Gene-targeted therapy successful in treating 'undruggable' colon cancer
Researchers have successfully treated a woman with colon cancer using her own immune cells to target a cancer-causing gene that had previously been considered 'undruggable'...
by Ayala Ochert and 1 others
Researchers have successfully treated a woman with colon cancer using her own immune cells to target a cancer-causing gene that had previously been considered 'undruggable'...
A compound found in liquorice can have adverse effects on follicle growth and sex hormone production in mouse ovaries...
For the first time scientists have quantified the number of mutations caused by the number of cigarettes smoked in a lifetime...
A new gene therapy technique using microRNAs has successfully prevented the spread of breast cancer in mice...
My Amazing Twin offers a thought-provoking look at both the scientific and the personal side of type 1 neurofibromatosis...
A major study into cancer has uncovered fourteen genes which could predict how a patient will respond to tumour treatments, particularly chemotherapy and radiation...
Genetic sequencing leading to targeted treatment significantly improves cancer patient outcomes in early-stage clinical trials, according to a study...
Researchers have visualised the onset of skin cancer at its earliest, single-cell stage for the first time...
by Paul Waldron
Over 100 million genetic changes have been found in a single tumour, according to a new study...
by Ayala Ochert
Scientists say it may be possible to track the progress of cancer — and cancer treatment — in real time from fragments of tumour DNA that are shed into the bloodstream...
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