No clear associations were found between occupational exposure to high frequency electromagnetic fields (EMF) and risk of glioma or meningioma in one of the largest epidemiological studies performed to date. However, the ...
Jul 31, 2018
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A powerful new anti-cancer therapy, called CAR-T, has shown great promise in treating blood cancers. Last year, the Food and Drug Administration approved the treatment for acute lymphoblastic leukaemia, and the results have ...
Jul 26, 2018
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Science can be a painstakingly slow process. It can take years of tweaking, refining and rethinking to get solid, reliable evidence. And when it comes to developing new cancer treatments, the layers of research needed go ...
Jul 11, 2018
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Brain tumours are hard to treat. But even this is a harrowing understatement for some forms of the disease.
Jul 3, 2018
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A type of highly malignant brain tumour contains a large number of cells involved in the formation of new blood vessels, helping it proliferate and spread. Targeting these cells could hinder tumour growth, according to new ...
Jun 20, 2018
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Two genes play important roles for the formation of malignant cancer in the brain. One gene prevents the formation of the tumour, while another gene promotes the tumour. This is shown in a new dissertation at Umeå University, ...
May 24, 2018
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Children with incurable brain tumours could benefit from potentially life-extending treatment if genetic testing was used to personalise therapy as it is in many adults, major new research reports.
May 14, 2018
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Mobile phones hit headlines this morning because a press release linked an increase in brain tumour cases in England with the devices.
May 4, 2018
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Our brains are home to a staggering 86 billion or so cells that are carefully woven into the structure that lets us think, feel and live.
May 2, 2018
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In a study published in Nature Communications, a team led IRCM Hematopoiesis and Cancer Research Unit director Tarik Möröy reveals how the GFI1 protein sometimes helps leukemia and lymphoma cancer cells evade therapy. This ...
Apr 12, 2018
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