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Our Universe Is Suspiciously Unlikely To Exist-Unless It Is One Of Many

How do we know just how atypical our universe is? To answer that we need to work out the probabilities of each combination of constants.

Better Together: Improving Brain Tumour Treatment

“It’s a very, very specific environment,” stresses Chalmers. There’s the blood-brain barrier, for a start, and then there’s the difficulty of killing cancer cells without damaging the healthy ones around them – the ones we think, act, share and learn with; that make any of this possible.

Children’s Cancer Charities Team Up For Tomorrow’s Treatments

In order to give young people, teenagers and children with cancer the best chance of survival without side effects, we have to approach their diseases differently.

Institute Of Cancer Research Embraces Olaparib Recommendation

"Olaparib is an important example of how understanding the underlying genetics of patients, and their tumours’ genomics, can be used to design highly targeted precision medicines.”

Cancer: New Blood Test Could Catch Prostate Cancer Early

The project will investigate specific sugars found in the bloodstream of men with prostate cancer that could be used in tests to determine a man's risk of developing the disease, and how likely it is to spread.

Combination Treatment Extends Progression-Free Survival In Brain Cancer

Overall, average survival time was numerically, but not significantly, longer in the combined treatment group versus the bevacizumab-only group; 10.1 months versus 9.7 months, respectively.

Scientists Discover A New Way To Help Prevent Breast Cancer ‘time Bomb’

Scientists have discovered why breast cancer cells that have spread to the lungs may ‘wake up’ following years of sleep - forming incurable secondary tumours.

St. Jude Research: Child Cancer Survivors Face Long-term Elevated Mortality Risks

The study is the first to detail that the primary causes of adult death in survivors are similar to the leading causes of death in the U.S. population, including liver and kidney disease, heart disease, stroke and second cancers. However, those deaths are more likely to occur at an earlier age in cancer survivors.

NHS Approves 'life Changing' Drug For Breast And Prostate Cancer Patients

Clinical trials have shown that olaparib, also known as Lynparza and manufactured by pharmaceutical firm AstraZeneca, can extend advanced prostate cancer patients’ lives by "an average of six months", NHS England said.

Scientists Uncover How Incurable Skin Cancer Resists Treatment At The End Of Life

“We found that melanoma can profoundly alter its genome to hide from the immune system and spread around the body. These profound changes are highly complex, but we’re hopeful that we can now find ways to target them in the clinic.”

Clatterbridge Cancer Centre Expands Blood Cancer Research With £280,000 Grant

The new funding from Blood Cancer UK will allow the UnCoVer study to be extended by finding out how the treatment of blood cancer has changed during the pandemic. It will also look at the pros and cons of different blood cancer treatments to see which of them work best in different situations.

Space DOTS Interview: A Startup Building Modular Devices For Companies To Test Materials In Space

Bianca Cefalo is the co-founder and CEO of Space DOTS, a startup building modular devices for companies to test materials in space.