Smokers develop 150 mutations per lung cell
For the first time scientists have quantified the number of mutations caused by the number of cigarettes smoked in a lifetime...
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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 output from a DNA sequencing machine.
Gene therapy could prevent breast cancer from spreading
A new gene therapy technique using microRNAs has successfully prevented the spread of breast cancer in mice...
TV Review: My Amazing Twin
My Amazing Twin offers a thought-provoking look at both the scientific and the personal side of type 1 neurofibromatosis...
Fourteen genes predict cancer response to therapy
A major study into cancer has uncovered fourteen genes which could predict how a patient will respond to tumour treatments, particularly chemotherapy and radiation...
Personalised medicine leads to better cancer outcomes
Genetic sequencing leading to targeted treatment significantly improves cancer patient outcomes in early-stage clinical trials, according to a study...
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.
Fluorescent zebrafish shed light on the onset of cancer
Researchers have visualised the onset of skin cancer at its earliest, single-cell stage for the first time...
Extreme number of mutations may impart tumour drug resistance
Over 100 million genetic changes have been found in a single tumour, according to a new study...
Liquid biopsy could track cancer progress in real time
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...
Precision medicine approach effective in lung cancer
Researchers have shown that a skin cancer drug can be used to treat advanced lung cancer in patients whose tumours harbour a particular mutation...
Scientists create 'living biobank' of cancer samples
Scientists have announced the creation of miniature tumours that closely mimic real cancers....