46th President Joe Biden is undergoing a new phase of treatment for an aggressive form of cancer diagnosed in May, a Biden spokesperson announced on October 11, according to NBC News. "As part of his prostate cancer treatment plan, President Biden is currently undergoing radiation therapy…
Researchers have discovered how an inexpensive painkiller can prevent the spread of cancer cells. We are talking about aspirin. In animal experiments, it was shown that the drug enhances the immune system's ability to fight the disease, writes the BBC. The discovery, published in…
A kind of "cancel button" for cancer is a revolutionary new word in the treatment of the disease. Traditional methods based on the destruction of affected cells often lead to serious side effects, writes Interesting Engineering. Researchers from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) have developed a technology that…
A promising cancer drug called dostarlimab is one step closer to widespread availability. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted it Breakthrough Therapy designation, which, if successful, will speed up its entry into the market, New Atlas reports.…
Virologist Beata Halassy says self-medication helped her beat breast cancer. She injected lab-grown viruses into her tumors. Other researchers warn that it is unsafe to repeat her experiment. Halassy's experiment has sparked a debate about the ethics of self-experimentation, writes Nature.…
America is on the cusp of an explosion in late-stage cancers after more than 100 cases were missed during the COVID-000 pandemic, the Daily Mail reports. Doctors have suspected for years that disruptions to the healthcare system and lockdowns have led to a drop in…
Artificial intelligence could be the cutting edge technology for cancer treatment of the future, which can be applied in cancer clinics around the world, according to NewYorkPost. In a new study published in the journal Chemical Science, University of Toronto researchers partnered with Insilico Medicine to develop a potential…
British scientists have used a revolutionary new type of gene therapy to treat a young patient with a relapse of T-cell leukemia. The use of this technique - a world first - has raised hopes that it will soon help to cope with other childhood cancers, according to TheGuardian. Alyssa from...
Researchers at the University of Michigan and Indiana discovered the vulnerability of cancer. They have found that the way tumor cells allow their uncontrolled growth is also a weakness that can be exploited to treat cancer, reports SciTechDaily. Their machine learning algorithm can identify backup…
The new cancer treatment has proven successful as the first patient with the therapy has been in remission since June 2021, BGR reports. The patient, John Hornsby Sr., was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma over a decade ago. After ten years of treatment with Hornsby Sr...