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The Role Of Vitamin B6 In Pancreatic Cancer

Posted in Medicine, Science on 24th Feb, 2024
by Alex Muller

Researchers makes promising discoveries on role of vitamin B6 in pancreatic cancer.

Groundbreaking Brain Cancer Radiotherapy Trial Launched

Posted in Medicine on 24th Feb, 2024
by Alex Muller

“This trial is vital to determine how we can use radiotherapy treatments appropriately, to give patients the best possible future.”

Cancer Experts Call On Philanthropists To Help Fund ‘golden Age’ Of Research

Posted in Business, Medicine, Science on 24th Feb, 2024
by Alex Muller

More than 50 top researchers sign letter asking for philanthropic support to transform cancer prevention, diagnosis and treatment

Drug Offers ‘wonderful’ Breakthrough In Treatment Of Asbestos-linked Cancer

Posted in Medicine, Science on 19th Feb, 2024
by Alex Muller

Medicine used alongside chemotherapy in trials quadrupled three-year survival rates for mesothelioma.

Early Blood Test To Predict Dementia Is Step Closer As Biological Markers Identified

Posted in Medicine, Science on 19th Feb, 2024
by Alex Muller

Scientists have found patterns of four proteins that predict onset of dementia more than a decade before formal diagnosis.

Big Strides In Cancer Treatment Bring Us Closer To Breakthroughs

Posted in Medicine, Science on 19th Feb, 2024
by Alex Muller

The landscape for cancer treatment has seen several ground-breaking advancements in recent times. From innovative therapies to diagnostic technologies, progress is reshaping our approach to cancer care.

FDA Approves Groundbreaking Treatment For Advanced Melanoma

Posted in Medicine, Science on 19th Feb, 2024
by Alex Muller

TIL therapy shrank tumours in about a third of patients who had run out of treatment options, according to a clinical trial.

Breakthrough On Cervical Cancer Treatment Could Cut Deaths By 35%

Posted in Medicine, Science on 19th Feb, 2024
by Alex Muller

Researchers funded by Cancer Research UK have made the biggest improvement in cervical cancer treatment in more than 20 years by changing how we use existing drugs.

Chip Checks Blood To See If Cancer Treatment Is Working By Fourth Week

Posted in Medicine, Science on 1st Feb, 2024
by Alex Muller

The researchers looked at liquid biopsies, tests that look for signs of cancer in the patient's blood, like cancer cells shed by tumors.

Nanoscale Spikes 96% Effective At Impaling And Destroying Common Virus

Posted in Hardware, Science on 1st Feb, 2024
by Alex Muller

Researchers have developed a silicon surface covered in nanosized spikes that is 96% effective in impaling and destroying a common virus responsible for causing respiratory illnesses, particularly in infants and young children.

SpaceX's Starship Tapped To Launch Starlab Space Station Into Orbit

Posted in Science on 1st Feb, 2024
by Alex Muller

Two ambitious space projects move ahead as Voyager Space and Airbus announce that the partners have selected SpaceX's Starship rocket to boost their Starlab space station into orbit sometime before the International Space Station is abandoned.

ADHD Affects Connectivity Across The Whole Brain, Study Confirms

Posted in Medicine, Science on 1st Feb, 2024
by Alex Muller

"This is exciting, because much of the prior research has focused on individual regions of the brain, but our study was seeing that this isn't the case across the board,"