Science Snaps

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Science Snaps: rearranging our understanding of the cancer genome

Our latest Science Snaps post looks at genetic rearrangement in ovarian cancer. Our latest Science Snaps post looks at genetic rearrangement in ovarian cancer.

9 April 2020

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Science Snaps: stopping cancer in its tracks

Our scientists at the Beatson Institute are using powerful microscopes to zoom in on how cancer cells move. Our scientists at the Beatson Institute are using powerful microscopes to zoom in on how cancer cells move.

16 March 2020

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Science Snaps: targeting cancers' surroundings

Scientists are intercepting conversations between supporting cells and blood vessels that could help cancer spread. Scientists are intercepting conversations between supporting cells and blood vessels that could help cancer spread.

24 January 2020

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Science Snaps: solving the mystery of an oddly-shaped tumour

Scientists have developed an entirely new way to look at tumours. And it's helped them solve the mystery of how some pancreatic tumours develop. Scientists have developed an entirely new way to look at tumours. And it's helped them solve the mystery of how some pancreatic tumours develop.

12 August 2019

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Science Snaps: seeing the effects of proteins we know nothing about

Anh Hoang Le, a PhD student at the Cancer Research UK Beatson Institute in Glasgow, studies two proteins that we know curiously little about: CYRI-A and CYRI-B. Anh Hoang Le, a PhD student at the Cancer Research UK Beatson Institute in Glasgow, studies two proteins that we know curiously little about: CYRI-A and CYRI-B.

24 June 2019

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Science Snaps: revealing a potential new marker for aggressive prostate cancer

Our scientists have uncovered a new marker that's found on treatment-resistant prostate cancer cells. Our scientists have uncovered a new marker that's found on treatment-resistant prostate cancer cells.

19 March 2019

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Science Snaps: spotting lung cancers’ ‘crime hotspots’

Scientists are turning to crime-mapping tech as a new way to look at cancer. Scientists are turning to crime-mapping tech as a new way to look at cancer.

26 November 2018

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Science Snaps: digging for clues on how bowel cancer starts

We find out how stem cells could provide clues to how bowel cancer develops. We find out how stem cells could provide clues to how bowel cancer develops.

1 November 2018

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Science Snaps: how nappy technology is helping us see cancer more clearly

Find out how Professor Ed Boyden at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and his team have adapted the technology found in babies' nappies to take sharper images of cancer cells. Find out how Professor Ed Boyden at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and his team have adapted the technology found in babies' nappies to take sharper images of cancer cells.

27 September 2018

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Science Snaps: a fly on the wall of cancer research

Tiny fruit flies – officially called Drosophila melanogaster – have helped scientists uncover a huge amount about cancer in the lab. Tiny fruit flies – officially called Drosophila melanogaster – have helped scientists uncover a huge amount about cancer in the lab.

2 June 2017

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Science Snaps: mapping cellular ‘stars’, one molecule at a time

How do you study cell division, without cells? How do you study cell division, without cells?

6 April 2017

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Science Snaps: fixing a cellular ‘antenna’

We find out about how cells can ignore messages that would otherwise control them. We find out about how cells can ignore messages that would otherwise control them.

2 March 2017