Dr Catherine Wu has paved the way for the development of cancer vaccinesShe ‘drew a picture of [myself] making a cure for cancer’ in second grade By CAITLIN TILLEY, HEALTH REPORTER FOR DAILYMAIL.COM Dr Wu’s obsession with the immune system began after she watched bone marrow transplants as a medical internDr Wu’s obsession with the...
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New machine learning technique found to be 30% better at predicting cancer cure rates
by University of Texas at Arlington Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainWith the rapid development in computing power over the past few decades, machine-learning (ML) techniques have become popular in medical settings as a way to predict survival rates and life expectancies among patients diagnosed with diseases such as cancer, heart disease, stroke, and more recently, COVID-19....
‘New hope’ in cancer cure race as personalised vaccine made from patients’ own TUMOURS stops relapses after four months
By MAILONLINE HEALTH TEAM PUBLISHED: 07:09 EDT, 5 July 2022 | UPDATED: 08:48 EDT, 5 July 2022 A cancer jab custom-made from patients’ own tumours has produced ‘really hopeful’ results in a trial. None of the eight head and neck cancer sufferers, who had a high chance of relapse, saw their tumours return four months after getting the vaccine. For...
Is a cancer cure close? Researchers at Fred Hutchinson think so
The microscopic particles that might change the world are being carted about on a medical campus near Seattle’s Lake Union. The mode of transport: a plastic lunch cooler. The little coolers are ubiquitous at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, which four decades ago pioneered a groundbreaking treatment for blood cancers — the bone-marrow transplant, now an older...