Flu epidemic
Experiment shows Covid virus can shrink tumors of 4 types of late-stage cancer
Based on that effect, scientists could design a safe treatment using benign viruses or a vaccine using the RNA of the COVID virus itself.
Tumors
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Animal world
Which animals are susceptible to cancer?
Cancer is common in many animals, but science still has many unknowns, such as which animals are susceptible to cancer and why?
Cancer
Positive trial results of drug that 'melts' cancer tumors
A drug that can 'melt away' tumours could dramatically increase the chances of curing colorectal cancer and could even replace surgery, doctors say.
Cancer
New Breakthrough: 'Hack' Tumors, Turn Cancer Cells Into Pills
A new method by American scientists could help solve even cases of treatment-resistant cancer.
Cancer
The only place to prepare radioactive drugs for cancer diagnosis in Vietnam
Before Vietnam could prepare these two drugs, cancer patients had to go abroad if they needed to use them.
Biology
Identifying the deadly link between oral bacteria and cancer
A study recently published in the scientific journal Nature points to a factor that promotes the progression of the world's second most deadly cancer.
Cancer
Breakthrough in research on early detection of bowel cancer tumors
Scientists discovered that when the biological bacteria Escherichia coli Nissle is present in the intestines, they prefer to live in lesions that are precursors to colon…
Cancer
Prospects for the treatment of patients with difficult-to-diagnose breast tumors
After performing genomic methylation in a group of patients, the team found that breast phyllodes tumors had unique methylation compared to normal breast tissue and that…
Cancer
'Miracle particle' makes cancerous tumors disappear
Scientists have successfully created a mini drug factory, the size of a needle that can treat cancer in a few days.
Cancer
Chinese scientists develop hydrogel to help burn tumors in the body
Chinese scientists have developed a hydrogel that can offer dual effectiveness in the fight against cancer.
Cancer
Breakthrough: An ultrasound technique helps destroy liver cancer tumors without surgery
Sound waves will break down solid tumors into liquid form, so that immune cells can clean up and eliminate them.
Health
Building a micro robot to help treat tumors
An Australian startup is about to send microscopic robots deep into the human skull to treat brain diseases like Dandy-Walker syndrome and gliomas.
1001 mystery
Mysterious case: 65 Americans with extremely rare brain tumors, all related to the same school
When a very, very rare disease occurs in several members of a family, a genetic predisposition is thought of.
Health
New method of healing by microgravity
Cancer and bacteria cells behave differently when they are not affected by the Earth's gravity.
Cancer
New drug causes cancer to 'starve'
Scientists have developed a new drug to help block the metabolism of glutamine - the substance needed to grow tumors.