Slowing down cancer cells

Autoimmune diseases affect one in eight people, yet many are still treated by suppressing the entire immune system. But what if all of them shared a common root cause – a small number of rogue immune cells that could be identified and removed? In this episode, Garvan's Professor ...  Show more

Pancreatic cancer can surround itself with dense scar tissue, creating a kind of fortress that makes tumours incredibly difficult to treat. So, how do we find a way through? In this episode, Garvan researcher Dr Brooke Pereira explains the role of this complex tumour environment, ...  Show more

Today we’re talking about the relationship between cancer treatment and exercise. For years, the standard advice for someone going through cancer treatment has been simple: just rest. The belief has long been that the body has to slow down and conserve energy to cope with the int ...  Show more

It can take 15 years to get one life-saving drug to market. Cutting-edge scientists are finding new ways to shift through unimaginable quantities of data faster than ever before. -- This program is produced by Mission.org and brought to you by Splunk, the Data-to-Everything Platf ...  Show more

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