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When our Sun dies it will take the Solar System’s asteroid belt with it. A new study suggests that when a star’s life ends, its luminosity increases ten-thousand-fold – which is strong enough to obliterate the asteroid belt into small dust particles. Researchers believe this event will occur ‘quickly and violently’ with all but the … Read more
Prostate cancer breakthrough: New treatment to ‘seek and destroy’ tumours could extend lives of thousands of patients Breakthrough PSMA radiotherapy treatment is now privately available in the UK American Society of Clinical Oncology experts said treatment provides hope Considered the most promising new treatment for prostate cancer in 15 years, it could benefit at least … Read more
A cancer vaccine that teaches the body to fight tumours has put three lymphoma patients into remission. The vaccine is injected directly into the tumour and teaches the immune system to destroy it, as well as seek other cancerous cells. Researchers tested it on 11 patients with lymphoma and said some were in full remission … Read more