Infections

• Health & Medicine

Cancer jab scandal? Hardly…

17 November 2008

• Health & Medicine

The cervical cancer vaccine has arrived

3 September 2008

• Health & Medicine

The ‘cervical cancer’ vaccine

26 October 2007

• Health & Medicine

How vaccines can prevent cancer

Vaccines against specific viruses could prevent one in ten cases of cancer in Britain - according to a new report by Cancer Research UK Vaccines against specific viruses could prevent one in ten cases of cancer in Britain - according to a new report by Cancer Research UK

10 March 2006

• Health & Medicine

Origin of cancer common in people with HIV points way to therapy

A virus turns lymph vessel cells into a cancer that affects people with weakened immune systems, according to research published in Nature Genetics1. A virus turns lymph vessel cells into a cancer that affects people with weakened immune systems, according to research published in Nature Genetics1.

27 June 2004

• Health & Medicine

Scientists trigger suicide switch in ovarian cancer cells

Genetically engineering viruses to carry a suicide gene into ovarian cancer cells could become a potent way to tackle the disease, a leading Cancer Research UK scientist reveals at a conference in Glasgow today. Genetically engineering viruses to carry a suicide gene into ovarian cancer cells could become a potent way to tackle the disease, a leading Cancer Research UK scientist reveals at a conference in Glasgow today.

21 June 2004

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Birmingham scientists use viruses to combat cancer

Using viruses to target cancer cells could increase the effectiveness of conventional chemotherapy, according to a study published in the British Journal of Cancer1. Using viruses to target cancer cells could increase the effectiveness of conventional chemotherapy, according to a study published in the British Journal of Cancer1.

26 August 2003

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Scottish study reveals cancer risk of HIV

HIV patients over the last 20 years have been far more likely to develop cancer than the population as a whole, according to a Scottish study published in the British Journal of Cancer1. HIV patients over the last 20 years have been far more likely to develop cancer than the population as a whole, according to a Scottish study published in the British Journal of Cancer1.

29 July 2003

• Health & Medicine

From viral red alert to new breed of cancer vaccine

Cancer Research UK scientists have discovered a key element of the body's red alert system against viruses, opening the way for a new breed of vaccine against cancer and other non-viral diseases. Cancer Research UK scientists have discovered a key element of the body's red alert system against viruses, opening the way for a new breed of vaccine against cancer and other non-viral diseases.

22 June 2003