cancer
Scientists cure skin melanoma of mice in trial, train body to stop tumours returning
Treatment works as immunotherapy, using immune system to fight tumour, and also trains body to be able to destroy cancer again.
T cell behavior has major implications for cancer immunotherapy
Study found that critical white blood cells, which attack and kill the infection, did not rely on glucose to fuel their rapid division.
Dracula was right: Transfusions of young blood will put end to sickness in old age
Study shows young blood could allow humans to live life free of diseases like cancer, dementia and heart disease up until their deaths.
Girl who kept biting nails left without a thumb after she develops rare cancer
When she finally saw a doctor, the psychology student found that she had caused trauma to her nail bed which led to a rare form of cancer.
Routine testing for prostate cancer harmful, suggest experts
Find out why the prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test remains controversial.
Hormone therapy a tricky choice to treat prostate cancer
New study explores how prostate cancer can sometimes withstand a standard hormone therapy.
Severe fatty liver disease boosts risk for liver cancer, says study
Study showed that when NAFLD progresses to where patients have liver scarring, or cirrhosis, their risk for HCC is dramatically higher.
This new switch may control aggressive breast cancer
The gene Sox10 directly controls the growth and invasion of a significant fraction of hard-to-treat triple-negative breast cancers.
Genetic mutations may drive tumour formation
Here is what a new study has found.
Breast cancer cure: Discovery reveals how tumours can stop themselves from spreading
Study found that by activating the immune response, the primary tumour essentially shuts down its own spread.