Here are a few highlights of cancer research news that have recently caught my attention:
- AstraZeneca unveiled agreements that should enable the pharmaceutical company to tap into a promising, nascent gene technology aimed at making drugs more precise.
- A group of researchers from Mass General has identified new targeted therapies for some aggressive cancers. The study, published in Science, details how disrupting a pathway used by cancerous cells to proliferate could be the key to inhibiting the growth and survival of tumors.
- The Guardian examines a recent study published in the Annals of Clinical Oncology that predicts that lung cancer fatalities are set to overtake breast cancer deaths among European women in 2015. Continue reading