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Cancer/cancerous

A group of diseases that start when the signals that control how much and how often cells divide stop working properly. This causes cells to grow and multiply too much, and eventually to invade other tissues.

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Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts a human egg soon after fertilisation, with the two parental pronuclei clearly visible.
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Image by Alan Handyside via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts a human egg soon after fertilisation, with the two parental pronuclei clearly visible.
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5 July 2022 • 2 minutes read

Pregnancy after breast cancer treatment does not increase risk of recurrence

by Jen Willows

Women who have children after having breast cancer are not risking their survival, a new study has shown...

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.
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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 sequencing output from an automated DNA sequencing machine.
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4 July 2022 • 1 minute read

Vaccines to treat cancer? 

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Image by Bill Sanderson via the Wellcome Collection, © Wellcome Trust Ltd 1990. Depicts Laocoön and his family (from Greek and Roman mythology) entwined in coils of DNA.
Image by Bill Sanderson via the Wellcome Collection, © Wellcome Trust Ltd 1990. Depicts Laocoön and his family entwined in coils of DNA (based on the figure of Laocoön from Greek and Roman mythology).
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20 June 2022 • 2 minutes read

New South Wales government to offer $2000 rebate for IVF treatment

by Catherine Turnbull

For the first time, Australian women will be able to receive up to $2000 to cover fertility treatment as part of the New South Wales government initiative in Australia...

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.
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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 sequencing output from an automated DNA sequencing machine.
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13 June 2022 • 2 minutes read

Drop in diversity of blood stem cells leads to old-age health issues

by Devika Sooklall

Mutations which lead to the dominance of certain blood stem cells in the over 70s could be behind some of the health issues people experience in old age...

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23 May 2022 • 2 minutes read

Pre-made stem cells to treat aggressive brain cancer

by Sneha Krishnamurthy

A new form of stem cell-based therapy has been developed and tested in mice for the treatment of glioblastoma, a highly aggressive form of brain cancer...

Image by Sílvia Ferreira, Cristina Lopo and Eileen Gentleman via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts a single human stem cell embedded within a porous hydrogel matrix (false colour).
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Image by Sílvia Ferreira, Cristina Lopo and Eileen Gentleman via the Wellcome Collection. Depicts a single human stem cell embedded within a porous hydrogel matrix (false-coloured cryogenic scanning electron micrograph).
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23 May 2022 • 2 minutes read

Process for developing organoid models of the cervix published

by Ochuko Oyeye

Details of how to develop three-dimensional organoid models of the cervix have been published...

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13 May 2022 • 2 minutes read

Mitochondria role in prostate cancer growth discovered

by Clíona Farrell

A mitochondrial gene has been identified as a potential therapeutic target for prostate cancers that have spread to other parts of the body and evade current treatment strategies...

Image by Bill Sanderson via the Wellcome Collection, © Wellcome Trust Ltd 1997. Depicts the gyri of the Thinker's brain as a maze of choices in biomedical ethics (based on Auguste Rodin's 'The Thinker').
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Image by Bill Sanderson via the Wellcome Collection, © Wellcome Trust Ltd 1997. Depicts the gyri of the Thinker's brain as a maze of choices in biomedical ethics (based on the sculpture 'The Thinker' by Auguste Rodin).
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6 May 2022 • 2 minutes read

NHS launches new prenatal test to screen for rare eye cancer

by Dr Malena Daich Varela

A prenatal blood test that is able to detect gene changes that cause the most common childhood eye cancer, has been launched by the NHS in England to allow the development of a treatment plan before birth...

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.
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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 sequencing output from an automated DNA sequencing machine.
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29 April 2022 • 2 minutes read

NHS trial evaluates whole genome sequencing for brain tumour patients

by Clíona Farrell

Whole genome sequencing is being used to offer brain tumour patients personalised treatment in a first-of-its-kind NHS trial...

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.
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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 sequencing output from an automated DNA sequencing machine.
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22 April 2022 • 2 minutes read

Mechanisms influencing cancer driver genes revealed

by Sneha Krishnamurthy

More human genes have been identified as driving cancer development than previously assumed...

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