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Swimmers' cancer risk sparks call for sun safe Olympics

Researchers are calling for Brisbane's 2032 Olympics to be a sun safe games, following a study in to the risk of cancer for elite swimmers.

AAP

Did ancient Egyptians use surgery to treat brain cancer?

Scientists say they’ve found evidence from ancient skulls that doctors performed operations on cancerous tumours.

Al Jazeera

‘Off the charts’: the key breakthroughs giving new hope in treating cancer

World’s largest cancer conference in Chicago shares ‘impressive’ findings in vaccines, drug trials and AI

The Guardian - UK

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Gene editing's next big targets

Scientists are pursuing advances to address the technology's limitations and stretch gene editing to treat different types of diseases, improve agriculture, livestock and more.

Axios

First case of ‘highly contagious’ ringworm transmitted through sex recorded in US

The condition can be treated with typical antifungal medication, but it can take weeks for rashes to disappear

The Independent UK

Women who begin menopause early face double the risk of breast cancer, study finds

Research finds women who go through early menopause are almost four times as likely to contract ovarian cancer

The Independent UK

Rupert Murdoch Marries Again At Age 93

Media magnate Rupert Murdoch has married for the fifth time at age 93, tying the knot with a retired molecular biologist a quarter century younger than him.

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Breakthrough breast cancer blood test proves 100% accurate

The ‘liquid biopsy’ uses whole genome sequencing to look for genetic faults in a patient’s DNA

The Independent UK

Prostate cancer spit test raises hopes for men with genetic risk of disease

Early research raises hopes of a more accurate screening tool for men who are at high risk of aggressive disease.

The Independent UK

Scientists develop cheap and quick spit test for prostate cancer

DNA test, which takes seconds to collect, can detect men at high risk and spare others unnecessary treatment

The Guardian - UK

Thousands of NHS patients to trial new personalised cancer vaccine in ‘landmark moment’

Thousands of patients will be recruited to take part in trials over the next year, NHS national clinical director says

The Independent UK

Scientists have discovered a 50,000-year-old herpes virus – and perhaps how modern humans came to rule the world

Revolutionary ancient DNA evidence indicates that Homo sapiens finished off Neanderthals through deadly infectious diseases, says academic Jonathan Kennedy

The Guardian - UK

Drug that regrows teeth to be tested

The experimental drug has successfully regrown permanently lost teeth in ferrets. Human trials are next

Salon

This Ancient Egyptian Skull Could Be the First Evidence of Cancer Treatment

Researchers found the oldest evidence so far of humans investigating cancer in another human in an Egyptian skull

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The Independent UK

Amazing discovery shows Ancient Egyptians were trying to cure cancer 4,000 years ago

’Cancer has been with us since the very beginning, in many ways. Even dinosaurs suffered from cancer’

Dynamite News

Study finds novel therapeutic avenues in bone repair

Birmingham researchers have proven PEPITEM, a naturally occurring peptide (small protein) has potential as a novel therapy for osteoporosis and other illnesses that entail bone loss, with specific advantages over conventional medications. Read further on Dynamite News:

The Guardian - UK

Scientists make potential breast cancer breakthrough after preserving tissue in gel

Ability to preserve tissue in a special gel solution for at least a week will help doctors identify most effective drug treatments

Woman & Home

The surprising reason some people still need to take vitamin D in summer

Vitamin D is an essential winter must-have but some people need to take it in the summer too - here's why, according to a nutritionist

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Mom of Chiefs player under fire for telling women to be homemakers is a renowned physicist

The chiefs player comes from a line of oncologists

The Hindu

New breast cancer genes found in women of African ancestry, may improve risk assessment

Twelve breast cancer genes identified in women of African ancestry in a large study published on Monday may one day help better predict their risk for the disease and highlights potential risk differences from women of European descent.

The Guardian - UK

Sleep does not help brain wash out toxins, study suggests

Finding that clearance of fluid in mice brains is lower in sleep and anaesthesia runs counter to dominant view in neuroscience

The Hindu

30-year study links ultra-processed food to higher risk of early death

Higher consumption of ultra-processed foods linked to slightly higher risk of death, especially from certain food groups, finds study.

The Guardian - UK

Two Just Stop Oil protesters attack Magna Carta’s glass case

Group says two women in their 80s took hammer and chisel to protective glass at British Library

The Guardian - UK

Adapted NHS bowel cancer test developed for blind and partly sighted people

Accessible screening tool piloted by NHS England includes braille instructions and a better guide for stool sample

Space

Should we seal DNA samples of Earth's endangered species in a moon crater?

Scientists fighting to save coral reefs amid the climate crisis suggest sending genetic coral material to be preserved on the moon. Is it a good idea?

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