Ultrasound is perhaps best known as an imaging technique to monitor pregnancy or disease. When these sound waves are highly concentrated, however, they can be used to treat a host of diseases.
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Regulatory T cells help your immune system distinguish between ‘self’ and ‘nonself’ – and can open doors to better treatments for cancer, autoimmune disease and transplant rejection.
The discovery of cells that prevent the immune system from hurting the body is paving the way for new treatments for autoimmune diseases and cancer.
Surgeons are rethinking removing lymph nodes in cancer surgery as new evidence emerges.
Tattoos linked to lower melanoma risk but questions remain.
As it does with other pathogens, your immune system sees drugs as foreign invaders to be expelled from your body. But exploiting this process could reduce the side effects of chemotherapy.
Pancreatic, brain, lung, stomach and oesophageal cancers have seen hardly any change in survival rate over the past 50 years.
Why false cancer claims feel true and what to do about it.
Recent headlines suggested that pregnancy-like food cravings or aversions are a telltale sign of cancer. An oncologist explains.
Functional genomics, which is seeing how genetic variants behave in biological systems through genetic testing, is offering new hope for African cancer patients.
Two genomic variants contribute to the risk of breast cancer in black South African women.
What happens if Trump cuts cancer research funding?
What type of person lies to friends and family about having cancer?
New Zealanders who have experienced interpersonal violence are more likely to end up in hospital for both injury and illness.
It’s a good idea to let your drinks cool down before you take a sip.
The economic impact on young adults with cancer is far greater than previous numbers show. And the impacts last much longer than previously recognized.
A recent case study has raised questions about whether HPV-driven skin cancer could be a wider, previously unrecognised problem.
This recent study highlights just how great of an affect viral infections can have on our health in both the short-term and long-term.
Are weight loss shots like Ozempic and Wegovy safe long-term? It’s complicated. Some early studies suggest thyroid concerns while others hint at cancer prevention.
How food and drink are joining the fight against cancer.
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Professor of Biomedical Sciences, Anglia Ruskin University
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Adjunct Professsor, School of Psychology, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, Adelaide University
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Professor of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Macquarie University
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Senior Research Officer, Blood Cells and Blood Cancer Division, WEHI (Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research)
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Senior Research Officer, Blood Cells and Blood Cancer, WEHI (Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research)
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Professor, Department of Biomedical and Life Sciences, Lancaster University
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Senior Lecturer in Cancer Biology & Clinical Biochemistry, Kingston University
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Senior Lecturer in Genetics and Molecular Biology, Kingston University
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Adjunct Professor, School of Psychology, Curtin University and College of Health and Medicine, Australian National University
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Professor, School of Medicine, University of Connecticut
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Associate professor, University of Sydney
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Laureate Professor in Nutrition and Dietetics, University of Newcastle
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Graduate Student in Cancer Systems Biology, Rice University
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Professor of Clinical Epidemiology, Sydney School of Public Health, University of Sydney
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Professor of Sociology & Director, Sydney Centre for Healthy Societies, University of Sydney