A new prostate cancer drug that could save thousands of lives has been hailed as a major breakthrough. Dr Mark Matfield, of the Association for International Cancer Research, explains...

When you think of the Le Mans 24 Hours you will think of 55 cars running at full speed over the Mulsanne Straight, you will think of corners like Tertre Rouge, Arnage, the Porsche Curves and you will be thinking of thousands of fans enjoying their week in France while having fun with friends and watching the race. But have you thought about charity and Le Mans?

SCIENTISTS IN Fife probing an ancient microbe have shed new light on a rare condition that causes acute sensitivity to the sun, and they are hoping for better understanding of a rare genetic disease that carries an exceptionally high cancer...

Professor Dario Alessi has been elected a Fellow of The Royal Society of London, the highest accolade a UK scientist can receive. Professor Dario Alessi, Deputy Director of the Medical Research Council Protein Phosphorylation Unit and Professor of Cell Signalling in the College of Life Sciences at the...

Developing drugs to stop cancer in its tracks is the focus of a team at the University of Bath. Dr Mike Threadgill and his team of eight are looking at how they can develop a clever type of enzyme called sartuins in a drug treatment. The project started on May 1 and has been given funding of £450,000 over..

Recent work from the Finnish Academy Center of Excellence on Cancer Biology at the , Finland, has shed light on the mechanisms of colon tumor development and may help to design better treatment for this...

Scientists are to use pioneering technology to try and find new ways of diagnosing and treating bowel cancer, it has been announced. The University of Aberdeen has been awarded a grant of more than 105,000 to examine proteins in bowel cancer...

Comment A Scots scientist has embarked on a search for a new way of diagnosing and treating bowel cancer by studying changes in the proteins found in cancer...

The grant will pay for research into how proteins affect cellsScientists in Scotland are to use pioneering technology to try to find new ways of diagnosing and treating bowel cancer.

A BOBBY is preparing to pound the beat of the capital by taking part in his first ever London Marathon. Stef Ashton from Weddington, Nuneaton has been in training for the past nine months in preparation for the London Marathon on Sunday, April...

A testicular cancer survivor is getting the ball rolling for charity by launching a fund-raising bid to drive from Lancashire to Istanbul in a black...

THE team behind the One Ball Rally have brought the taxi they need for their fundraising trip to Istanbul. David Cook, from Ormskirk, organised the rally to raise funds for Everyman and the Association for International Cancer Research after he contracted testicular cancer last...

A Nottingham scientist has been awarded a grant of £125,000 by a leading cancer charity. Dr Charlie Laughton, from the University of Nottingham, will carry out research into how to stop cancer cells from multiplying. He will use computer modelling and laboratory tests to isolate certain chemicals inside...

THEIR predecessors made discoveries that helped change the world. From penicillin, the telephone and even the bicycle, Scottish scientists have long been at the forefront of...

DOCTOR Who star David Tennant has reinforced his support of a ground-breaking cancer charity by making a film to promote its work. The 36-year-old actor from Bathgate, West Lothian, is patron of the Association for International Cancer Research (AICR).

British scientists have unlocked one of the secrets behind how cancer spreads around the body. The breakthrough could help pave the way for a generation of drugs that would halt up to 90 per cent of cancers in their...

Doctor Who star David Tennant, in his new role as patron of the Association of International Cancer Research (AICR), has learned more about world-leading genetic research at Cardiff...

CANCER could become a "controllable chronic disease", according to scientists who have discovered tumours can remain dormant for decades. The breakthrough - described by medical experts as "startling" - may lead to a range of new treatments that would allow patients to live with the disease, instead of...

Skin cancer, one of the most common cancers among Caucasians, is becoming a problem in Asia as sunbathing and tanning salons take off. Below are some facts about the disease: What is it? There are three main types of skin cancer: basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma and malignant...

Hospitality workers' exposure to harmful second hand smoke has fallen by 95 per cent since smokefree workplaces were introduced in England on 1 July 2007, according to new research revealed at the National Cancer Research Institute Conference in Birmingham on the three month anniversary of smokefree...