CRISPR method of gene editing used on a human cancer patient for the first time
CRISPR, a relatively new method of editing genomes, has been used for the first time on a human patient in China. Let’s break down this…
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The devil’s tumour
Looney Tunes fans are probably familiar with Tasmanian devils. The rare and particularly feisty marsupial found exclusively on Tasmania, a small island-state located just south…
Worm cancer
In 2013, a Colombian man died of cancer – what makes this particular case unusual was that the cancer wasn’t his, but that of a…
Put down that bacon
If you’re reading this over breakfast, you may want to rethink what’s on your plate. The World Health Organization (WHO) has stated that eating processed…
Marijuana as cancer therapy? Make way for the next generation of chemotherapeutics
Marijuana as a cancer therapeutic? This has got to be a scam, right? Well, before we make any hasty decisions and throw the marijuana out…
What’s in your sandwich?
The Canadian Cancer Society openly states that eating processed meat increases your risk of colorectal cancer.
Fuming
Diesel cancer studies published after years in court
Be careful who you associate with
Your friends might be carcinogenic
It’s not a tumour
Could your cellphone be giving you brain cancer? It’s hard to say, but the latest research is reassuring. A study recently published in the British…
Will you pass the cancer sniff test?
Cancer is a devastating disease that will most likely touch your family in one way or another. It is also somewhat preventable according to the…