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New Research Advances Understanding Of Cancer Risk In Gene Therapies

The gene therapy treatment itself is not the likely cause of new DNA mutations in blood stem cells.

Cancer Research's Latest Breakthrough Is Seriously Good News For Survival Rates

Thanks to research funded by Cancer Research, there has been a cervical cancer treatment breakthrough that means deaths could be cut by 35%.

Hundreds Of Children Could Benefit From New Approach To Brain Cancer Treatment

As well as an improved side-effect profile to chemotherapy, the new treatment also improved overall response rate by more than 400% and increased median progression-free survival from 7.4 months with chemotherapy to 20.1 months with the new treatment.

Scientists Discover Promising New Approach For Treating Pancreatic Cancer

Like all cancers, early diagnosis is key to improving survival rates. For pancreatic cancer, around half of all patients are diagnosed when the disease has already spread, which is one of the reasons for poor survival rates.

Soaring Skin Cancer Cases Hit A Record High

Analysis shows there are 17,500 cases being diagnosed per year and projections reveal that these high numbers could continue to increase by around 50% over the next 20 years.

Thousands Of Women Offered Anastrozole To Help Prevent Breast Cancer

Repurposing therapeutic drugs that have already been shown to be safe for prevention is an area with a lot of potential.

Research Centre Launched To Tackle Life-threatening Side-effects Of Childhood Cancer Treatments

Although treatments are much more effective now, for children and young people, they are harsh and have terrible side effects on their smaller bodies.

Pioneering Trial Aims To Improve Survival Rates For Advanced Bladder Cancer

First-of-its-kind trial hopes to improve survival rates for advanced bladder cancer by matching treatments to known genetic risk markers

Common Heart Condition Linked To 45% Higher Risk Of Cognitive Decline

University College London researchers looked at 4.3 million individuals on the UK's primary electronic health record to identify 233,833 people with the common heart condition atrial fibrillation and 233,747 without it.

Link Between Fruits, Veggies & Microbiome Confirmed For The First Time

In addition to highlighting the importance of fruits and vegetables as a natural source of microbiota, the researchers say that their findings also highlight the importance of employing good agricultural practices.

The Moon Is 40 Million Years Older Than We Thought, According To Crystals Collected By Apollo Astronauts

"When you know how old something is, you can better understand what has happened to it in its history."

Rockets And Satellites Are Shedding Metal Into The Atmosphere

The presence of those metals could change the chemistry of the stratosphere.