Immune discovery ‘may treat all cancer’
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Immune discovery ‘may treat all cancer’

Byangie vallejo

This article was taken from: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-51182451 By James GallagherHealth and science correspondent A newly-discovered part of our immune system could be harnessed to treat all cancers, say scientists. The Cardiff University team discovered a method of killing prostate, breast, lung and other cancers in lab tests. The findings, published in Nature Immunology, have not been…

Sepsis test could cut diagnosis time from days to minutes
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Sepsis test could cut diagnosis time from days to minutes

Byangie vallejo

This article was taken from: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-49677463 By BBC News Photo by: Global Sepsis Alliance – World Sepsis Day website Scientists say a new test for sepsis could cut diagnosis times from days to minutes. Detecting the deadly illness is difficult because the symptoms are nondescript. Current tests can take as long as 48 hours –…

Research for new treatments for women with a type of incurable breast cancer has taken a “remarkable” step forward.
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Research for new treatments for women with a type of incurable breast cancer has taken a “remarkable” step forward.

Byangie vallejo

This article was taken from: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-48473578 By Owain ClarkeBBC Wales health correspondent Research for new treatments for women with a type of incurable breast cancer has taken a “remarkable” step forward. Women given a new combination of drugs had much greater chance of seeing shrinkage in their tumours, a clinical trial led by Cardiff scientists…

Wales can be ‘global player’ in next generation medicine
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Wales can be ‘global player’ in next generation medicine

Byangie vallejo

This article was taken from: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-47852728 By Owain Clarke BBC Wales health correspondent Wales can become a “global player” in precision medicine and game-changing treatments, according to the health minister. Vaughan Gething is officially opening the UK’s first high-energy proton beam therapy centre for treating cancer. The Rutherford Cancer Centre in Newport is a private clinic but took…

Brain donation urged by Cardiff dementia research centre

Brain donation urged by Cardiff dementia research centre

ByMatthew Betteridge

This article was taken from: http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-43084710 By By Natalie Crockett BBC News Older people in Wales are being urged to think about donating their brains after they die to help scientists researching dementia. Researchers at Cardiff University are not actively recruiting at the moment but are still keen to hear from people aged over 85 without a diagnosis….