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BBC Sciences, 05.01.09 09:32 UTC

Cancer cells 'cheat suicide call'

Cancer cells cheat death by reversing a process which causes normal cells to commit suicide at the end of their natural life, scientists have shown.

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Belfast Telegraph, 05.01.09 03:00 UTC

Scientists identify tumour survival mechanism

A key tumour survival mechanism identified by scientists may help to explain how some cancers bounce back after chemotherapy. The research shows that cancer can reverse a natural self-destruction ...

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Telegraph, 05.01.09 00:16 UTC

Cancer cells 'can outwit chemotherapy'

Some cancers can "recover" from doses of chemotherapy that would destroy other types of cell, according to a new study.

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Times Online World News, 04.01.09 21:30 UTC

Survival tactic for cancer cells

Cancer cells have an “escape tactic” that may explain how they survive chemotherapy, a study suggests. Researchers at the Chinese University of Hong Kong found that cancer cells can ...

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BBC World News, 04.01.09 03:00 UTC

Nano device 'times drug release'

US researchers say they have harnessed the power of gold nanoparticles to devise a better way of delivering drugs to treat diseases such as cancer.

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Telegraph, 01.01.09 05:53 UTC

Blood test 'could identify patients who will benefit from chemotherapy'

A blood test could soon be used to identify which cancer patients will benefit from chemotherapy, scientists believe.

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Daily Mail, 31.12.08 23:06 UTC

NHS apartheid row as Scotland scraps hospital parking fees... but charges for English patients soar

Parking charges at NHS hospitals and clinics in England have risen by more than a third in four years, it has been revealed. But in another example of medical apartheid, hospital parking will be made ...

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Daily Mail, 31.12.08 09:03 UTC

NHS apartheid row as Scotland scraps hospital parking fees but English patients still have to pay

Parking charges at Scottish hospitals have been scrapped as of today, prompting a fresh row that the English are the victims of an NHS 'apartheid'. The deeply unpopular fees, branded a 'stealth tax ...

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Telegraph, 27.12.08 06:31 UTC

Trial of 'accurate' radiotherapy could transform treatment for bone cancer

The first patient has been treated with a new form of radiotherapy that could almost eliminate side effects of blood-cancer treatments.

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Daily Mail, 27.12.08 02:34 UTC

The 80-year-old man who still has a full head of hair... and not one grey one

When strangers mistake him for a man 30 years younger, Ron Williamson doesn't turn a hair. He explains that he is in fact 80 - but his luxuriant dark-brown mane refuses to show any sign of age. The ...

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