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Cancer and Genomics Combining anti-tumour drugs with chemo may improve rare children’s cancer outcomes Phase 2 trial found adding Bevacizumab to different chemotherapy drugs led to more patients’ tumours shrinking, which has helped to change routine UK treatment.
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21 November 2022 ‘Playbook’ sets out ways to fight back against antimicrobial resistance ‘Resistance breakers’ and better genetic tests are among new ways that scientists could address antimicrobial resistance, a new paper suggests.
16 November 2022 Inflammation and Ageing Research Fellow receives £1.2M Competitive MRC Career Development Fellowship Dr Jon Hazeldine, Research Fellow at the University of Birmingham, has been awarded a competitive MRC Career Development Award Fellowship totalling £1.2M.
15 November 2022 Researchers make miniature ‘bone marrows in a dish’ to improve anti-cancer treatments The organoids provide a micro-environment that can accept and support the survival of cells from patients with blood malignancies
14 November 2022 New UK-first trial to screen 20,000 children for type 1 diabetes Blood tests will identify children likely to develop type 1 diabetes, allowing earlier, safer diagnosis
14 November 2022 Childhood maltreatment linked with higher risk of asthma and atopic disease UK analysis raises need for awareness of health implications for patients following abuse and neglect
11 November 2022 Rare cancer treatment changed thanks to major clinical trial Children and adult with a rare form of bone cancer are receiving a new standard of treatment that is more effective, thanks to a CRCTU clinical trial.
08 November 2022 Antibody therapies against Covid-19 for most vulnerable patients work, new analysis finds The largest analysis of data on antibody therapies for protecting clinically extremely vulnerable people from Covid-19 shows that they are effective.
27 October 2022 How chameleon cancers can change their colors to survive treatment Some leukemias evade treatment by changing their appearance and identity through changing the read-out of their DNA, a new study has found.
20 October 2022 Single stranded suture threads could prevent pregnancy infection complications, C-STICH trial finds Results of the clinical trial published in the Lancet found single-strand suture threads could reduce risk of infection after cerclage surgery