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Breakthrough on cervical cancer treatment could cut deaths by 35%
Posted in Medicine, Science on 19th Feb, 2024
by Alex Muller
Researchers funded by Cancer Research UK have made the biggest improvement in cervical cancer treatment in more than 20 years by changing how we use existing drugs.
Genetically modifying T-cells cuts blood cancer progression by 74%, trial finds
Posted in Medicine on 14th Jun, 2023
by Alex Muller
A revolutionary blood cancer treatment that genetically modifies patient cells to fight the disease cuts the risk of it progressing by 74%, a world-first clinical trial has found.
Michelle Mitchell: Cancer is a fixable problem
Posted in Science on 14th Jun, 2023
by Alex Muller
Michelle Mitchell, chief executive of Cancer Research UK, explains the outlook on future cancer treatments.
Cancer breakthrough as scientists find way to block deadly disease
Posted in Medicine on 21st May, 2023
by Alex Muller
Researchers suggest that developing drugs to starve cancer cells of the vital fuel source - uridine - could improve treatment and boost survival rates.
New ‘Parp inhibitors’ could prevent certain tumours appearing
Posted in Medicine, Science on 22nd Aug, 2022
by Alex Muller
Breakthrough research could see some genetic cancers neutralised before they take hold and is already being used for people at risk.