Funding boost for Curtin tool to predict chemo effectiveness
Curtin University research to develop an early diagnosis tool predicting how cancer patients will respond to chemotherapy has received a funding boost of almost half...
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Exposure to greenspace may lower risk of certain cancers
Exposure to greenspace may lower risk of certain cancers: A University of Queensland-led study has found a link between exposure to gardens and a lower...
Alcohol ads flood young people’s social media
Alcohol ads flood young people's social media: Young Australians are being exposed to an alcohol advertisement on social media every 2 minutes and 43 seconds...
Study exposes risks of skin cancer in elite swimmers
Only a small proportion of elite swimmers regularly checked their skin for signs of cancer despite being at increased risk, according to University of Queensland...
Melanoma Death Rate Higher in Patients with Darker Skin
A podcast series explores the disproportionately high mortality rate for people with darker skin diagnosed with melanoma skin cancer. Melanoma is the deadliest form of...
Researchers engineer bacteria for targeted chemotherapy delivery
Traditional chemotherapy often poses significant challenges, including severe side effects, damage to healthy tissue and limited efficacy. Now, researchers at the Yong Loo Lin School...
Biomedical Scientists Benefit NHS Up to £571M in Bowel Cancer Care
A new Oxera report has found that the NHS benefits by up to £571 million annually in bowel cancer care alone thanks to biomedical scientists,...
Chromatin openness sheds new light on prostate cancer plasticity
Treatment resistance caused by cancer cell plasticity constitutes a major challenge in the treatment of prostate cancer. Published in Nucleic Acids Research, a recent study...
Immune cells hunt down cancer around the body
Scientists have discovered the key features of immune B cells which make them successful at targeting tumours – including when cancer has spread to a...
28% of UK adults are using sunbeds as skin cancer rates rise
New data released today by the charity Melanoma Focus has found that over a quarter (28%) of adults in the UK say they use sunbeds,...
