- New Scientist reports that a team of researchers at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in California are studying a protein released by breast cells during tissue development, interleukin-25, that has been found to target and kill nearby cancerous cells.
- A systematic review from BioMedCentral indicates that rituximab does not increase risk of infection in lymphoma patients.
- Johns Hopkins researchers are studying sulphoraphane, a chemical that is made in broccoli, cauliflower and other cruciferous vegetables when damaged, and whether it can help restore a chemical pathway, called NRF2, which activates macrophages that clean bacteria from lungs.
- The charity Cancer Research UK has gathered a team of experts to clean up Wikipedia’s entries on cancer.