In UK over 3 million procedures using live animals are carried out each year. In USA the annual number is estimated at some 22 million. Biotechnology is at last providing future research alternatives to the use of captured wild and industry bred animals for medical research. Research technology is now proving ever better at predicting…
UK Cancer diagnoses for Breast Cancer fell alarmingly during the summer. At the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic thousands of routine operations, scans and appointments were cancelled. Patients were later scared to visit hospitals for a mammogram screening for fear of catching the virus. In consequence of this screening and diagnosis pause due to the…
Immunotherapy is not a new approach for the treatment of cancer. Over a century ago William Coley observed beneficial effects in certain cancer patients1 after injecting them with a mixture of Streptococcus pyogenes and Serratia marcescens (Coley’s toxin) to boost the immune system, about which little was known at that time.
Technology photo created by pressfoto – www.freepik.com The first UK study to estimate the proportion of womb cancers caused by an inherited cancer predisposition called Lynch syndrome has been carried out by The University of Manchester. Almost 3% of womb cancers are linked to a hereditary condition named Lynch syndrome, according to new clinical research…