Blastoma

The year 2016 was an eventful one. It was an Olympic year, and the moment the U.K. voted to leave the European Union. Across the Atlantic, a New York real estate guy with a long red tie became president of the U.S. of A.  Year 2016 was also the last time…

Introduction In our current understanding of cancer, tumors appear when some cells acquire functionalities that give them a selective growth advantage, allowing uncontrolled proliferation and avoiding apoptosis . These malignant characteristics arise f…

Moscow-400, Semipalatinsk-21, End of the Line, Kurchatov City. All these are the names for a top-secret city built on the banks of the Irtysh River in the north-east of Kazakhstan after the Second World War. Living there were Soviet scientists and members of …

TAMPA, Fla. Ask 5-year-old Kinsley Peacock what she likes to do, and she doesn't hesitate to answer. "Playing with my brother," said Kinsley. Her mom says she's the best big sister ever, because she has the sweetest heart. And, lately, she's got a sweet to…

Background Although fetal ultrasound, fetal MRI and postnatal CT are now widely used in the evaluation of congenital lung malformations (CLM), their diagnostic accuracy remains undefined. Objective To correlate prenatal and postnatal imaging studies with pat…

Brave young mum refuses to be beaten by same brain tumour that killed her dad