cancer
Immune discovery 'may treat all cancer'
Posted in Medicine on 22nd Jan, 2020
by Alex Muller
"It raises the prospect of a 'one-size-fits-all' cancer treatment, a single type of T-cell that could be capable of destroying many different types of cancers across the population."
Cancer Death Rate in U.S. Sees Sharpest One-Year Drop
Posted in Medicine on 12th Jan, 2020
by Alex Muller
Breakthrough treatments for lung cancer and melanoma have driven down cancer mortality overall, and from 2016 to 2017 spurred the largest-ever decline.
Algorithm Identifies New Treatment for Neuroblastoma
Posted in Medicine, Science on 12th Jan, 2020
by Alex Muller
Using a computer algorithm, scientists at Uppsala University have identified a promising new treatment for neuroblastoma. This form of cancer in children, which occurs in specialised nerve cells in the sympathetic nervous system, may be life-threatening.
US cancer death rates report reveals sharpest ever single-year decline
Posted in Medicine on 9th Jan, 2020
by Alex Muller
The steady decline is attributed to a range of factors, with the period examined including the sharpest one-year decline ever recorded.
Cancer researchers discover how immune cells avoid killing themselves
Posted in Highlights from UCL, Medicine, Science on 2nd Dec, 2019
by Alex Muller
Researchers at Australia’s Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre and the University College London (UCL) have now found that they create a tough shield around themselves, and this discovery could lead to new cancer therapies.