Researchers from the USA (Kansas State University) and the Republic of Ireland (the National University of Ireland Galway) have completed a successful initial test of a new microwave thermal ablation technique, which could ...
Apr 2, 2019
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A phase I clinical trial that set out to assess the safety of a new combination therapy for a type of aggressive brain tumour has found the treatment to be well tolerated in patients.
Mar 29, 2019
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Medicine has great hopes for personalised cancer immunotherapy. The idea is to have a vaccine prompt the immune system to fight a tumour. Scientists at ETH Zurich have developed a method that allows them to determine which ...
Mar 29, 2019
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Walter and Eliza Hall Institute researchers have developed a new imaging technique to visualise key steps in the evolution of cancer cells within tumours, potentially revealing how breast cancers evade treatment.
Mar 28, 2019
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Paragangliomas and phaeochromocytomas are very rare neuroendocrine tumours, with only three to eight cases per million inhabitants worldwide. They are also the most inheritable types of tumours. Whereas in general terms, ...
Mar 28, 2019
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A recent study from King's College London and Cambridge University highlighted that people may experience multiple subtle changes before being diagnosed with a brain tumour.
Mar 22, 2019
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The shortest distance between two points is a straight line, but that doesn't mean the most direct route will yield the best results.
Mar 21, 2019
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Charles Darwin is a founding father of evolution, describing how from simple beginnings "endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful" arise.
Mar 21, 2019
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Anyone who has ever studied the molecular basis of breast cancer will probably have heard of BRCA1, a protein that protects the cells of breast tissue against cancer. Surprisingly, this protein can also have the opposite ...
Mar 20, 2019
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University of Otago scientists have discovered a way to view the immune cell 'landscape' of bowel cancer tumours, paving the way towards more individualised medicine and treatment for many other diseases in future.
Mar 20, 2019
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