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Lung Cancer Research Underscores Need for Screening

Posted in Medicine, Science on 26th May, 2024
by Alex Muller

Lung cancer affects the lives of about 40,000 people a year in the UK and previous studies from Liverpool researchers illustrate the unequivocal benefit of lung cancer screening in identified high risk groups.

Study Explores Why Glioblastoma Treatment May Work Better in the Morning

Posted in Medicine on 23rd May, 2024
by Alex Muller

Rhythms are aligned with daily activity of a DNA repair enzyme known as MGMT. The scientists then conducted tests and found that tumor cells were more likely to die when chemotherapy was administered at the time of day, the morning, when tumor cells had the least MGMT activity.

Proteins in blood could warn of cancer seven years before diagnosis, scientists find

Posted in Medicine, Science on 23rd May, 2024
by Alex Muller

Doctors welcome the "important" discovery and say it is a "crucial first step" towards offering preventative therapies.

Artificial intelligence reveals prostate cancer is not just one disease

Posted in Medicine on 23rd May, 2024
by Alex Muller

“This study is really important because until now, we thought that prostate cancer was just one type of disease. But it is only now, with advancements in artificial intelligence, that we have been able to show that there are actually two different subtypes at play.”

Nearby asteroid's birthplace traced to specific crater on the Moon

Posted in Science on 28th Apr, 2024
by Alex Muller

Scientists can often tell which parent body any given asteroid originated from, by analyzing the rocks' composition, reflectiveness, and other signatures.