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Research And Trials
Experimental blood test could offer a glimpse of the future for doctors treating lung cancer
An experimental blood test could offer a way to detect early signs that patients’ lung cancers will return after treatment.
Tracing genetic chaos in 100 lung cancer patients could help predict survival
By tracing genetic chaos over time our scientists may have found a way to help predict lung cancer survival.
CRISPR genome editing and immunotherapy – the early adopter
How is CRISPR genome editing helping harness the power of immunotherapy?
Taking advantage of cancers’ abnormal metabolism could lead to a new way to ‘starve’ tumours
Our researchers in Glasgow might have found a way to shut down certain cancer cells’ fuel supply with a specially designed diet.
Targeting cancer spread: keeping breast tumours under LOX and key
Find out how our scientists are developing a way to target a troublesome cancer molecule, LOX.
News digest – immunotherapies showing promise, breast cancer drug approved for Scotland, childhood cancer rates, and… killer sofas?
Immunotherapies are showing promise but not for every tumour, calls for boys to be vaccinated against HPV, and... what's killer about sofas? Find out in the news digest....
Blood tests, microbes, immunotherapy and more: AACR 2017’s hottest topics
At AACR 2017, thousands of doctors and scientists shared progress in cancer research. Read about the hottest topics.
Study suggests why an immunotherapy drug works in some melanoma patients but not in others
Matching tumour size to the body’s immune response could help doctors tailor immunotherapy treatments for melanoma patients whose disease has spread.
Science Snaps: mapping cellular ‘stars’, one molecule at a time
How do you study cell division, without cells?
News digest – cutting sugar, a new NHS target, lab-grown mini tumours, and… vitamin C as a treatment?
New guidelines to help cut sugar levels, old and new cancer waiting targets, tools to improve diagnosis, and... why is vitamin C in the headlines? We explain all in the...