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Radioactive glucose kills breast cancer cells

The radioactive glucose widely used in positron emission tomography exerts a tumoricidal effect on breast cancer cells in mice and […]

Childhood cancer survival comes at cost

Most U.S. children diagnosed with cancer will survive, but they have an increased risk of developing second cancers, heart disease […]

Atherosclerosis – New Approach to Unclogging Arteries

When people have too much cholesterol in their blood, immune cells called macrophages seize fatty particles and try to drag […]

Hep C spreading

A “VERY large infected and undiagnosed population” of Australians continues to create an epidemic of hepatitis C, with the Howard...

Pan products were ‘harmful’: TGA

PAN Pharmaceutical products were so badly manufactured, consumers could have died, been seriously injured or become ill, the Therapeutic Goods...

Experts probe ‘milder Sars’

A mild illness which has swept through a nursing home in Canada may have been caused by a new version […]

Find could boost malaria fight

Scientists in the UK say they’ve discovered how one of the most important types of malaria drug works. They believe […]

Cholera in Liberia – Update 4

As of 19 August, WHO has reported a total number of 3889 cholera cases since the beginning of 2003. Since […]

Celebrating our 1st birthday at MOGA

At the recent Medical Oncology Group of Australia conference held at the Hyatt Canberra last week, the VCC Team showcased […]

VMC exhibits the new Virtual Cardiac Centre

The recent Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand’s 51st Conference held at the Adelaide Convention Centre last week was […]

Potatoes vs cancer

Potatoes may provide the key to eradicating cervical cancer, according to new research by American scientists. Genetically altered varieties of...

New Cancer Guidelines

The Federal Government has released a set of psychological guidelines to improve the quality of life for Australian cancer patients […]

Many Breast Implants Leak After 10 Years

A new study adds to the sullied reputation of silicone breast implants. It shows that many rupture within 10 years […]

Regulatory cells suppress GVHD effects of T cells, but allow antitumor activity

The mature donor T cells introduced with bone marrow transplantation (BMT) are capable of killing tumor cells, but they can […]

New genetic technique can generate hybrid cancer vaccines

Scientists have developed a new genetic method to generate potent dendritic cell (DC)-tumor cell hybrid vaccines. According to a report […]