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Could A Chemical Found In Red Grapes Prevent Bowel Cancer?

Scientists, funded by Cancer Research UK, are finding out if an ingredient commonly found in red grapes could hold the answer to help prevent bowel cancer.

Scientists Create Blood Test To Enhance Cancer Treatment Effectiveness

The first-of-its-kind test can rapidly assess how effective different polyethylene glycol (PEG) based nanomedicines are at killing cancer cells and minimizing side effects using just a drop of blood from people with leukemia, a type of blood cancer.

Scientists Discover Key Protein That Helps Cancer Cells Evade CAR T Cell Therapy

CAR T cell therapy harnesses the immune system to seek out and kill tumor cells. This treatment is used in certain types of leukemia and lymphoma -; blood cancers. Some wily cancer cells, however, have learned how to hide from the immune system to avoid destruction.

Researchers Investigate CBD's Effect On Scan-related Anxiety In Breast Cancer Patients

The findings showed that CBD did not significantly change scan-related anxiety when compared to a placebo, but researchers did find that CBD was safe and resulted in significantly lower overall anxiety levels.

Can We Use AI To Help Our Immune Systems Fight Cancer?

Developing computer models to decipher how T cells interact with cancer cells, or which keys fit which locks, to improve immunotherapies and match patients with the treatments best suited to them as individuals.

Large-scale Study Confirms Well-established Cancer Risk Factors And Identifies New Ones

Researchers have examined thousands of genetically defined traits to identify possible causal relationships for eight common cancers.

Powerful New Therapy Doubles Progression-free Survival In Advanced Breast Cancer

A powerful three-drug therapy for aggressive advanced breast cancer doubles the length of time before the cancer progresses, compared with a drug combination currently available on the NHS, new research has shown.

What Is AI Superintelligence? Could It Destroy Humanity? And Is It Really Almost Here?

OpenAI boss Sam Altman says superintelligence may only be “a few thousand days” away.

The First Cells May Have Formed From Simple Fatty Bubbles

A new study in Nature Chemistry offers a bridge between these short fatty molecules and the first primordial cells.

Social Media Ban For Under-16s 'on The Table' In UK

A possible ban on social media for under-16s in the UK is "on the table", the technology secretary Peter Kyle has told the BBC.

Amazon Doubles Down On Anthropic, Positioning Itself As A Key Player In The AI Arms Race

Anthropic’s latest Computer Use feature, which allows AI to operate computers like humans, will be available first to AWS customers. This exclusivity period could give Amazon’s enterprise customers a significant head start in automating complex workflows.

4-billion-year-old Mineral Offers Clues About Mars’ Steaming Hot Past

A meteorite known as 'Black Beauty' hints at the Red Planet's ancient hydrothermal systems.