📣 BBC Podcast is now up! Cancer cases in the under 50s are rising at an alarming rate, up 80% in the past 30 years. But why? Listen here:.

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Podcast now available to watch on YouTube!.

It's a terrifying trend. Rising obesity seems like the obvious explanation, but many of those diagnosed are normal weight. Instead, as I explain on the pod, the possible answers include newer & less understood potential carcinogens from microplastics to artificial light.

I was at Broadcasting House earlier today filming a new upcoming episode of the BBC's The Global Story podcast - coming soon!

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At a conference last September, I listened to a fascinating talk about a class of drugs called senolytics which aim to remove senescent cells, one of the hallmarks of ageing. My story on how these medicines can help us tackle age-related diseases.

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@CERN @hug_ge 5/. Some of the early clinical trials at hospitals in Cincinnati and Lausanne are fascinating. I'm looking forward to continuing to follow and report on this fascinating area.

@CERN @hug_ge 4/. - Perhaps even more impactful for public health as a whole, treatment courses with FLASH radiotherapy are shorter, allowing many more patients to be treated in the same amount of time - creating the possibility of cutting waiting lists.

@CERN @hug_ge 3/. As I explain in this story, this could be revolutionary for a few reasons:.- It could treat complex diseases like glioblastoma, where cancer is dispersed through the brain. - It could offer a new treatment for people with cancer that has metastasised across multiple organs.

2/. Last September, I visited Geneva to meet scientists at @CERN and @hug_ge pursuing a potentially game changing approach. Called FLASH, it delivers more radiation, but at ultra-high dose rates of less than a second, which seems to make it possible to spare healthy cells.