Oncology & Cancer

Experts call for better cancer tests to tailor treatment

Greater use of cancer tests is the key to tailoring use of new treatments for patients more precisely and so increasing their chances of being recommended for use within the NHS, experts say.

Vaccination

Push to develop mRNA vaccine patches

The global epidemic innovations fund said Tuesday it was working with a vaccine manufacturer to create a patch using mRNA technology, which would be easier to use against COVID.

Neuroscience

Gene therapy offers hope for severe epilepsy

A study published this month in Science Advances by a team of researchers at Macquarie University's Dementia Research Center showed their treatment could prevent seizures in mice by clearing build‑ups of a protein in the ...

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