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Disruptions to the lung microbiome are linked to a number of respiratory conditions in both children and adults.
Some cancers are actually caused by viruses that linger for long periods in the body, or cause physical damage that later turns cancerous.
Genes and environments almost always combine to influence our risk of diseases. Research in twins has helped us understand how.
More 9/11 responders died from physical and mental health issues after the terrorist attacks than on the day itself. And survivors are still suffering 20 years later.
Promising results in mice show this rare form of cancer could be treated using the same drugs already used against one type of leukaemia.
Our team found that chemotherapy can be made more successful by treating nearby ‘normal’ cells with protein-blocking drugs in lymphoma and leukemia.
Writer, broadcaster and commentator Clive James never missed an opportunity to educate his audience. That included raising awareness of leukaemia.
The prizes are among the country’s most prestigious accolades for science-related achievements. This year marks their 20th anniversary.
The nomination deadline for science’s most lucrative prize – the Breakthrough Prize – is looming. Why has no Canadian ever received this prize, despite groundbreaking discoveries?
Improvements in survival rates for acute myeloid leukaemia have failed to keep pace with other leukaemias. That may be about to change.
Most children who have cancer live in the developing world where their survival rate is less than 25%. In Kenya awareness about childhood cancer is low and treatment isn’t always readily available.
An overview of the most common problems in our blood: bleeding disorders, clotting disorders and cancer.
One of the confirmed causes of Chronic myeloid leukaemia is contact with an atomic weapon or nuclear radiation. Other risks factors of this type of cancer are still being established.
Currently, seven cancer types are listed in the top 20 causes of death in Australia. These are cancers of the lung, blood and lymph, bowel, prostate, breast, pancreas, skin and some childhood cancers.
Chernobyl is already responsible for up to 5,000 cases of cancer in Europe.
Innovative new drugs to treat cancer frequently make the headlines, either due to great success or controversy, as pharmaceutical companies get lambasted for selling the drugs at too high a price for state…
Babies who develop leukaemia in their first few years of life seem to inherit a rare combination of genes from their parents…
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Professorial Research Fellow. School of Psychology, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Adelaide
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Adjunct Professor, School of Psychology, Curtin University and College of Health and Medicine, Australian National University
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Professor in Medical Sciences, Deakin University
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Postdoctoral Research Associate in Cancer Research, Newcastle University
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Professor of Blood Cancer Research, The University of Queensland
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Senior Lecturer in Biomedical Science, Brunel University London
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Associate Professor in Cancer Research, University of Leeds
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Deputy Section Head Section of Environment and Radiation at IARC, International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC)
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Senior Lecturer, The University of Western Australia
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Professor of Medicine, section of Haematology and Oncology, University of Nairobi
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Assistant Lecturer in Internal Medicine & Medical Oncology/Haematology, University of Nairobi
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Fellow Haematology-Oncology, University of Nairobi
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Researcher, University of Nairobi
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Adjunct associate professor, Monash University
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Program Director, Department of Medicine, Aga Khan University
