Tag: cancer
Medicine against prostate cancer in new COVID-19 study
In a new trial, Swedish researchers will investigate if a medicine normally used to treat prostate cancer can also be used to treat COVID-19...
Large increase in HPV-related head and neck cancer in Denmark
The research project, recently published in the European Journal of Cancer, examined occurrences of HPV in oropharyngeal cancer patients from Zealand, Bornholm, Greenland and...
Overzealous cell membrane guardians could increase the risk of cancer
Researchers at the University of Oslo and Oslo University Hospital have discovered how destructive changes occur in our genome. This could lead to cancer....
Novel biomarker technology for cancer diagnostics
A new way of identifying cancer biomarkers has been developed by researchers at Lund University in Sweden. The new technology allows very sensitive, quick...
Novel function of platelets in tumour blood vessels found
Scientists at Uppsala University have discovered a hitherto unknown function of blood platelets in cancer. In mouse models, these platelets have proved to help...
Uncontrolled membrane repair causes chromosome fragmentation
In a recent paper in Nature Cell Biology, an international team led by scientists at Institute for Cancer Research and Institute of Basic Medical...