cancer
Five recent advancements in ovarian cancer research over the past year
Posted in Medicine on 7th Sep, 2023
by Alex Muller
With around 7500 new cases reported in the U.K. alone every year, ovarian cancer may occur because of the inheritance of faulty genes like BRCA.
Cancer Research UK ‘turning down far too much’ due to rising costs, says CEO
Posted in Medicine on 7th Sep, 2023
by Alex Muller
According to CRUK’s financial accounts for March 2023, the charity spent £45m less on research than the year prior at £398m.
funding boost for research into little known blood cancer
Posted in Medicine on 7th Sep, 2023
by Alex Muller
Relatively little is known about the causes of a group of blood cancer called myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPN), affecting approximately 4,000 people in the UK every year.
More than a million lives saved from cancer in the last four decades
Posted in Medicine on 7th Sep, 2023
by Alex Muller
Developments in cancer prevention, diagnosis and treatment have contributed to these falling rates, according to new analysis by Cancer Research UK.
First-in-class targeted microRNA therapy slows cancer tumor growth
Posted in Medicine on 7th Sep, 2023
by Alex Muller
A new cancer therapy developed by Purdue University researchers attacks tumors by tricking cancer cells into absorbing a snippet of RNA that naturally blocks cell division.