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Novel therapies curb surgery for ulcerative colitis, study suggests

18 July, 20252025

Greater access to innovative treatments could be linked to a drop in patients requiring surgery for…

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New insights into high grade serous ovarian cancer tumour evolution

02 July, 20252025

A study led by researchers at the Institute of Genetics and Cancer has gained new insights into how…

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Novel treatment could reduce side effects of anticancer drugs

27 June, 20252025

Researchers have developed a novel type of treatment involving what they call ‘metallic nano-bones…

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£1.5m project will focus on aggressive ovarian cancer

25 June, 20252025

How cancer resists treatment is the focus of a £1.5million Cancer Research UK project to find new…

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Scale of how ME/CFS affects blood revealed

20 June, 20252025

People with ME/CFS have significant differences in their blood compared with healthy individuals a…

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Harnessing artificial intelligence to identify genetic disease associations

12 June, 20252025

Researchers have used advanced artificial intelligence (AI) technology, developed by the popular…

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'Shapeshifting' cancer cells mimic skin to enable disease to spread

09 June, 20252025

Cancer cells can mimic skin or muscle cells in aggressive bowel cancer to enable them to spread…

Bowel cancer cells on the left of the diagram, with a rectangular shape, go through the “shapeshifting” process known as squamous/ mesenchymal transition and emerge with a different appearance akin to skin or muscle cells

Pet dogs could combat genetic eczema risk in children

04 June, 20252025

Having a dog at home could help to prevent eczema in children who are genetically prone to the…

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Researchers discover how enhancers can activate genes across domains

30 May, 20252025

A new study has shown for the first time that genetic switches known as enhancers can communicate…

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Researchers uncover key player behind gene repression in rare brain tumour

22 May, 20252025

Researchers have discovered an important molecular mechanism underlying diffuse midline glioma - an…

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