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Radical lupus treatment uses CAR T-cell therapy developed for cancer

Five people with the autoimmune condition lupus are now in remission after receiving a version of CAR-T therapy, which was originally developed for cancer

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Home screening test for oral or throat cancer has 90 per cent accuracy

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Starch supplement reduces the risk of some hereditary cancers

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Hormone replacement therapy may be safe after breast cancer treatment

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Vaccines could usher in a precise and kinder era of cancer treatment

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Circulating breast cancer cells. Fluorescence light micrograph of a cluster of circulating tumour cells (CTCs, red) and white blood cells (green) from the blood of a patient with breast cancer. CTCs are an important focus of cancer research because they provide a key target for new treatments. By identifying the molecular adaptations and genetic mutations that allow CTCs to spread (metastasize), it may be possible to develop strategies to block metastatic cancer on a patient-by-patient basis.

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Breast cancer is more likely to spread during sleep

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Personalised cancer vaccines are finally beating hard to treat tumours

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Personalised cancer vaccines are finally beating hard to treat tumours

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Pancreatic cancer vaccine: What to know about early promising results

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Ants trained to smell cancer chemicals in the urine of diseased mice

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Brain cancer immunotherapy in mice more effective with drug coating

A nanoparticle coat helps an immunotherapy drug cross the blood-brain barrier in mice so it can target brain tumours more effectively

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Radiotherapy masks to hellebore root: see the ways we confront cancer

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Rat testicle cells make sperm after being frozen for 23 years

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Vaccine may protect against the virus behind multiple sclerosis

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A single genetic mutation made humans more susceptible to cancer

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