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Cancer and other diseases are shed light on by mini-colon and brainoids
Researchers have created a model of colon cancer using mouse cells and engineered them to contain light-sensitive proteins attached to cancer-causing genes. When the cancerous cells were injected into mice, tumours looked like those seen in human colorectal cancer. However, when researchers allowed these blastocysts to develop into mice without forebrains, the animals died shortly…
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Doctors push back against the European study that casts doubts on the effectiveness of colonoscopies.
US-based American Cancer Society recommends colorectal cancer screening of adults 45 and older. “If you’ve a family member who’s had colon cancer, especially if…they’re at a young age, then you should have a colonoscopy,” ACS CEO Karen Knudsen said. However, the society added that the number of cancerous polyps has been increasing in the last…