cancer

Your Awful Breath Has Its Own Fingerprint

The next time you wake up with morning breath, you can take pride that although it smells bad no one else’s is quite like yours. According to a recent study, you’ve got a “breathprint” that is not only unique to you, but could also predict diseases.


This Single Molecule Drives Cancer Cells To Suicide

A team of researchers has identified a single molecule, called TIC10, that kick-starts the body’s tumour-destroying systems — causing a chain reaction that can kill cancer dead.


Illuminating Brain Tumours With Scorpion Toxins Could Save Lives

Up until now, removing brain tumours has been a fairly imprecise — and thus highly dangerous — art. Cancerous tissue in the brain looks almost exactly like healthy tissue, and being just one millimetre off is enough to permanently affect a patient’s quality of life.


Samsung Chip Plant Linked To Cancer In Employee

Just when it thought allegations of poor working conditions were grounded, Samsung has been accused by the South Korean government of running a chip plant that causes cancer.


Girl Dying From Leukaemia Saved By HIV

Cancer and HIV are both terrifying things to have in your body, but a new treatment is successfully pitting the latter against the former, and seven-year-old Emma Whitehead is alive to prove it. Months ago she was near death because of her chemo-resistant leukaemia, and now she’s in remission thanks to a de-fanged version of HIV.


There’s Now Proof That Chemo Brain Is Real

Cancer survivors have long reported that chemotherapy changes their brains for the worse, leaving them with memory loss and an inability to concentrate. And now there’s firm evidence from West Virginia University School of Medicine that proves the existence of what has long been known as Chemo Brain.


Jellyfish-Inspired Microchip Captures Cancer Cells

The mesmerizing movements of jellyfish have inspired researchers to design all sorts of things, from mechatronic jellyfish that function as autonomous robots to artificial jellyfish built from rat cells and silicone. Now scientists have built a jellyfish-inspired microchip that can capture cancer and other rare cells in human blood.


How A Reddit Rage Comic Saved A Man’s Life

Four days ago, the rage comic above was posted to Reddit by CappnPoopdeck. It described the true story of her friend, a man who decided to try his ex-girlfriend’s pregnancy test himself. To his surprise and confusion, the results came back positive. Funny? Sure, sort of. But Reddit commenters also quickly noted a symptom of a potentially deadly disease.


Could The Common Cold Be Re-Engineered To Destroy Cancer?

We don’t yet know how to kill the common cold — we can only suppress it. But we might be able to use the ever-changing virus to kill something else we’ve been unable to destroy: cancer.


Evolving Bigger Brains May Have Made Us Prone To Cancer

If it’s not one thing, it’s another: a new hypothesis floating around the scientific community suggests that evolving bigger brains and superior intellect may have led to a dramatically elevated risk of cancer in humans. Thanks, brain.


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