The effectiveness of current treatments for melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer, could be improved by using approaches that wipe out the ‘survival system’ of cancer cells according to a study published in Nature Communications today. Researchers from the Babraham Institute, AstraZeneca and the Cancer Research UK Cambridge Centre have demonstrated an approach, used […]
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Blocking platelets: A possible option to prevent fatty liver disease and liver cancer
Blood platelets that interact with liver cells and immune cells play a major role in the development of fatty liver disease, non-alcoholic fatty liver inflammation and liver cancer, scientists from the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) in Heidelberg and from Zurich University and University Hospital have now shown in a publication. The researchers have also […]
Pen-pushers blocking cash for dementia care
Pen-pushers blocking cash for dementia care — leaving families to pick up the bill When Peter Beal fell trying to get out of his house in the middle of the night in 2017, it was literally the tipping point in his struggle with Alzheimer’s disease. Peter, who’d been a manuscripts expert at Sotheby’s, had been […]
Autistic children given sex change drugs by the NHS
Autistic children given sex change drugs by the NHS: Up to 150 youngsters treated with puberty-blocking jabs ‘might not even be transgender’ Up to 150 youngsters have been given ‘puberty blocker’ drugs, which stop the body maturing, after being seen at Britain’s only NHS child transgender clinic Drugs, which can permanently weaken bones, are often […]