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Giant cancer study reveals effectiveness of 'off label' treatments

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Nature Podcast
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Apr 15, 2026
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In this episode: 00:46 A massive trial assessing the outcomes of ‘off label’ cancer treatment Research Article:   Verkerk et al . 12:49 Research Highlights Nature:   Microbial hockey: bacteria can spin a ‘puck’ just by swimming Nature:   Regular physical activity in midlife cuts risk of early death 15:14 10,000 years of western Eurasian evolution Nature:   Landmark ancient-genome study shows surprise acceleration of human evolution Research Article:   Akbari et al. Subscribe to Nature Briefing, an unmissable daily round-up of science news, opinion and analysis free in your inbox every weekday. Never miss an episode. Subscribe to the Nature Podcast on  Apple Podcasts ,   Spotify ,   YouTube Music   or your favourite podcast app.   An RSS feed for the Nature Podcast   is available too. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.