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New biobank to boost research into children and young people’s cancers
Posted in Medicine, Science on 29th Sep, 2022
by Alex Muller
The Universities of York and Newcastle have joined forces with two leading cancer charities to create a new biobank which will provide vital resources for researchers working to prevent, diagnose and treat cancer in children and young people.
Scientists reveal how air pollution can cause lung cancer in people who have never smoked
Posted in Medicine, Science on 28th Sep, 2022
by Alex Muller
A long-term study funded by Cancer Research UK has revealed how air pollution can cause lung cancer in people who have never smoked.
Genetic scissors helping cancer research: removing binding sites for an oncogene can slow down cancer cell growth
Posted in Medicine, Science on 28th Sep, 2022
by Alex Muller
It is a powerful method that can have a major impact on elucidating the processes that control cellular growth in the future.
Interview with Cosmologist Laura Mersini-Houghton
Posted in Interviews, Science on 29th Aug, 2022
by Alex Muller
'Our universe is one tiny grain of dust in a beautiful cosmos'
Can We Stop The Heart From Aging?
Posted in Medicine, Science on 27th Aug, 2022
by Alex Muller
A powerful genetic tool: single-cell sequencing. It's like going from amateur binoculars to the James Webb Space Telescope, we can now analyse every single cell, like a star in the sky, by parsing its DNA inside an aging heart.