Dirt-dwelling microbe produces potential anti-melanoma weapon

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…...

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Viruses may boost immunotherapy in brain and breast cancer

Anne Li                       1/5/18   Infecting tumours with viruses may boost the success of immunotherapy for brain and breast cancers, according to two new studies. Immunotherapy treatments can trigger impressive responses in patients with a handful of advanced cancers. But success…...

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Alcohol and cancer: This is how booze damages DNA inside cells

Anne Li                            1/5/18   Every January, people across the UK make New Year’s resolutions. And cutting down on alcohol often appears on the list. That’s because despite being engrained in the social culture of millions of people…...

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New research shows how alcohol damages DNA and increases cancer risk

Anne Li                         1/5/18   Scientists have shown how alcohol damages DNA in stem cells, helping to explain why drinking increases your risk of cancer, according to research part-funded by Cancer Research UK and published in Nature today. Much previous…...

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New Year’s resolutions 2018: Can you nudge your way to a new you?

Anne Li If you’ve made some healthy resolutions for 2018, understanding the science behind why we make certain decisions can help you keep on track. Cancer Research UK spoke to UCL’s Dr Philippa Lally, who studies how we form habits, to find out how a behavior science – called nudge…...

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New Year’s Honours 2018: Professor Caroline Dive, CBE, and her career in lung cancer research

Anne Li In this year’s New Year’s Honours list one of our researchers, Professor Caroline Dive, has been named a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE). We spoke to her about this recognition of her outstanding career, the changes she has seen in her time at the…...

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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/...

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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/...

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2017 cancer research highlights: a patient’s pick

Anne Li It’s been another busy year in cancer research and with so much remarkable work going on it made picking our research highlights for 2017 a tough task. At Cancer Research UK, patients are at the heart of what they do, so it makes sense to ask one of…...

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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…...

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