WHO and the cancer community are responding with renewed urgency to address breast cancer and to respond to the growing cancer burden globally that is straining individuals, communities and health systems. The global cancer landscape is changing, according to WHO experts. Breast cancer has now overtaken lung cancer as the world’s mostly commonly-diagnosed cancer, according… Continue reading Breast cancer has overtaken lung cancer as the world’s mostly commonly-diagnosed cancer
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Test spots malaria in two minutes, without blood
Anita Makri It picks up crystals excreted by the malaria parasite and hints at a shift towards self-diagnosis in the community. Magnetism and light have been combined in a test that can diagnose malaria in under two minutes without the need to take blood. The new test, which has yet to undergo clinical trials, won a prize… Continue reading Test spots malaria in two minutes, without blood
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