Neowin News Feed for: Cancer

Google's new AI model discovers a game-changing way to treat cancer

Karthik Mudaliar — Thu, 16 Oct 2025 08:48:01 +0000

Google's new AI model, developed in collaboration with Yale University, has uncovered a revolutionary way to treat cancer. Read more...

Scientists uncover how cancer time bombs are silently planted in children by their own guts

Sayan Sen — Sun, 01 Jun 2025 08:16:01 +0000

A study has found that a common gut bacteria may leave invisible DNA scars in childhood, silently increasing the risk of colorectal cancer decades later. Read more...

Susan Wojcicki, formative Google Exec and former YouTube CEO passed away at 56

Martin Hodás — Sat, 10 Aug 2024 07:42:01 +0000

One of the earliest Google employees, Susan Wojcicki, has died at the age of 56. The former CEO of YouTube stepped away from the key role early last year to focus on her family and health. Read more...

Awesome Games Done Quick raises $2.4 million for the Prevent Cancer Foundation

Faheemmuddeen Patel — Sun, 13 Jan 2019 17:52:01 +0000

Awesome Games Done Quick came to an end last night, and the event raised a whopping $2.4 million for the Prevent Cancer Foundation. The total amount marks a personal best for the event. Read more...

New study shows mixed results in linking cellphone radiation to cancer

Faheemmuddeen Patel — Mon, 05 Feb 2018 23:00:01 +0000

A new study by NIH, the most comprehensive study conducted in determining whether cellphone radiation is linked to the appearance of cancer, has been published, and the results are kinda weird! Read more...

Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan grant first $50 million out of $3 billion to scientists

Vlad Dudau — Thu, 09 Feb 2017 12:22:01 +0000

The Zuckerberg Chan BioHub has put out its first grant to scientists. The hub's stated purpose is to cure all disease by the turn of the century by funding blue skies research Read more...

Microsoft's researchers want to 'solve' cancer within 10 years

Vlad Dudau — Tue, 20 Sep 2016 09:10:01 +0000

Microsoft may soon be known for a lot more than just its operating system. The company's researchers are combining big data, biology and machine learning to help fight cancer, with promising results. Read more...

Samsung accused of not disclosing hazardous working conditions to employees

Vlad Dudau — Thu, 11 Aug 2016 14:48:01 +0000

Samsung is being accused by ex-employees of misleading them and hiding hazardous working conditions from them. What's worse, the South Korean government isn't helping its citizens. Read more...

Google's new symptom search will likely tell you it's not Lupus

Vlad Dudau — Tue, 21 Jun 2016 07:14:01 +0000

Google is rolling out a new update for mobile search, which will now display helpful cards with symptoms, disease and warning signs for all your hypochondriac needs. But this is not medical advice. Read more...

Microsoft's Bing search engine can tell if you have pancreatic cancer

Vlad Dudau — Wed, 08 Jun 2016 08:02:01 +0000

Microsoft researchers have developed algorithms that can parse search data and queries and detect whether a user has pancreatic cancer. The research was published in the Journal of Oncology Practice. Read more...

10 Questions: Do cellphones give us cancer?

Vlad Dudau — Fri, 27 May 2016 13:52:01 +0000

A new, major study has come out and the internet is buzzing with panic-inducing headlines saying our phones will kill us all. But what does the study actually say and should we be worried? Read more...

Oracle's Larry Ellison donates $200 million to fund cancer research center

Andy Weir — Thu, 12 May 2016 10:02:01 +0000

Larry Ellison - co-founder of Oracle, and one of the world's wealthiest people - is donating $200 million to fund a new research center dedicated to transforming the way that cancer is treated. Read more...

The Apple Watch is being used to help patients with cancer

Justin Luna — Thu, 21 May 2015 15:00:48 +0000

A hospital in London is currently conducting a program that uses the Apple Watch as a tool to help cancer patients. Apps are already being developed, which aim to help patients take their medication. Read more...

Microsoft's media campaign continues with cloud powered, cancer research advert

Brad Sams — Wed, 04 Feb 2015 00:12:23 +0000

Microsoft showed off a new advertisement tonight during ABC World News and this time around, the company is focusing on its cloud and how it is helping with cancer research. Read more...

Biologists skeptical of Google's nanoparticles: "A good Star Trek episode"

Christopher White — Sat, 01 Nov 2014 23:32:01 +0000

Google wants to create "nanoparticles" that will attack and destroy cancer cells, but many biologists are skeptical, saying it can't be done and is nothing more than science fiction. Read more...

2014 Awesome Games Done Quick Marathon raises eye-popping sum for cancer research

Austin McIntire — Thu, 16 Jan 2014 16:04:41 +0000

The 2014 Awesome Games Done Quick marathon has raised a record breaking sum for cancer research. This fundraiser features some of the most skilled gamers in the world. Read more...

The Oatmeal counters FunnyJunk lawsuit with philanthropy

Denis Wong — Fri, 15 Jun 2012 08:56:29 +0000

In response to The Oatmeal's request for philanthropic donations following a lawsuit against them by FunnyJunk.com, fans have responded with over $160,000 in donations to two charitable organizations. Read more...

Mythbusted: No link between mobile phones & brain cancer

Tim Schiesser — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 11:52:54 +0000

A new study of a whopping 358,000 people has found that there is no link between mobile phones and brain cancer, so you can go about life without fearing bogus side-effects of mobile phones Read more...

Study shows little evidence connecting mobile phone use to cancer

John Callaham — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 22:59:42 +0000

Last May the World Health Organization released a report that heavy users of mobile phones might be at risk of getting cancer. It was a controversial report and many disputed the conclusion of WHO. Now... Read more...

Microsoft helps you go pink for Breast Cancer Awareness Month

Alan Cone — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 23:29:36 +0000

October, in the United States, is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. During the month of October, the color pink is shown to support those who are fighting to find a cure for this disease. NFL players... Read more...

Analysts say Apple violated SEC disclosure rules

Michael Stanclift — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 19:44:00 +0000

Apple is coming under serious scrutiny from industry analysts, business leaders and now possibly the United States Securities and Exchanges Commission (SEC) for their failure to disclose the whole truth about the health problems Steve... Read more...

Japanese Study: No Increased Cancer Risk with Cellphones

Wed, 06 Feb 2008 22:45:01 +0000

According to scientists at Tokyo Women's Medical University, using a mobile phone does not increase your risk of brain cancer, a finding which adds to the growing body of evidence that mobile phones are safe.... Read more...

Cancer Group asks Women to be Brazen Online

Fri, 11 Jan 2008 01:58:40 +0000

Canadian women are being asked to bare their breasts online in a brazenly novel campaign meant to keep them cancer-free. Hundreds of women have already uploaded their images -- including at least 20 breast cancer... Read more...

Ford and Microsoft Sell Pink Zune for Breast Cancer Research

Christopher Vendemio — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 00:10:07 +0000

Both Ford and Microsoft have teamed up to release a special edition pink Zune for Breast Cancer Awareness Month. While many companies are jumping at the chance to bring awareness to such an important cause,... Read more...

6 Year Study: Mobile Phones Will Not Cause Cancer

Fri, 28 Sep 2007 19:01:49 +0000

The Mobile Telecommunications and Health Research Program conducted a six year study, possibly the largest investigation so far into health risks associated with mobile telephone technology, and concluded that mobile phones will not cause cancer... Read more...

Blue Jean Dye Kills Cancer Cells

Fri, 27 Oct 2006 22:20:05 +0000

The dye in your blue jeans could soon be used to kill cancer cells, say scientists. UK researchers are employing tiny gold "nanoparticles", 1/5000th the thickness of a human hair, to deliver the chemical compound... Read more...

Pokemon USA Threatens to Sue Cancer Researchers

Mon, 19 Dec 2005 23:45:25 +0000

Nintendo subsidiary threatens legal action to keep scientists from referring to cancer-causing gene by the nickname "Pokemon." In January's issue of the science journal Nature, Pier Paolo Pandolfi of the Memorial Sloan-Kettering... Read more...

Tiny robot to help cancer diagnosis

Mon, 14 Mar 2005 15:27:48 +0000

British scientists are developing a tiny robot to fit inside MRI machines, which will improve the accuracy of biopsies taken to screen for prostate cancer. Needle biopsies are currently taken from the... Read more...

Cancer Stem Cells Hint at Cure

Thu, 12 Aug 2004 22:48:45 +0000

Researchers have discovered cells that continually replenish leukemia tumors. Killing these infinitely renewing cells could be key to halting the disease. A genetic mutation causes the leukemia cells to divide out of control and allows... Read more...

Jobs has surgery for cancer

Mon, 02 Aug 2004 03:33:58 +0000

Apple Computer CEO Steve Jobs underwent surgery this weekend to remove a cancerous tumor in his pancreas, but told employees in an e-mail that the surgery was successful and said he expects to be back... Read more...

IBM Helps University on Cancer Research Computer

Wed, 28 Nov 2001 08:47:49 +0000

NEW YORK (Reuters) - International Business Machines Corp. IBM.N on Wednesday said it is working with the University of Pennsylvania on a large computer that will store mammogram data, helping doctors screen for breast cancer... Read more...