🎙️Listen to the latest
SciLux #podcast episode to dive into the fascinating world of AllergoOncology with our 2 guests:
✅ Dr Aurélie Poli
✅Dr Heather Bax
Hitting the streets in #London for blood cancer research!
I'll be #running the London Landmarks Half Marathon #LLHM on the 7th of April. It's a charity run, which in my case means I'm raising money for #BloodCancerUK.
So if you have a dime, a penny or a cent to spare, please support this cause. Your donation runs with me!
Tonight I hosted a screening and discussion of “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks”. Everything worked technically and there was a good audience. I am very grateful for my chemistry students who came and contributed to the conversation.
Even if you don’t know Henrietta’s story, you’ve probably benefited from her cells. You can read the excellent book (by the same name) or this: https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/henrietta-lacks.
🧑🔬 Frustrated by the constraints of Earth, a team of California scientists took tumor research to space—and may have discovered a ‘kill switch' for cancer
— Fortune
🚨Top Harvard cancer researchers accused of scientific fraud; 37 studies affected
— Ars Technica
"The Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, an affiliate of Harvard Medical School, is seeking to retract six scientific studies and correct 31 others that were published by the instit ute’s top researchers, including its CEO. The researchers are accused of manipulating data images with simple methods, primarily with copy-and-paste in image editing software"
👨🔬 Scientists Destroy 99% of Cancer Cells in The Lab Using Vibrating Molecules
ᐅ @ScienceAlert
「 "This is the first time a molecular plasmon is utilized in this way to excite the whole molecule and to actually produce mechanical action used to achieve a particular goal – in this case, tearing apart cancer cells' membrane." 」
What are the key moments in the older adults #cancer pathway⚕️where inequalities are likely to occur & where integrating psychological knowledge into #healthcare practices🩺could be useful?
@JaniceSelbie “The team found that lidocaine activates the bitter taste receptor T2R14, which is elevated in various cancer cells. When this receptor is activated, it starts a process called apoptosis, causing the cancer cells to die.”
This month, many men around the world will grow mustaches as part of Movember, the annual event that increases awareness of prostate cancer and other men’s health issues. What impact has the movement had on prostate cancer? Experts break it down. https://flip.it/5SJjJZ #Culture#Health#MensHealth#Cancer#CancerResearch
How can we better understand brain #cancer 🧠- and more particularly glioblastoma - to improve the #treatment strategies of this devastating disease?
Anuja Lipsa focuses her #research 🔬on studying patient-derived models and performing large-scale drug screening to enable more personalised and effective treatments for people with brain cancer.
Leave it to a chronically ill patient doing research to restore her own health and vitality to become the Rosetta Stone for one of the possible causes of #MECFS.