cancer
Beyond telomerase: another enzyme discovered critical to maintaining telomere length
Posted in Medicine on 17th Nov, 2015
by Alex Muller
A new discovery is expected to speed up our understanding of short-telomere-related diseases and cancers.
Exponential Medicine: AI Better Than Your Doctor at Finding Cancer
Posted in Software on 13th Nov, 2015
by Alex Muller
'If you detect cancer early, your probability of survival is 10 times higher.'
Researchers break blood-brain barrier with new ultrasound treatment
Posted in Medicine on 9th Nov, 2015
by Alex Muller
A non-invasive way to deliver medication into the brain, opening the door to better treatments for tumours, Alzheimer's and Parkinson's.
'Designer cells' reverse one-year-old's leukaemia
Posted in Medicine on 6th Nov, 2015
by Alex Muller
'The technology is moving very fast, the ability to target very specific regions of the genome have suddenly become much more efficient'
Blood test could determine prostate cancer therapy
Posted in Medicine on 5th Nov, 2015
by Alex Muller
A blood test can determine whether prostate cancer patients are likely to respond to drugs, scientists say.