Anti-fungal drug eliminates sleeping bowel cancer cells
29 May 2018
A common anti-fungal medication could help eliminate dormant cells within bowel tumours, Cambridge research reveals.
Leukaemia: protective role of Y chromosome gene discovered
29 May 2018
Cambridge scientists have discovered the first leukaemia protective gene that is specific to the male-only Y chromosome.
Cambridge joins Project GENIE consortium
18 May 2018
Cambridge joins international consortium for sharing genetic data on tumours to advance precision cancer medicine.
Human anti-cancer drugs could help treat transmissible cancers in Tasmanian devils
9 Apr 2018
Human anti-cancer drugs could help treat endangered species.
Promising results point to reduction in duration of Herceptin for some women
16 May 2018
Six months of Herceptin could be as effective as 12 months for some women with HER2 positive breast cancer.
'Killer' kidney cancers identified by studying their evolution
13 Apr 2018
Cambridge kidney researchers show that first seeds of the disease are sown in adolescence.
The body in miniature
20 Mar 2018
Cambridge research groups growing mini-livers, mini-brains, mini-oesophaguses, mini-lungs and other organs are helping to transform biomedical research.