Cancer Cure

Australian scientists say they may have found a cure for cancer

Scientists may have found a way to kill all types of cancer cells and shrink the tumours by building on top of a 200-year-old medical breakthrough.

Three things you probably didn’t know about cancer

One of the reasons why medical researchers haven’t been able to find a cure for cancer yet is the unpredictability of the disease.

Scientists now believe that a ketogenic diet may help stall the spread of certain types of cancer 

Scientists at the University of Texas in Dallas (UT Dallas), U.S., reported that the ketogenic diet may help to stall the spread of certain types of cancer.

Microgravity, stem cells and cancer: IIT Madras takes a new approach to finding a treatment for cancer

A research team at IIT Madras has been successful in isolating cancer stem cells by growing colorectal cancer cells in a microgravity environment.

Jawless parasitic fish might be cure for brain tumor and stroke, a new study finds

The molecules from sea lamprey combined with other therapies can reach brain tumours when other medicines can't.

CRISPR used to treat two human cancer patients for the first time in UPenn study

CRISPR could cut out or replace different lengths of faulty DNA causing life-threating conditions.

Scientist finds cure for HPV infection, cervical cancer after 20 years of trying

Cervical cancer is quickly growing as a leading cause of death among female cancer patients.

Here's the first woman in the world to have her breast cancer completely eradicated using her own immune cells

Judy Perkins who was given a few months to live from an advanced stage of breast cancer has now been completely cleared off the disease.

Women in Science: What Sonam Mehrotra's studies on DNA replication and damage mean for cancer research

This week, in our #WomenInScience series, we're profiling the work of ACTREC's cancer biologist Sonam Mehrotra