• Health & Medicine

Cancer Research UK, LifeArc and Ono Pharma form cancer immunotherapy alliance

New immunotherapy drug targets for cancer will be progressed through a multimillion-pound drug discovery alliance announced today. New immunotherapy drug targets for cancer will be progressed through a multimillion-pound drug discovery alliance announced today.

27 March 2019

• Health & Medicine

Special offers fuel obese shoppers

Shoppers whose supermarket trolleys are stacked with food and drink offered on special promotions have more than a 50% increased chance of being obese. Shoppers whose supermarket trolleys are stacked with food and drink offered on special promotions have more than a 50% increased chance of being obese.

27 March 2019

• For Researchers

Enabling promising postdocs to become the global research leaders of tomorrow

Funded in partnership with AACR, our new Transatlantic Fellowships provide high-potential early career researchers with a unique opportunity to accelerate their Funded in partnership with AACR, our new Transatlantic Fellowships provide high-potential early career researchers with a unique opportunity to accelerate their

26 March 2019

• Science & Technology
• Health & Medicine

News digest – hot tea, cancer doctor shortages, junk food ad ban proposals and baby Grady  

In this week’s news: headlines saying ‘hot tea causes oesophageal cancer’ miss crucial details and Government proposes junk food ad watershed. In this week’s news: headlines saying ‘hot tea causes oesophageal cancer’ miss crucial details and Government proposes junk food ad watershed.

23 March 2019

• Health & Medicine

Targeted lymphoma drug gets green light for NHS in England

People with a certain type of lymphoma will now have access to a targeted cancer drug, called brentuximab vedotin, on the NHS in England. People with a certain type of lymphoma will now have access to a targeted cancer drug, called brentuximab vedotin, on the NHS in England.

22 March 2019

• Science & Technology
• Health & Medicine

Could the bacteria in our gut help treat cancer?

Gut bacteria may help some bowel cancers grow. Our Grand Challenge scientists want to see if tinkering with these tiny communities could be a new way to treat cancer. Gut bacteria may help some bowel cancers grow. Our Grand Challenge scientists want to see if tinkering with these tiny communities could be a new way to treat cancer.

21 March 2019

• Science & Technology

The immune system preys on growing lung cancers, forcing them to evolve to survive

Scientists are taking a leaf out of Darwin's evolutionary handbook to understand how lung cancer evolves. Scientists are taking a leaf out of Darwin's evolutionary handbook to understand how lung cancer evolves.

20 March 2019

• Health & Medicine

Headlines saying ‘hot tea causes oesophageal cancer’ miss crucial details

Hot drinks have hit headlines today, with new research sparking claims that hot tea ‘doubles the risk of oesophageal cancer’. But how hot is hot? And are the headlines anything to worry about? Hot drinks have hit headlines today, with new research sparking claims that hot tea ‘doubles the risk of oesophageal cancer’. But how hot is hot? And are the headlines anything to worry about?

20 March 2019

• Health & Medicine
• Policy & Insight

Cancer doctor shortage ‘will impact patients’, says Royal College

A shortage of cancer doctors in the NHS is likely to impact patients, according to a new report. A shortage of cancer doctors in the NHS is likely to impact patients, according to a new report.

20 March 2019

• Health & Medicine

Breast cancer death rates continue to fall in UK

Breast cancer death rates will fall in the UK and across nearly all EU countries in 2019, a new study predicts. Breast cancer death rates will fall in the UK and across nearly all EU countries in 2019, a new study predicts.

19 March 2019

• Science & Technology

Cell culture shock – a scientist’s hunt for the perfect cocktail

Lab-grown cells live on liquid food called cell culture media. But off-the-shelf recipes could be skewing experiments, posing a challenge for cancer research. Lab-grown cells live on liquid food called cell culture media. But off-the-shelf recipes could be skewing experiments, posing a challenge for cancer research.

18 March 2019