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Seed and Soil 2019: “An amazing meeting with high quality speakers”
Participants from 36 countries from as far as Brazil, Australia, Malaysia and South Korea gathered in Berlin, Germany for the 2nd joint EACR-MRS Conference...
Nanotechnology in Cancer 2019: “A wonderful platform to learn”
99 participants from 25 countries attended the EACR Conference on Nanotechnology in Cancer: Engineering for Oncology, at Churchill College, Cambridge, UK from 12-14 September...
670 and Counting: the Scientist Tackling Gender Bias on Wikipedia
According to the Women in Red, "a gender-gap bridging project on Wikipedia", there are 1.5 million English biographies on Wikipedia. Less than 20% of...
Reporting back from Defence is the Best Attack: Immuno-Oncology Breakthroughs
180 participants from 28 countries gathered in Barcelona from 11-13 March 2019 for the second EACR Conference Defence is the Best Attack: Immuno-Oncology Breakthroughs,...
News Summary: Elephant zombie gene, Thalidomide mechanism revealed
'Zombie gene' protects elephants from cancer
A newly described gene that was resurrected in elephants 59 million years ago, LIF6, may take part in protecting...
News Summary: ethical reporting of research, indexing preprints, rare cancers
Does a 'publish or perish' ethos affect the ethical reporting of research?
Several publications in recent years have suggested that published scientific findings can be...
News Summary: CancerSEEK blood test, immune system vs. CRISPR
CancerSEEK blood test detects 8 common cancers
A team of researchers from Johns Hopkins University have trialled a blood test, CancerSEEK, that could identify non-metastastic cancers in the...
News Summary: 2018 predictions, reovirus immunotherapy, alcohol and cancer
Experts Forecast Cancer Research and Treatment Advances in 2018
The AACR asked experts in the fields of immunotherapy, precision medicine, and prevention and disparities research where...
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Karen Vousden announced as 2018 winner of prestigious Mike Price Gold...
Karen Vousden has been announced as the winner of the European Association for Cancer Research’s Mike Price Gold Medal Award, a biennial award recognising a...
