WHO Launches New Cancer Drug Plan for Children

VOA Learning English • voa
Feb. 17, 2025 ~4 min

Light-activated chemicals improve breast cancer treatment

"Our work offers a targeted, safe, and cost-effective treatment for aggressive breast cancers with limited treatment options."

Jules Bernstein - UC Riverside • futurity
Feb. 14, 2025 ~5 min


Plant extract replica shows promise against breast cancer

"...the new analogue of phaeocaulisin A we have reported shows promising efficacy against triple-negative breast cancer cells..."

Carol Clark-Emory • futurity
Feb. 11, 2025 ~8 min

Heart drug dissolves breast cancer cell clusters in the blood

Digoxin, found in foxglove, reduces the number of cells in clusters of breast cancer cells circulating in the blood, research finds.

Peter Rüegg-ETH Zurich • futurity
Feb. 3, 2025 ~5 min

Is this the new playbook for curing rare childhood diseases?

When his son received a devastating diagnosis, Fernando Goldsztein MBA ’03 founded an initiative to help him and others.

Danna Lorch | MIT Sloan School of Management • mit
Jan. 24, 2025 ~9 min

Microgravity in space may cause cancer − but on Earth, mimicking weightlessness could help researchers develop treatments

Cells function differently under low gravity conditions. Rather than send lab samples to space, researchers are developing Earth-bound tools to more easily study microgravity’s effects on biology.

Soumya Srivastava, Assistant Professor of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, West Virginia University • conversation
Jan. 24, 2025 ~6 min

Red light therapy shows promise for pain relief, inflammation and skin conditions – but other claims might be hyped

For decades, red light therapy has been an adjunct treatment for numerous ailments. But it may not work for all the medical conditions that supporters say it does.

Praveen Arany, Associate Professor of Oral Biology, University at Buffalo • conversation
Jan. 24, 2025 ~8 min

FDA bans Red 3 dye from food and drugs – a scientist explains the artificial color’s health risks and long history

Over 35 years after the first study linking Red 3 to thyroid cancer in rats was published, the US is beginning to wean it out of foods and drugs.

Lorne J. Hofseth, Professor and Associate Dean for Research, College of Pharmacy, University of South Carolina • conversation
Jan. 23, 2025 ~6 min


New sensors could make cancer detection much better

"We think the accuracy and simplicity of our biosensors will lead to accessible, personalized, and effective treatments, ultimately saving lives."

Georgia Tech • futurity
Jan. 22, 2025 ~6 min

£10 million programme to use AI and state-of-the-art analytics to fight cancer

Cambridge researchers are to lead a £10million project that could result in doctors being able to predict your individual chances of getting cancer and offer

Cambridge University News • cambridge
Jan. 22, 2025 ~5 min

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