A molecule produced by cancer cells can shield the brain from Alzheimer’s disease in mice. For decades, researchers have noted that cancer and Alzheimer’s disease are rarely found in the same person, fuelling speculation that one condition might offer some degree of protection from the other.

Thousands of people in England will be able to check whether they have genes linked to cancer.

Colorectal cancer has since jumped up from being the fifth-leading cancer death in the early 1990s.

Ahead of the government’s landmark new National Cancer Plan next month, England’s top cancer doctor said the genetic register comes as part of “a new era of early cancer detection” to help thousands more people to access tailored information, testing and risk-reducing interventions.

Researchers found an antibody that seems to play a role in people with better lung cancer prognoses, but turning it into a treatment could be difficult.

Death rates from colorectal cancer, however, have continued to rise in younger adults, becoming the leading cause of cancer death among people under 50 in 2023. The disease was the fifth-leading cause of death from cancer in the early 1990s.

Universal gene‑edited CAR‑T therapies turn donor T cells into off‑the‑shelf cancer treatments, cutting delays and costs while delivering rapid remissions for hard‑to‑treat patients.

Iowa has the second-highest rate of new cancers in the United States, and rates are rising.