3+ day, 10+ hour ago   (437+ words) Special Report: Cynthia E. Keen Additional pressures on pathology departments include a national shortage of pathologists, an increase in the quantity of diagnoses and treatments requiring pathology analysis, and an overall volume of work caused by a growing ageing population. Both…...

4+ day, 3+ hour ago   (287+ words) Image source: GSU; courtesy: Yang Lab Image source: Li D, Bamishaye O, Li S et al., Science Advances 2026 (CC BY-NC 4.0) “Lung cancer is often diagnosed only after it has spread, when treatment options become more limited,” Yang said. “Our technology…...

4+ day, 8+ hour ago   (419+ words) An international collaboration co-led by the Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO) now offers an explanation. The work identifies which processes cause the DNA damage in the majority of prostate cancers, the second most common tumour in men worldwide. The…...

5+ day, 3+ hour ago   (341+ words) Radiotherapy may be able to do far more than simply destroy tumor cells. A review explores how combining radiotherapy with immunotherapy could improve outcomes for patients with pancreatic cancer. Recent advances now allow us to view radiotherapy from an entirely…...

2+ week, 8+ hour ago   (268+ words) Published in Nature Communications, the study reveals that most bacteria compete with one another, but also identifies mechanisms through which some bacteria promote the growth of others. Understanding how bacteria influence each other is essential if we want to predict…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (141+ words) Image source: NTU; adapted from: Chang KH, Lin WL, Chen TC, Yu J, Advanced Healthcare Materials 2026 (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) “The findings highlight the potential of this multifunctional cellulose-based hydrogel as a minimally invasive therapeutic strategy for acute optic nerve injury and…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (272+ words) Image source: Meshram RN, Lamprou DA, Advanced Healthcare Materials 2026 (CC BY 4.0) This small patch contains tiny microneedles that can gently pass through the outer layer of the skin without drawing blood. These microneedles can deliver two anti-cancer drugs, curcumin and…...