Cancer

Cancer research award winner spurred on by his own diagnosis

After finding that cancerous cells contain high levels of copper, Orazio Vittorio is exploring how drugs that expel copper from the body might improve children's treatment.
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Study unravels the immunogenicity of ferroptotic cancer cells

2 hours ago | News Medical | 2 articles

The interdisciplinary team of scientists from three different countries under the leadership of Prof. Dr. Dmitri V. Krysko unravels the immunogenicity of ferroptotic cancer cells.
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Researchers develop first plant-based gel to support organoid growth for biomedical applications

2 hours ago | News Medical

Monash University researchers have created the world's first bioactive plant-based nanocellulose hydrogel to support organoid growth for biomedical applications. This includes...
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Novel CAR T-cell therapy shows promising early results in children with neuroblastoma

4 hours ago | News Medical | 2 articles

A novel CAR T-cell therapy developed by researchers at UCL and designed to target cancerous tumors, has shown promising early results in children with neuroblastoma, a rare...
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Addition of SBRT to nivolumab fails to improve outcomes in metastatic head and neck cancer

6 hours ago | Healio | 3 articles

The addition of stereotactic body radiation therapy to nivolumab did not improve outcomes among a cohort of patients with metastatic head and neck squamous cell carcinoma...
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Early-onset colorectal cancer incidence higher among rural vs. urban populations

6 hours ago | Healio | 3 articles

Residents of rural areas demonstrated higher rates of early-onset colorectal cancer and greater increases in incidence than residents of urban areas, according to study results...
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Educating APPs to provide primary palliative care improves integration into practice

6 hours ago | Healio | 2 articles

Palliative care is an important piece of cancer care that improves the quality of life for patients with cancer. As a follow-up to our previous article - published in the Sept...
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Cell survival protein could protect kidneys from damage caused by cancer therapies

7 hours ago | News Medical | 2 articles

Australian researchers have identified a protein that could protect the kidneys from 'bystander' damage caused by cancer therapies.
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Study Reassures on MS Patients' Breast, Colorectal Cancer Risk

9 hours ago | MedPageToday | 3 articles

Incidence of breast and colorectal cancers was similar between people with and without multiple sclerosis , but MS patients had a higher incidence of other cancers, including...
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'Celtic gene' may raise liver cancer risk by 11-fold for 500K US men

10 hours ago | Daily Mail

A gene that is often passed through Celtic bloodlines and can cause haemochromatosis, an iron toxicity syndrome, has been linked to higher risks of liver cancer by a new...
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Study: Patients still have immunity to coronavirus 6 months after testing...

A study by British researchers found that patients may still have some form of immunity to COVID-19 long after the antibodies specific to the Wuhan coronavirus have fallen... Read more ...

Psychologically Flexible People Have Better Family and Romantic Relationships

Being emotionally flexible may be one of the most essential factors for longevity and overall health of your romantic and familial relationships. Read more ...

CDC proposes concentration camps in America, plans to invade homes and...

Summary of CDC proposal by JW Williams A CDC document titled Interim Operational Considerations for Implementing the Shielding Approach to Prevent COVID-19 Infections in... Read more ...

Covid-19 RCT: Honey and black cumin seed help speed up recovery in Covid-19...

A randomised-controlled trial that is awaiting peer review suggests that Covid-19 patients who received a combination of honey and Nigella sativa recovered more quickly than... Read more ...

Coronavirus is 'burning much brighter in one part of Wales'

Wales Health Minister Vaughan Gething blamed the higher rate there on young adults Read more ...

Buy Buy Baby's Epic Black Friday Sale Means It's Time To Stock Up On All The...

Buy Buy Baby's Black Friday sale 2020 is one you don't want to miss. If you're a parent, you're aware that babies need things and things happen to be expensive. Maybe you're in... Read more ...

Coming Soon: Track the Vax

Transcript: In the race to return to normal, is a COVID-19 vaccine going to be the answer? A possible answer, but one that comes with so many questions. As vaccine trials move... Read more ...

Study Reassures on MS Patients' Breast, Colorectal Cancer Risk

Incidence of breast and colorectal cancers was similar between people with and without multiple sclerosis , but MS patients had a higher incidence of other cancers, including... Read more ...

AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine will "never be licensed in the US," says analyst

Because its trial designs do not meet even the basic minimum criteria set forth by the Food and Drug Administration for new vaccines, AstraZeneca's adenovirus-vector vaccine... Read more ...

Britain's daily Covid cases drop again week-on-week to 18,213

Department of Health statistics show UK infections have dropped 7 per cent week-on-week, with 19,609 positive tests confirmed last Wednesday as the outbreak continues to tail off. Read more ...