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The controversy surrounding private, for–profit umbilical cord blood banks continues unabated. What is the scientific rationale for banking your child's cord blood for its potential future use against malignancy? Michael sullivan investigates.
The next generation of space missions will involve much longer exposures of astronauts to space radiation. Predicting what this means for cancer risk is a crucial but difficult task.
The developing world is set to be ravaged by an impending cancer epidemic. How can we help to ensure that cancer patients get the treatment they need in Africa?
Naturally occurring cancers in pet dogs are similar to those in humans, and there is a growing interest in using studies in dogs to complement research in humans and mice. How can the study of pet dogs contribute to the development of new cancer therapeutics?
