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Can Space Tourism Give You Cancer?

In a decade or two, journeys into space could become as normal as transatlantic flights. But there’s a lot of radiation that high.

ByThe Conversation and Chris Rees
Opinion

Gut health plays a key role in one risky type of cancer treatement — study

Opinion: Blood cancer patients could benefit from gut microbiome-boosting therapies.

ByKate Ann Markey and The Conversation
Health

This Nobel Prize-winning technology Taught Our Bodies to Fight SARS-CoV-2. Is Cancer Next?

The new mRNA vaccines could come for cancer next.

ByElana Spivack
Health

Just 5 Minutes of This Vigorous Daily Activity Could Significantly Cut Cancer Risk

You know HIIT — meet VILPA.

ByElana Spivack
Buzzkill

Alcohol especially increases the risk of cancer for one group, study reveals

New research suggests alcohol is behind 4 percent of 2020 cancer cases.

ByKatie MacBride
Health

Lung Cancer Rates Are Soaring Among Unlikely Groups — an Oncologist Explains Why

New guidelines urge more smokers to get screened.

ByThe Conversation and Estelamari Rodriguez
Mind and Body

This vital cancer screening test saves countless lives — why is it still so controversial?

Colonoscopy is still the most recommended screening for colorectal cancer.

ByThe Conversation and Franklin G. Berger
Mind and Body

Can we transform cancer cells back to normal cells? This therapy could pave the way

How cells become cancerous is a process researchers are still trying to fully understand.

ByThe Conversation, Abhimanyu Thakur and Huanhuan Joyce Chen
Health

Understudied Hormonal Birth Control Pill Linked to Cancer — But It’s Complicated

If you take hormonal birth control pills, read this.

ByElana Spivack
Mind and Body

One common household spice has big health benefits — and it might fight cancer

Black pepper and its active compound piperine may have potent antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties.

ByLaura Brown and The Conversation
Divination

Scientists link 2 gut microbes to hormone-fueled cancer

Treatment-resistant cancer may be driven — at least in part — by the makeup of the gut microbiome.

ByJocelyn Solis-Moreira
A new nexus

Hijacking the "fight or flight" response could lead to life-saving cancer treatments

An infamous nervous system reaction influences cancer immunity.

ByAli Pattillo
Good Trip

Can Cannabis Help Treat Cancer? Researchers Are Getting Closer To An Answer

Much of the research is still in the early stages, but certain compounds in cannabis show cancer-fighting promise.

ByKatie MacBride
Gentle Giant

The secret to cancer research may lie in this 1 marine mammal

New research finds that whales express a high turnover rate of tumor suppressor genes, which could be the key to their long life.

ByTara Yarlagadda
Mighty, mighty cells

These CRISPR-edited T cells could be the future of personalized cancer therapy

The small study didn’t cure all of the volunteers, but it may pave the road for future therapies.

ByMiriam Fauzia
Innovation

A rodent "backpack" could speed up cancer drug discovery

A mouse wearing a tiny sensor could help save your life.

ByHannah Thomasy
Innovation

This high-tech contact lens could diagnose cancer — and maybe treat it, too

Let’s put our tears to good use.

ByMolly Glick
Health

Ozempic Might Help You Lose Weight — It Might Also Give You Cancer and Organ Failure

The drug’s side effects include kidney failure and cancer.

ByElana Spivack
Reel Science

The Most Unnecessary Action Sequel on Netflix Hints At a Cancer Treatment Breakthrough

CAR T cell immunotherapy is like tiny nanobots fighting cancer.

ByMiriam Fauzia
Science

A New Spit Test Could Help Spot Cancer Earlier and More Accurately

Tumor signals in saliva could help develop powerful tests — and even personalized treatments.

ByKnowable Magazine and Matías A. Loewy
Science

Even short space trips could lead to cancer and heart disease

Scientists are only beginning to understand how interplanetary voyages affect human health.

ByAndy Tomaswick and Universe Today
Innovation

These tiny magnetic robots can infiltrate tumors — and maybe destroy cancer

Bacterial cancer treatments are coming back into fashion (with some futuristic upgrades).

ByJoanna Thompson
Gut check

Scientist identify a complex link between gut bacteria and prostate cancer

A widely used treatment for advanced prostate cancer can be thwarted by gut microbiota.

ByKaitlin Sullivan
Mind and Body

Cutting-edge pet medicine could offer clues to curing cancer in humans

New methods can tackle an insidious disease.

ByLauren Grant, Shayan Sharif, Jim Petrik and Michelle Oblak
The Big Picture

Exercise may matter more than BMI for lowering cancer risk

Bodyweight is not synonymous with health.

ByNick Keppler
Health

These 7 Lifestyle Changes May Slash Lifetime Cancer Risk, Study Reveals

Healthy vibes only.

ByMiriam Fauzia
HORIZONS

CRISPR could help bacteria destroy cancer and gulp up methane

It all comes full circle.

ByAbe Musselman
Health

mRNA Vaccines Could Revolutionize Cancer Treatment

The pandemic put the technology, long in development, to the test. It seems to be living up to the hype.

ByKnowable Magazine and Tim Vernimmen
THE CUSP

These Next-Generation Vaccines Could Upend Cancer Treatment As We Know It

New mRNA technology is ushering in a new era of combatting cancer.

ByTatyana Woodall
Health

How Scientists Decide Whether Everyday Products Could Cause Cancer

These classifications have caused controversy.

ByThe Conversation and Brad Reisfeld