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Cancer Breathalyser Detection Device Being Trialled In UK
Cancer Breathalyser When it comes to cancer, early detection is a major factor in the success of subsequent treatment. As such, it’s always interesting to hear when new devices come onto the market which may help to assist this. One such device, however, is certainly a little different to what…
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Nvidia’s AI Technology Set To Be Used To Detect Cancer
Nvidia’s AI Technology Set To Be Used To Detect Cancer With the launch of the Nvidia 20XX graphics cards, we were given a lot of details surrounding them. Particularly the impressive use of AI technology within the new cards and at Nvidia in general. While this was all rather impressive…
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Overwatch Pink Mercy Raised $12.7m For Breast Cancer Charity
Overwatch Pink Mercy Event Raised $12.7m For Breast Cancer Charity Overwatch is definitely one of the most popular games around at the moment. Offering a varied roster of characters and regular updates it is no surprise that despite it being 2 years old now, it is still just as popular…
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YouTube Star TotalBiscuit Sadly Dies Aged 33
YouTube Star TotalBiscuit Dies Aged 33 of Bowel Cancer The massive expansion of YouTube over the last 8 years has seen many people rise to celebrity. Of the more popular ones, we generally all tend to have our opinions. By all accounts though, even within the industry, TotalBiscuit (also known…
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UK Announces Plans To Use AI To Detect Cancer
UK Government Plans To Use AI To Detect Cancer There are few very of us who have not had our lives touched by cancer in some way or another. If we haven’t had it ourselves, then the chances are that we almost certainly know someone who has. While we are doing better…
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Mirror Designed to Help Cancer Patients by Only Reflecting if you’re Smiling
Designed to promote positivity in cancer victims and their families Cancer is awful. A positive approach, however, can help the victim and the family in the fight. That is, at least the approach taken by industrial designer Berk Ilhan who has designed a mirror with the specific purpose of attempting to…
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Brain Tumour Charity Urges Caution over Mobile Phone Court Ruling
The Brain Tumour Charity has urged caution following a court ruling in Italy which has compensated a man for having a brain tumour which was linked to his mobile phone usage. The court in Italy was persuaded that the claimant, Roman Romero’s, tumour was linked to his 3-4 daily business use…
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Google’s Deep Learning AI Project to Revolutionize Cancer Screening
Properly identifying whether the patient has cancer is no easy task, even for experienced pathologists. In fact, the likelihood of agreement between two pathologists observing the same slides can be as low as 48 per cent and this could be a big problem when time is off the essence. Google’s…
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Researchers Claim to Have Cured Two Babies of Leukaemia
A team of doctors in the UK claim to have cured two babies of leukaemia by treating them with genetically engineered donor cells. The experiments, which involved engineering T cells, a key constituent of the human immune system, took place at London’s Great Ormond Street Hospital. The pair of children…
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Scientists Create Smartphone Attachment for Screening Cancer
A new portable smartphone attachment that can be utilized to effectively screen for cancer is the result of a joint effort between researchers at the California NanoSystems Institute at UCLA, Sweden’s Stockholm University, and Uppsala University. The device is an effective tool especially for underdeveloped countries where advanced equipment is…
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Disgruntled No Man’s Sky Owners Raising Money For Charity
No Man’s Sky will probably go down in history as one of the worst video game launches and I cannot see the studio ever being taken seriously again. Also, Sean Murray’s vague responses were partly to blame and his disappearance from social media channels has only exacerbated the situation. Clearly, those…
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No Man’s Sky Fans Use Developer’s Silence to Raise Charity Funds
Since the release of (over-)anticipated space exploration sim No Man’s Sky back in August, fans have been screaming into the ether over broken promises made by developer Hello Games, specifically by studio head Sean Murray. It has now been 90 days since Murray made a public statement – bar responding…
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Scientists Are Using Light To Fight Cancer In Mice
When it comes to medical research, technology is looking at new ways to help track down and fight every ailment under the sun. The latest research to come to light is in the fight against cancer, a fight that everyone is desperate to try help progress. The research is in…
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First CRISPR Gene Editing Trials on Humans Approved
A team of doctors from the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Medicine have become the first to be approved to begin trials using the CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing technique on humans. CRISPR is a gene-editing technology, developed by Japanese scientists in 1987, which can cut and replace DNA with great precision. The…
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Donate To Charity Against Cancer And Get A Copy Of Hitman: Absolution
In recent years, charities are finding more and more ways of advertising and supporting themselves and other causes through events. The Ice Bucket challenge raised millions towards a good cause, humble bundles donate a portion (or if you wish, all of it) to charities every time you purchase one. Now…
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