DNA tests spot returning lung cancer a year before scans
Blood tests for tumour DNA could predict relapse of the most common type of lung cancer up to one year before clinical signs show up on patient's scans...
Dr Loredana Guglielmi
Dr Loredana Guglielmi is a Volunteer Writer at BioNews. She has a PhD in Genetics and Cell Biology, with expertise in cancer biology, cancer stem cells and neural stem cells. She is currently a postdoctoral research fellow at the Queen Mary University of London’s Blizard Institute and Honorary Researcher at the University College London’s Institute of Neurology. Her research is mainly focused on the regulation of epigenetic mechanisms in brain tumours.
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Image by Peter Artymiuk via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts the shadow of a DNA double helix, on a background that shows the fluorescent banding of the output from a DNA sequencing machine.
Blood test could detect and locate cancer at early stage
Researchers have developed a new blood test that can not only detect cancer at an early stage, but can also indicate where the tumour is located in the body...
Genome editing successfully treats leukaemia
Doctors at London's Great Ormond Street Hospital have used genome editing to successfully treat two children with leukaemia...
Stem cells reprogrammed to resemble fertilised eggs
Researchers have successfully turned stem cells into 'totipotent' cells, with characteristics resembling those of fertilised eggs...
23 new genes linked to cancer spread
Researchers have identified 23 genes that are linked to metastasis — the spread of cancer cells to other parts of the body...
Stem cell test could improve leukaemia treatment
Researchers have developed a stem cell test that could rapidly predict how patients with acute myeloid leukaemia will respond to treatment...