All Oncology


Wasp venom can kill cancer

Evoluted New Media | Added: 21 Oct 2015

Brazilian wasp venom can selectively kill cancer cells without harming normal cells.

Blood test can predict future breast cancer

Evoluted New Media | Added: 19 May 2015

Scientists have discovered that a method known as biocontour profiling can predict breast cancer.!-…

Funding for top scientists for pancreatic cancer treatment

Evoluted New Media | Added: 11 Mar 2015

Cancer Research UK, Stand Up To Cancer and The Lustgarten Foundation have collaborated to fund the …

Treating cancer by draining its fuel tank

Evoluted New Media | Added: 28 Nov 2014

Mitochondria fuelled by related proteins are key to promoting the proliferative expansion and survi…

On the move; new device follows metastasis

Evoluted New Media | Added: 10 Nov 2014

Cancer researchers have got an unprecedented microscopic look at metastasis thanks to a new device …

Queen’s to head £6m cancer prevention initiative

Evoluted New Media | Added: 29 Sep 2014

Queen’s University in Belfast are to spearhead a £6 million initiative to find better ways to preve…

Treating cancer with wasp venom

Evoluted New Media | Added: 18 Aug 2014

Wasp venom is proving to be a novel source of inspiration for a new therapy for breast cancer.!--mo…

Daily aspirin could keep cancer away

Evoluted New Media | Added: 6 Aug 2014

Taking aspirin daily could significantly reduce the risk of developing major cancers of the digesti…

Self-assembling nanoparticle could aid cancer diagnosis

Evoluted New Media | Added: 29 Jul 2014

A new self-assembling nanoparticle which targets cancerous tumours could boost the effectiveness of…

Four new genes confirmed to increase familial breast cancer risk

Evoluted New Media | Added: 20 Jun 2014

Four new genes have been added to those already known to increase the risk of familial breast cance…

Neutron analysis reveals cancer drug clustering

Evoluted New Media | Added: 30 May 2014

Cancer pharmaceuticals currently have to be administered intravenously because of a tendency for so…

New gene linked to oesophageal cancer treatment

Evoluted New Media | Added: 23 May 2014

A newly discovered gene linked to oesophageal cancer could hold the key to treatments for the hard-…

Breast cancer mimics brain development process

Evoluted New Media | Added: 2 May 2014

A key element in the development of the nervous system may also play a pivotal role in the spread o…

Rotating nanoparticles cause cancer cells to self-destruct

Evoluted New Media | Added: 29 Apr 2014

Magnetically controlled nanoparticles which force tumour cells to self-destruct could form part of …

Preserving fertility in young male cancer patients

Evoluted New Media | Added: 2 Apr 2014

Freezing testicular tissue from young boys who are not yet sexually mature before they undergo canc…

Merm1 cancer target

Evoluted New Media | Added: 26 Mar 2014

A newly-discovered enzyme is supressed in cancer and lung inflammation and could help in the develo…

Prostate cancer drugs ‘not treating root cause’

Evoluted New Media | Added: 5 Mar 2014

New drugs aimed at treating prostate cancer may not be targeting the root cause of the disease say …

Breaking the blood-brain barrier

Evoluted New Media | Added: 28 Oct 2013

Scientists from the University of Oxford have broken the blood-brain barrier, allowing cancer drugs…

Why blind mole rats don’t get cancer

Evoluted New Media | Added: 19 Dec 2012

Biologists have determined why blind mole rats are immune to cancer. The mechanism differs from tha…

‘Barcode’ blood test for prostate cancer

Evoluted New Media | Added: 26 Oct 2012

A blood test that reads genetic changes like a barcode, and can detect aggressive prostate cancer h…