Cancer fight plan turns to tiny tools
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THE US National Cancer Institute announced a new five-year plan this week to develop the use of tiny tools to fight cancer, saying nanotechnology just might provide the edge needed.
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Immune cells taken from one person may be able to join the battle against cancer in another, says a researcher.
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This small biotech provides screens that can help catch cancer.
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A small study shows its cancer treatment is comparable to others in terms of usefulness. Safety data is unknown.
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The New York LifeLab is one of several groups that have sprung up to address the unique needs of young adults who have survived cancer.
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Scientists hope to be able to use a harmless form of the AIDS virus to seek destroy cancer.
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A gel to destroy cervical cancer cells and minimise the threat of disease is under development.
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The US government will spend a whopping 144.3 million dollars to apply nanotechnology to the fight against cancer, the National Cancer Institute announced.
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Women in Britain with breast cancer will soon benefit from a pioneering surgical technique developed by Professor Robert Mansel and his team at Cardiff University, Wales College of Medicine in the UK.
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Researchers at Indiana University, Ohio State University and the University of Missouri have begun a five-year, $8 million project that will help doctors better understand the damage caused by breast and ovarian cancers.
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A painstaking scan of the DNA of  tumor cells shows hundreds of previously unsuspected genes are  involved in cancer, researchers said on Wednesday in a finding  that offers new ways to fight the disease.
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Researchers at Stanford University in California suggest cancer cells might be reformed, which could lead to new cancer treatments.
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Scientists at the University of Cambridge develop new treatments for cancer.
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Instead of using surgery, chemotherapy, or radiation, researchers from the National Institutes of Health are finding so-far limited but inspiring success in a new approach for fighting cancer, using the immune system to attack the tumors the way it would a cold or flu.
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The genetic building blocks that form the basis for life may also be used to build the tiny machines of nanotechnology, U.S. researchers said on Thursday.
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Experts say they have paved the way for tiny supercomputers which could fit in the palm of the hand.
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Dentists could test patients' spit for breast cancer if a new device gets the go-ahead.