16 Dec2013

Prevent proteins folding and you may stop cancer growing

“Chaperones help stabilise the proteins that cancer cells need to divide and multiply, which means they present an exciting target for new treatments” – Professor Paul Workman, study author

A molecule that helps cancer cells to keep dividing could be a promising target for new treatments, according to research published in the journal Oncogene.

16 Dec2013

Dementia research funding should be on same footing as cancer, says charity

Posted in News, World

Call for seven-fold increase as figures show national spend on disease is £50m compared with £590m for cancer

An elderly person in a retirement home. Dementia is estimated to affect about 800,000 people in the UK. Photograph: Caro/Alamy

The Alzheimer’s Society has called for a sevenfold increase in research funding into dementia as health bosses gather for Wednesday’s G8 summit in London on the issue

David Cameron, who is hosting the summit has pledged to double funding for dementia research from between 2015 and 2025 to £122m.

Prevent proteins folding and you may stop cancer growing

Dementia research funding should be on same footing as cancer, says charity

Call for seven-fold increase as figures show national spend on disease is £50m compared with £590m for cancer

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