Gabriella Beer

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News digest – HPV jab for boys, low sugar chocolate, diabetes and complementary therapies might affect survival

An expert committee has recommended that the HPV vaccine should be given to boys as well as girls. An expert committee has recommended that the HPV vaccine should be given to boys as well as girls.

21 July 2018

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Mixing complementary therapy with standard cancer treatment could affect survival

A new study explores the impact that mixing complementary therapy with conventional cancer treatment can have on survival. A new study explores the impact that mixing complementary therapy with conventional cancer treatment can have on survival.

20 July 2018

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Exploiting the brain tumour environment to make better treatments

Brain tumours are heavily influenced by their surroundings so understanding the environment they’re in could reveal ways to destroy them. Brain tumours are heavily influenced by their surroundings so understanding the environment they’re in could reveal ways to destroy them.

12 July 2018

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News digest – artificial ovaries, cereals high in sugar, breast screening and happy 70th birthday to the NHS

Research predicts how breast screening could be changed to cut overdiagnosis and save the NHS money, and the NHS celebrates its 70th birthday. Research predicts how breast screening could be changed to cut overdiagnosis and save the NHS money, and the NHS celebrates its 70th birthday.

7 July 2018

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News digest – trial to test lung cancer vaccine, cervical screening language, prostate cancer spit test and AI for the NHS

In this week’s headlines: we launch a new trial testing a lung cancer vaccine and kids in England have already reached their sugar limit for the year. In this week’s headlines: we launch a new trial testing a lung cancer vaccine and kids in England have already reached their sugar limit for the year.

16 June 2018

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News digest – cancer blood test, brain tumour vaccine, smoking, and how to predict a tumour’s future

Top stories this week: A ‘simple blood test’ isn’t the finished article, and an antifungal treatment has eliminated sleeping bowel cancer cells in mice. Top stories this week: A ‘simple blood test’ isn’t the finished article, and an antifungal treatment has eliminated sleeping bowel cancer cells in mice.

1 June 2018

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News digest – childhood leukaemia theory, AI diagnosis, junk food ads and ‘cancer-killing viruses’

Obesity dominates headlines this week and a senior scientist explains his theory on what might cause one type of childhood leukaemia. Obesity dominates headlines this week and a senior scientist explains his theory on what might cause one type of childhood leukaemia.

26 May 2018

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News digest – breast screening error, gene tests, childhood obesity and mobile phones

This week’s top story: Around 450,000 women in England weren’t invited for their final breast screening appointment due to an error with NHS computers. This week’s top story: Around 450,000 women in England weren’t invited for their final breast screening appointment due to an error with NHS computers.

5 May 2018

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News digest – cancer blood test progress, health food police, Tessa Jowell and… a ‘cancer-detecting mole’?

This week’s news includes the hunt for a cancer blood test, health food police in supermarkets and a skin implant that spots cancer in mice. This week’s news includes the hunt for a cancer blood test, health food police in supermarkets and a skin implant that spots cancer in mice.

21 April 2018

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British Science Week 2018: how our pioneers are exploring cancer

This British Science Week we'll be catching up with some of our pioneering scientists that are tackling cancer differently. This British Science Week we'll be catching up with some of our pioneering scientists that are tackling cancer differently.

9 March 2018

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News digest - obesity and cancer, bacteria on skin, new immunotherapy targets and… vaping safety?

In the news this week: Bacteria might protect against skin cancer and worrying obesity projections for millennials. In the news this week: Bacteria might protect against skin cancer and worrying obesity projections for millennials.

3 March 2018