Catching Up with Cancer Research
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This week, we catch up with the latest from the front line of cancer research. Kat Arney reports from the National Cancer Research Institute's annual conference, we find out how proton therapy is promising for targeting tumours and look at the hormones and stem cells involved in breast cancer. Also, the role of aspirin in the 1918 Spanish flu epidemic, how recession could be healthy and tuning in to the Earth's vibrations. Plus, in Kitchen Science, we show you how to see using sound!
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Our own Kat Arney reports from the National Cancer Research Institute Annual Conference in Birmingham...
Proton therapy - a type of radiotherapy using beams of charged ions to target tumours, could avoid some of the collateral damage of traditional radiotherapy. Professor Karen Kirkby explains more...
Stem cells are known for their ability to regenerate and differentiate to form lots of the cells in our bodies. But as well as this crucial role in our growth and development, it seems that rogue stem cells might be at the heart of cancer formation in many cases including breas...
Is it called GSK3 because it’s owned by GlaxoSmithKline?
Is it true that vitamin C helps to cure cancer or perhaps even prevent it? And if so, how’s that possible?
Breast cancer is still the most common cancer in the UK and it affects around 45,000 women and around 300 men every year. Although survival rates are improving year-on-year, there are thousands of people who still lose their lives to breast cancer. And often, this is because h...
Build your own primitive sonar with a computer and a microphone, and find out how this relates to medical ultrasound.
“I’ve just received an email claiming that using an anti-perspirant can possibly cause breast cancer. Is there any proof in this? I’ve been using an anti-perspirant for many years.”
Why do cancer and AIDS patients lose weight so rapidly?
Is it possible to identify the first cell to mutate in cancer, like the ground zero for cancer, if you will?
I know that blood is made inside the cavity of our bones. Given that sharks are cartilaginous fish, how do they make blood?
Where is an elephant’s bone marrow? Can you please give me some more details on elephant bones? Where does its red cells get formed in the first place?
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