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This supercomputer can detect brain tumours
Posted in Medicine on 10th Oct, 2017
by Alex Muller
Scientists have trained a supercomputer to automatically detect brain tumours from scans with 90% accuracy.
How the poliovirus can be used to battle lethal cancers
Posted in Medicine on 22nd Sep, 2017
by Alex Muller
A technique developed several years ago involving an engineered hybrid of poliovirus and rhinovirus has shown great promise in treating a lethal form of brain cancer.
FDA Breaks New Ground With First Approved Gene Therapy for Cancer
Posted in Medicine on 14th Sep, 2017
by Alex Muller
'It was so improbable that this would ever be a commercially approved therapy,'
Parasite Linked with Alzheimer's and Parkinson's Diseases, Epilepsy, and Cancer
Posted in Medicine on 14th Sep, 2017
by Alex Muller
About a third of the worlds population is chronically infected with the protozoan parasite Toxoplasma gondii.
'Pen' identifies cancer in 10 seconds
Posted in Medicine on 7th Sep, 2017
by Alex Muller
A handheld device can identify cancerous tissue in 10 seconds, according to scientists at the University of Texas.