cancer

New study: no increase in brain cancer across 29 years of mobile use in Australia

Posted in Hardware on 6th May, 2016
by Alex Muller

Concerning mobile use, Australia is seeing no rise in the incidence of brain cancer against the background rate.

Type 2 Diabetes Drug Metformin Could Decrease Cancer Deaths

Posted in Medicine on 17th Apr, 2016
by Alex Muller

Over 400 million people in the world have diabetes, 400 times higher compared to data collected in 1980.

'Smart' scalpel could distinguish healthy brain tissue from tumors

Posted in Hardware on 16th Apr, 2016
by Alex Muller

Scientists have designed a smart scalpel that provides real-time guidance on whether the tissue it is tending to is cancerous or otherwise.

Gene editing boosts the immune systems' cancer-killing cells

Posted in Medicine on 15th Apr, 2016
by Alex Muller

The immune system is the body's own defense against infection and cancer, but tumors develop ways of stopping the onslaught.

Sean Parker donates $250M for cancer research

Posted in Medicine on 13th Apr, 2016
by Alex Muller

The Napster co-founder and first president of Facebook announced Wednesday that he is donating $250 million to support immunotherapy research to fight cancer.