Anne Li 1/1/17
Cancer is a genetic disease—that is, cancer is caused by certain changes to genes that control the way our cells function, especially how they grow…
Anne Li 1/1/17
As you think about taking part in a clinical trial, you will face the issue of how to cover the costs of care.…
Anne Li 1/1/17
People who consistently smoked an average of less than one cigarette per day over their lifetimes had a 64 percent higher risk of earlier…
Anne Li 1/1/17
In a study of an immune therapy for colorectal cancer that involved a single patient, a team of…
Anne Li 1/1/17
Researchers have created a long-sought-after mouse model for the most common form of infant leukemia, an aggressive form of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) for…
Anne Li 1/1/17
In an early-phase clinical trial of a new oral drug, selumetinib, children with the common genetic disorder neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) and…
Anne Li 1/1/17
A drug most commonly used to treat depression may also reduce joint pain in some…
Anne Li 1/1/17
Scientists in London have discovered a possible way that some cancer cells invade their surroundings and escape a tumour. If confirmed…
Anne Li 1/1/17
The two main types of oesophageal, or food pipe cancer, display distinct genetic characteristics and should be studied separately in clinical trials, according to a large US…
Anne Li 1/1/17
The New Year honours list includes three Cancer Research UK experts who are being recognised for their service to science. Michael Pragnell is Cancer…