Credit: Illustration, Survivornet Harnessing the body’s own ability to seek and destroy cancer cells has been one of the most promising methods of treating blood cancers, like leukaemia. The expensive technology reprogrammes a patient’s immune cells, called T-cells, and then returns them back into the patient where they can eradiate the cancer cells. This personalised…
Every year many thousands of women across the world will be diagnosed with Cervical Cancer. And nearly a third of women diagnosed will die from this disease. In emerging areas of Africa and Asia where cervical tests are unavailable, a Cervical Cancer diagnosis is effectively a death sentence. Screenings through relevant country early detection programmes for…
Professor Ian Hampson, Ravan Bio Laboratories Problems with diet and nutrition cause up to 25% of cancers worldwide. Obesity, stemming from poor diet and lack of physical activity, accounts forapproximately 15% of all cancers and about 5% of cancers are attributable to alcohol abuse, with another 5% to specific dietary factors such as consumption of…
Photo: Jana Sabeth, Unsplash Life expectancy in developed countries has increased dramatically during the 20th century following control of infectious diseases and more nutritious diet. However, incidence of aged-related diseases such as cancer, late-onset obesity (which can lead to over 10 different cancers), hasincreased markedly. Ageing is now the greatest risk factor for many life-threatening…