Anne LI 1/5/18 A type of soil-dwelling bacterium produces molecules that induce death in melanoma cells, research at Oregon State University shows. The molecule is a secondary metabolite, also known as a natural product, of…...
News digest – diagnosis delays, cervical cancer deaths, ‘what is cancer?’, and… mobile phones?
Anne Li This week, Cancer Research UK’s News Digest gives us updates on diagnosis delays, staff shortages, questions, causes of cancer, HPV, cancer survivors, advances in medicine and technology, and finally…. mobile phones? See original article at: https://scienceblog.cancerresearchuk.org/2017/12/23/news-digest-diagnosis-delays-cervical-cancer-deaths-what-is-cancer-and-mobile-phones/...
Our 2017 cancer policy highlights: local, national and international
Anne Li As 2017 comes to an end, Cancer Research UK gives us highlights of the year: cutting smoke rates, tackling obesity, staff shortages, tobacco control plan, general election campaigning, sugar tax, cigarette packaging, and Brexit. See original article at: https://scienceblog.cancerresearchuk.org/2017/12/21/our-2017-cancer-policy-highlights-local-national-and-international/...
Electronic cap treatment improves brain tumour survival
Anne Li Applying low frequency electric fields to the scalp of people with an aggressive type of brain tumour improves survival, according to a clinical trial. Researchers from the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in the say their device offers “promising results” in the trial. The device delivers low-intensity…...