An experimental cancer therapy that infuses designer immune cells into patients has shown early promise in a clinical trial by shrinking tumours in the digestive…
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Magnets made by soil bacteria offer hope for breast and prostate cancer
Scientists are developing magnetically guided microscopic projectiles that can be injected into patients’ blood to attack breast, prostate and other tumours. The project – led…
View More Magnets made by soil bacteria offer hope for breast and prostate cancerNew cancer treatment uses body’s cellular waste disposal to flag harmful proteins
Scientists are perfecting a new anti-cancer treatment that exploits the body’s own cellular waste disposal system. Some drugs are already producing promising results, and the…
View More New cancer treatment uses body’s cellular waste disposal to flag harmful proteinsHow DNA link could unlock mystery of cancer patients ‘wasting away’
One of the most serious impacts of cancer is the sudden loss of weight, appetite, and muscle that can hit some patients in the later…
View More How DNA link could unlock mystery of cancer patients ‘wasting away’NHS England announces large-scale trial of potential early cancer test
The NHS has launched the world’s largest trial of a potentially gamechanging blood test that aims to detect more than 50 types of cancer before…
View More NHS England announces large-scale trial of potential early cancer test‘Sponge on a string’ test will help pinpoint gullet cancer
Trials of a new weapon in the battle against cancer are to be launched across Britain next month. The cytosponge – a sponge on a…
View More ‘Sponge on a string’ test will help pinpoint gullet cancerEarly findings show new drug could be ‘gamechanging’ for brain cancer treatment
Two people with advanced brain cancer of the sort that led to the death of the MP Tessa Jowell have responded well in a small…
View More Early findings show new drug could be ‘gamechanging’ for brain cancer treatmentLack of Covid help puts medical research at risk, UK charities warn
Medical charities have expressed dismay at the UK government’s failure to act over hundreds of millions of pounds of research that is at risk because…
View More Lack of Covid help puts medical research at risk, UK charities warnFaecal transplants could help patients with form of skin cancer
Faecal transplants could help patients with a dangerous form of skin cancer respond to immunotherapy, research suggests. Faecal transplants involve stool and the microbes it…
View More Faecal transplants could help patients with form of skin cancer