Medical University of Vienna is coordinating an international research project, which investigates the effectiveness of tried and tested medicines for the treatment of some of the heaviest...
Scientists find possible genetic key to why some lymphoma patients don't respond to treatment
11/02/2015
An important regulator that controls the ability of tumour cells to hide from the immune system in lymphoma patients, making them unlikely to respond to standard treatment, has been discovered by...
Around a fifth of unvaccinated ethnic school girls think they don't need HPV jab
11/02/2015
Around 20 per cent of girls from ethnic minority backgrounds are not being vaccinated against the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) because they feel they don't need to have it, according to a Cancer...