Doctors have begun trialling in hundreds of patients the world’s first personalised mRNA cancer vaccine for melanoma, as experts hailed its “gamechanging” potential to permanently…
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Next pandemic likely to be caused by flu virus, scientists warn
Influenza is the pathogen most likely to trigger a new pandemic in the near future, according to leading scientists. An international survey, to be published…
View More Next pandemic likely to be caused by flu virus, scientists warnSmartphone app could help detect early-onset dementia cause, study finds
A smartphone app could help detect a leading cause of early-onset dementia in people who are at high risk of developing it, data suggests. Scientists…
View More Smartphone app could help detect early-onset dementia cause, study findsCancer signs could be spotted years before symptoms, says new research institute
Scientists at a recently opened cancer institute at Cambridge University have begun work that is pinpointing changes in cells many years before they develop into…
View More Cancer signs could be spotted years before symptoms, says new research instituteThe virus that infects almost everyone, and its link to cancer and MS – podcast
On 28 March it’s the 60th anniversary of the discovery of Epstein-Barr virus, the most common viral infection in humans. The virus was first discovered…
View More The virus that infects almost everyone, and its link to cancer and MS – podcastMedics design AI tool to predict side-effects in breast cancer patients
Doctors have developed an artificial intelligence tool that can predict which breast cancer patients are more at risk of side-effects after treatment. Worldwide, 2 million…
View More Medics design AI tool to predict side-effects in breast cancer patients‘We actually don’t know much’: the scientists trying to close the knowledge gap in trans healthcare
When Cameron Whitley was diagnosed with kidney failure seven years ago, the news came as a shock. But the situation was about to get worse.…
View More ‘We actually don’t know much’: the scientists trying to close the knowledge gap in trans healthcareCovid vaccines cut risk of virus-related heart failure and blood clots, study finds
Covid vaccinations substantially reduce the risk of heart failure and potentially dangerous blood clots linked to the infection for up to a year, according to…
View More Covid vaccines cut risk of virus-related heart failure and blood clots, study findsResearchers study brain activity of surgeons for signs of cognitive overload
It is a high-stakes scenario for any surgeon: a 65-year-old male patient with a high BMI and a heart condition is undergoing emergency surgery for…
View More Researchers study brain activity of surgeons for signs of cognitive overloadThe debilitating impact of tinnitus, and how a new app could help – podcast
It’s thought that about 15% of us are affected by tinnitus, and despite its potentially debilitating impact on mental health and quality of life, there…
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