Our knowledge of diseases is growing exponentially, but turning knowledge into cures is proving to be a tricky business.
- Scientific Director of the Kidscan Childrens Cancer Research Charity, University of Salford
A toddler from London has had gene therapy for leukaemia and it seems to have worked. But why have breakthroughs taken so long?
Targeting the complex sugars on cancer cells is receiving renewed attention.
The theory that some rare cancer cells aren’t caught by conventional chemotherapy has divided the field.
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