Scientists have uncovered an intriguing signalling pathway linking cancer and diabetes.
Scientists have found that the growth of Medulloblastoma brain tumour cells in mice can be significantly slowed using existing anti-viral medicines.
Schizophrenia is one of the most common serious mental health conditions in the UK, affecting 1 in 2000 people at some time in their lives.
Brain cancers caused by malignant gliomas account for around 3,000 deaths in the UK each year.
A vaccine containing a broad spectrum of tumour antigens delivered in a virus vector successfully treated 8 out of 10 mice with prostate cancer.
Leukaemia causing stem cells have been eliminated in mice by suppressing two proteins.
A novel ‘Trojan horse' method of treating brain cancer has increased the survival time of mice by one half.
Some breast cancers do not respond to currently available chemotherapy.
Prostate tumours have been in reduced in mice using a medicine originally designed to treat obesity.
Scientists have identified a genetic change that makes lung tumours more likely to spread to other parts of the body.
The discovery of a gene linked to skin cancer in zebrafish could lead to new treatments for the disease.
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