• Science & Technology
• Health & Medicine

News digest - drug approval, flexible pressure sensor, pen-sized microscope, engineered molecules and… olive oil?

Cancer drugs approved, a tiny microscope for spotting cancer cells, engineering molecules so cells can ‘sense’ and why some £5 olive oil isn’t worth it. Cancer drugs approved, a tiny microscope for spotting cancer cells, engineering molecules so cells can ‘sense’ and why some £5 olive oil isn’t worth it.

30 January 2016

• Science & Technology
• Health & Medicine

News digest - oxygen scan, tiny tech, Chief Medical Officer’s report, ovarian cancer drug approval and… contradicting articles?

Scanning for oxygen, tiny tech and nanobubbles, Chief Medical Officer on obesity threat, NHS green light for ovarian cancer drug and spot the contradiction. Scanning for oxygen, tiny tech and nanobubbles, Chief Medical Officer on obesity threat, NHS green light for ovarian cancer drug and spot the contradiction.

12 December 2015

• Health & Medicine

Ovarian cancer drug wins NICE approval

NICE has given the NHS the green light over a drug which can extend the lives of ovarian cancer patients. NICE has given the NHS the green light over a drug which can extend the lives of ovarian cancer patients.

11 December 2015

• Science & Technology

The 0.01 per cent: can over-the-counter genetic tests help you be healthier?

Is the future written in your genes? We investigate whether over-the-counter genetic tests can predict our risk of cancer. Is the future written in your genes? We investigate whether over-the-counter genetic tests can predict our risk of cancer.

2 December 2015

• Health & Medicine

Men with advanced prostate cancer could benefit from ‘targeted’ drug

A small UK clinical trial has found that a drug developed to target inherited gene faults could benefit some men whose prostate cancer has spread. A small UK clinical trial has found that a drug developed to target inherited gene faults could benefit some men whose prostate cancer has spread.

28 October 2015

• Health & Medicine
• Science & Technology

News digest - Nobel Prizes, elephants, a vanishing boy and wonder diets... Oh my!

Here's what made the headlines this week in cancer news. Here's what made the headlines this week in cancer news.

10 October 2015

• Science & Technology
• Policy & Insight

Expert Opinion - treating cancer by exploiting how its DNA is repaired

We spoke to two of our own experts about how they're targeting fundamental repair processes in our cells to tip cancer cells over the edge. We spoke to two of our own experts about how they're targeting fundamental repair processes in our cells to tip cancer cells over the edge.

18 September 2015

• Science & Technology
• Health & Medicine

News digest - NHS cancer services struggling, melanoma drug approved, cancer trap implant and...crocus cancer drug?

NHS diagnosis services struggling, new immunotherapy treatment gets approval for melanoma, the cancer trap implant and can crocuses really cure cancer? NHS diagnosis services struggling, new immunotherapy treatment gets approval for melanoma, the cancer trap implant and can crocuses really cure cancer?

12 September 2015

• Health & Medicine

Discovering new ways to prevent cancer

Earlier this year we held a three-day workshop searching for the best new research ideas in cancer prevention - here's what happened. Earlier this year we held a three-day workshop searching for the best new research ideas in cancer prevention - here's what happened.

28 July 2015

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Hitting the self-destruct switch – standing up to womb cancer with PARP inhibitors

We take a look at what a new class of drugs called PARP inhibitors are doing to fight womb cancer. We take a look at what a new class of drugs called PARP inhibitors are doing to fight womb cancer.

23 July 2015

• Science & Technology

Scientists solve breast and ovarian cancer genetic mystery

Francis Crick Institute scientists have solved a decades-old mystery and helped to unravel the genetic cause of some breast and ovarian cancers Francis Crick Institute scientists have solved a decades-old mystery and helped to unravel the genetic cause of some breast and ovarian cancers

16 July 2015

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• Health & Medicine

News digest - Manchester Centre, cervical symptoms, organoids and… avocados?

A new research centre, ‘organoids’ to beat cancer, and the deadly effects of smoking… all this and more in our weekly news digest. A new research centre, ‘organoids’ to beat cancer, and the deadly effects of smoking… all this and more in our weekly news digest.

20 June 2015