Liquid biopsy may help target prostate cancer treatment
A new three-in-one blood test could progress personalised treatment for patients with prostate cancer...
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Lifetime cancer risk predicted for BRCA mutation carriers
A study of almost 10,000 women carrying BRCA mutations has revealed the best estimate yet of their risk in developing breast and ovarian cancer...
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 for testicular cancer a step closer
Testing for certain genes could identify men with a ten-fold increased risk of testicular cancer, suggests a new study...
Vitamin C and antibiotic combination offers new approach to cancer
Cancer stem cells, thought to be the root cause of tumour recurrence, could be eradicated using vitamin C and antibiotics, suggests a new study...
DNA blood test could lead to early cancer detection
A highly-sensitive DNA blood test could help detect cancer years before tumours are detected...
Ovarian cancer drug could treat BRCA-related breast cancer
A drug treatment for ovarian cancer has shown success against inherited breast cancer...
China plans embryonic stem cell trials for Parkinson's and blindness
Two teams of doctors in China are to administer embryonic stem cell therapy from fertilised human embryos to treat different degenerative diseases...
Genome editing used to slow cancer growth
US scientists have delayed cancer cell growth by using genome editing to remove a protein...
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.
FDA gives go-ahead to first cancer drug based on genetics
The first cancer drug based on a specific genetic feature has been approved by the US drugs regulator...
New mechanisms causing greying hair and baldness uncovered
Scientists have shown how a gene and protein cause greying and hair loss in mice...