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• Scientists modified a strain of cannabis to kill cancer cells

  It's well-documented that chemical compounds found in cannabis, especially cannabidiol (CBD), are effective at treating the ...

  • Tristan Greene

• Scientists are using AI to predict which lung cancer patients will relapse

  A new AI tool could predict which lung cancer patients will suffer a relapse by analyzing genetic data and pathology images ...

  • Thomas Macaulay

• Scientists need your computing power to find a cure for coronavirus

  Your computer can help the fight against the coronavirus. Thanks to a collaboration between the [email protected] Consortium ...

  • Mix

• Zombie caterpillars may cure cancer — but the side effects are uncertain

  Spores released by parasitic fungi of the group cordyceps infect insect hosts, causing the fungus to grow inside them. Eventually, ...

  • The Conversation

• AI helps eliminate radiation exposure in breast cancer screening

  A new system that using sensors and AI helps eliminate radiation exposure in breast cancer screening by quickly detect tumors ...

  • Thomas Macaulay

• Google's new AI detects breast cancer just by scanning X-ray

  Google's AI team has just developed a new system to scan X-rays to help radiologists in detecting breast cancer. The model ...

  • Ivan Mehta

• Super-soldier T-cells fight cancer better after a transformational DNA delivery

  I enjoy online shopping. However, I often find myself fussing about the delivery options during checkout. This is because ...

  • The Conversation

• Israeli scientists discover how to trigger pancreatic cancer cells to self-destruct

  Israeli scientists say a new study has shown that a small molecule called PJ34 has triggered the self-destruction of human ...

  • NoCamels

• [Best of 2019] AI is already changing how cancer is diagnosed

  We take a look at how artificial intelligence is impacting the ways in which cancer is diagnosed, and treated.

  • Yessi Bello Perez

• Decoding how some animals pause pregnancies could unlock new cancer treatments

  Putting your pregnancy on pause until the time is right to give birth sounds like something out of a sci-fi novel, but for ...

  • The Conversation

• Scientists create cancer-resistant mouse chimeras that age 25% slower

  A team of researchers from the Spanish National Cancer Research Centre have developed a method for creating a sort of 'super ...

  • Tristan Greene

• How scientists use household bleach and quantum physics to hunt down cancer

  A team of scientists from MIT and Rice University recently discovered a new method for creating qubits that could revolutionize ...

  • Tristan Greene

• Popular genetic testing services can be misleading, inaccurate, and ethically questionable

  Genetic testing used to be something that happened in a specialist clinic for those few families that had serious inherited ...

  • The Conversation

• Studying naked mole-rats could be the key to breakthroughs in treating pain and cancer

  The naked mole-rat is perhaps one of the most bizarre beasts on the planet. At first glance, it looks like little more than ...

  • The Conversation

• Philips devs are coding algorithms that help detect cancer accurately

  One in three people are expected to develop cancer during their lifetime. With the help of AI-based algorithms, pathologists ...

  • Damin Sahni