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Fight cancer with phones
Hit snooze to support World Cancer Day
This World Cancer Day, follow in the steps of Star Wars actor John Boyega and download the DreamLab App to conduct cancer research whilst your sleep.
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Hit snooze to support World Cancer Day
This World Cancer Day, follow in the steps of Star Wars actor John Boyega and download the DreamLab App to conduct cancer research whilst your sleep.
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Breast cancer drug could create chink in the armour of pancreatic cancer
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Collaboration could help unlock secrets of key compound in memory and addiction
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International collaborative networks to optimise infection related outcomes
Building collaborative networks and capacity to optimise infection related outcomes in surgical pathways
Expert to help improve drugs for patients and environment with Academy Chair
Professor Amparo Galindo has been named Imperial’s Lilly/Royal Academy of Engineering Research Chair in Pharmaceutical Molecular Systems.
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Breakthrough drug shows early promise for multiple myeloma
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Cigarettes have a significant impact on the environment, not just health
A new report shows that the six trillion cigarettes produced yearly impact the environment through climate change, water and land use, and toxicity.
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There is no safe level of alcohol consumption, new global study confirms
Imperial researchers are among a team of international scientists to suggest there is no safe level of alcohol – the health risks outweigh benefits.
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Potent psychedelic DMT mimics near-death experience in the brain
A powerful psychedelic compound found in ayahuasca can model near-death experiences in the brain, a study has found.
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