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.
Phase 3 trial results for an experimental vaccine based on mRNA technology indicate positive initial outcomes for treating high-risk melanoma patients, potentially representing the arrival of a unique form of cancer therapy...
A baby taking part in the Generation Study has been identified as carrying a mutation linked to the rare condition adrenoleukodystrophy, prompting his older sibling to also be tested...
Limits on the number of children born from one donor may have ethical and psychosocial benefits, but they will not reduce the overall likelihood of donor-conceived people inheriting genetic conditions, write Dr Heidi Mertes and Dorian Accoe...
A recent paper calls on the European Union to introduce an EU-wide limit on families created from a single donor's sperm. Professors Lucy Frith and Jackson Kirkman-Brown explain why...
A comprehensive biobank of patient-derived tumour organoids has been developed to map genes that cancer cells depend on for growth and survival...
Inherited genetic differences may help explain why people exposed to the same cancer risk factors, such as smoking and ultraviolet radiation, do not all develop cancer, according to research in mice...
Dr Jane Tiller explains the significance of Australia's new legislation about the use of genetic test results in life insurance...
An experimental autologous T cell therapy has shown encouraging early results in children with aggressive brain tumours...
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