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Glynn, the penny farthing rider, and his son are doing the Liverpool to Chester bike ride to fund raise for cancer research.

I will be seriously impressed if he's riding through the Mersey tunnel on the penny farthing!!!

justgiving.com/page/felix-lcl

JustGivingFelix's fundraiser for North West Cancer Research Incorporating Clatterbridge Cancer ResearchHelp Glynn Stockton raise money to support North West Cancer Research Incorporating Clatterbridge Cancer Research

"... the collection of 28 (as of March of this year) cancer experts from universities across the country are there to help guide the NCI’s progress as the preeminent funder of cancer research in the world. As of Monday, no they’re not.

Multiple members have now confirmed to Splinter that the [National Cancer Institute's] Board of Scientific Advisors has been entirely disbanded."
splinter.com/national-cancer-i
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#antiscience #CancerResearch #PublicHealth #NCI

New #preLights post from Vibha Singh! 👀

In this highlighted #preprint, the research team (#NalbantLab) introduces a powerful new approach to studying mechanobiological regulation in cancer. In doing so, they describe how tumour cells manage to “pull” themselves away from the tumour bulk during invasion.

Read the #preLight here 👉 prelights.biologists.com/highl

“I don’t think anyone appreciated the magnitude by which even mild stress, if it’s chronic, can have such a negative influence on cancer growth.” —cancer immunologist Elizabeth Repasky

People with cancer may experience a wide range of stressors, both related and unrelated to the disease. A growing body of evidence suggests that these may influence how a tumor grows and spreads.

🔗 Learn more: knowablemagazine.org/content/a