The shot that could stop cancer before it begins, and why getting it early matters

When 12-year-olds receive a letter from the school nurse about the HPV vaccine, their reactions are often mixed. Some students worry about the needle. Others wonder why they need a vaccine for ...
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

Can you get a cancer screening without insurance?

We asked Fred Hutch experts for their best advice on how people in Washington state can still get cancer screenings even without insurance. “Access to cancer screening is absolutely essential,” said ...
The Scientist

Can Tattoos Cause Cancer? Researchers Investigate

Several new epidemiological studies hint at a possible link between tattoos and cancer. The results are not yet conclusive ...

Repurposing obsolete radioactive devices as radioisotope sources

To produce actinium-227, the isotope used for an FDA-approved cancer treatment, the first step is to bombard targets of the radioisotope radium-226 in ORNL's High Flux Isotope Reactor (HFIR). The ...
Frontiers

New Insights in Nucleic Acid Approaches for Vaccine and Biologic Delivery

The use of the nucleic acid platform for antigen delivery has expanded rapidly in the past decade, highlighted by the development and deployment of several nucleic acid vaccines for SARS-CoV-2 and the ...