news digest – 'susceptible spots' in breast cancer, altering diets, cycling to work and… pints of strawberries? - melanoma research UK (weblog)

A breast melanoma phone. photograph: LRI EM unit.

one hundred,000 americans wait longer than they should to peer a cancer professional, in accordance with figures in the Guardian. It's the NHS target that 93% of sufferers should wait no longer than 2 weeks for a referral.

Our scientists found out a potential 'weak spot' in breast cancers that affects the sickness's skill to develop and unfold. An experimental drug that targeted this weak point slowed the boom of tumours in mice. The analysis was broadly mentioned, and we blogged concerning the findings.

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Our investment in Ras analysis announced this week.

technology used by NASA to discover area is being repurposed to look at bacteria in breast tissue, which US scientists are keen to study with regards to breast cancer. STAT information has the particulars.

the important thing to residing longer is biking to work, based on stories from The BBC, Mail online and sun. A brief study of greater than 250,000 individuals suggested that those who always cycled all or part-manner to work may cut back their chance of melanoma via as much as 45%.

Our scientists discovered that mice with two types of cancer survived longer if they were fed a eating regimen lacking two non-essential amino acids. The BBC and Mail on-line were among people that covered this, and we additionally blogged concerning the outcomes.

We dedicated £2.5 million, in collaboration with the united states national melanoma Institute, to boost research in opposition t a molecule that many have spoke of is 'undruggable'. by using joining forces, scientists will improve new the right way to goal Ras, which is inaccurate in many cancers, together with almost all pancreatic tumours. Pharma times ran the story.

NHS England's flow to limit sugar consumption from medical institution stores become picked up by using The BBC, unbiased and solar. It became announced the sale of sugary drinks could be confined, and could be banned from medical institution premises fully if decisive action is not taken.

The times pointed out lives were being put at risk after a pretend 'melanoma cure' changed into found selling on eBay. There's no facts black salve can deal with melanoma, and it's in reality a very corrosive and dangerous product.

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The Mail online noted eating a pint of strawberries a day may 'stave off breast melanoma'. however the research used focused extracts of chemicals from the fruit on melanoma cells within the lab and mice with breast cancer. This isn't the equal as ingesting hundreds at home, which the headline suggests. Any expertise advantages of the extract would need to be established in scientific trials before saying they will also be used to deal with americans.

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