DNA blood test could lead to early cancer detection
A highly-sensitive DNA blood test could help detect cancer years before tumours are detected...
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.
A highly-sensitive DNA blood test could help detect cancer years before tumours are detected...
Two trials of a new gene therapy have successfully treated blood cancers in patients who were unresponsive to standard treatment...
A common chemical found in household products could increase the risk of cancer by blocking the ability of cells to fix genetic flaws which lead to the disease...
by Cara Foley
Researchers have found that drinking tea may affect gene expression in women...
US scientists have delayed cancer cell growth by using genome editing to remove a protein...
The first cancer drug based on a specific genetic feature has been approved by the US drugs regulator...
by Paul Waldron
In two different studies, US scientists have succeeded in creating the stem cells which produce blood...
by Anna Leida
Fully functional 3D-printed ovaries have been successfully implanted in mice for the first time - enabling them to have offspring...
Aggressive human prostate and liver tumours have been shrunk in mice by targeting a ‘fused’ gene mutation using CRISPR/Cas9...
Children born through IVF are at an increased risk of some childhood cancers, suggests a new study...
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