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A compound found in octopus ink has anti-cancer properties

Health

Compound found in octopus ink kills cancer cells but not others

Ozopromide, which is found in octopus ink, could kill cancer cells but leave healthy ones intact. The finding could be used to develop new cancer treatments

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Life

Bowhead whales may resist cancer thanks to superior DNA repair ability

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Health

Genetically modified stem cells extend lifespan of mice by 20 per cent

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A scanning electron micrograph of a brown fat cell surrounded by capillaries

Health

Surrounding tumours with brown fat could starve them of nutrients

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A breast cancer tumour in a mouse

Health

Cancer tumours in mice shrunk thanks to oxygen-sucking battery

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A scanning electron micrograph of cancer cells in the intestine

Health

Cancer mystery as cases rise among younger people around the world

Insight

A micrograph of oestrogen-receptor positive breast cancer tissue, showing slowly dividing cancer cells (red) that resist treatment, the cells' nuclei in blue and rapidly dividing cancer cells in green

Health

Leukaemia drug shows promise at treating breast cancer once it spreads

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Transparent tumour tomography visualising tumour microenvironment, showing a mouse model for HER2-positive breast cancer

Technology

AI speeds up design of new antibodies that could target breast cancer

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The amazing ways electricity in your body shapes you and your health

Health

The amazing ways electricity in your body shapes you and your health

Features

Gene-edited wheat field trial harvesting

Health

Gene-edited wheat reduces levels of cancer risk chemical when cooked

Field trials show that a form of wheat developed using CRIPSR gene editing produces lower levels of the potentially carcinogenic compound acrylamide when cooked at high temperatures

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Health

The size of skin cancer cells may affect how they respond to treatment

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Health

Type 2 diabetes linked with an increased risk of dying from cancer

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Health

Pancreatic cancer linked to disrupted circadian clocks in cells

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Health

Personalised melanoma vaccines prolong survival in largest trial yet

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