Chromosome tails: the key driving force in cancer cell growth? – Sophie Hill

Posted on 23 February 2016 by Catrin Comeau

Dr Duncan Baird at Cardiff University working with Cancer Research UK has made an important discovery in what cellular event triggers development of leukaemia. Cancer develops when mutations in DNA allow uncontrolled growth of abnormal cells. This research focuses on leukaemia – a cancer of the blood – where it is loss of DNA from
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The Booklet Breast Cancer Patients Need and Deserve – Christopher Patrick

Posted on 23 February 2016 by Catrin Comeau

Aimed at the over 70s, this booklet is a font of knowledge which gives patients the tools and facts they need to come to the right decision about breast cancer treatment. There is vast information available about breast cancer and its treatments online.  However, those over the age of 70, who may not be as
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Love thy neighbour; they’ll make you happier – Abigail Stubbs

Posted on 23 February 2016 by Catrin Comeau

Poorer people are at higher risk of mental illness – but having good neighbours may well make a difference. The social factors which determine mental health are known (eg., social status, employment, bereavement) but the impact of neighbourhood is less explored. Fone and his colleagues (2014) wanted to see whether the unity of a neighbourhood,
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