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First liver cancer ‘chemo-bath’ in the UKA "chemo-bath" which delivers toxic cancer drugs to just one organ in the body has been used on patients in the UK for the first time, say doctors.
"Previously, the outlook for patients specifically suffering from cancer which has spread to the liver has been poor because standard chemotherapy's effect is limited by the unwanted damage the drug causes to the rest of the body."
- Dr Brian Stedman |
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Range of brain diseases could be treated by single drugThe tantalising prospect of treating a range of brain diseases, such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's, all with the same drug, has been raised by UK researchers. |
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Share your status – and your lungs. Facebook tool promotes organ donationFacebook on Tuesday unveiled an initiative to use the vast social network to connect organ donors with people who need life-saving transplants. |
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Pancreatic cancer gene discoveryLess than one in five people with this form of cancer are still alive a year after being diagnosed. A recent discovery has revealed that a gene was being switched off in the cancerous cells and now new drugs are being developed to switch it back on. |
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UK Men set to live as long as women, figures showThe gap between male and female life expectancy is closing and men could catch up by 2030, according to an adviser for the Office for National Statistics. |
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Bright Is The New Black: New York Roofs Go Cool
Source: NASA, Tue March 20, 2012, |
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