Clinical trial uses a genetically engineered virus to fight cancer
Credit: Sanford Health SIOUX FALLS, S.D. - Sanford Health is the first site in the United States to launch a ...
Older cancer patients rate own physical abilities as better than their caregivers do
Older cancer patients and their caregivers often differ in their assessment of the patient's physical abilities, with caregivers generally rating ...
‘Acidic patch’ regulates access to genetic information
Credit: Courtesy of Nature Chromatin remodelers -- protein machines that pack and unpack chromatin, the tightly wound DNA-protein complex in ...
Cancer-fighting T cells are smarter, stronger than experts thought
Credit: Yinnian Feng/Vanderbilt University Scientists studying the body's cancer-fighting T cells have a serious problem: When they culture them in ...
New cancer diagnosis may come with risk of thromboembolism
WASHINGTON (Aug. 14, 2017) -- Patients newly diagnosed with cancer may have a substantially increased short-term risk of arterial thromboembolism, ...
Clinical trial eligibility criteria a growing obstacle
Credit: UT Southwestern DALLAS - Aug. 14, 2017 - Despite a decade-long call for simplification of clinical trials, the number ...
Discovery of new prostate cancer biomarkers could improve precision therapy
ROCHESTER, Minn. -- Mayo Clinic researchers have identified a new cause of treatment resistance in prostate cancer. Their discovery also ...
Ohio State Cancer researchers validate a clinical test for fusion genes
Columbus, Ohio - An assay that identifies a peculiar but important abnormality in cancer cells has been developed and validated ...
From thousands of suspects, Yale researchers ferret out cancer-causing genes
A Yale-led team of researchers has identified specific gene combinations that can cause deadly brain cancer glioblastoma, using new technology ...
From cancer evolution to personalized therapies
Lausanne, 14 August 2017 - Being able to predict the resistance or sensitivity of a tumour cell to a drug ...
Breast cancer study in India shows how the country can avoid crisis
Credit: University of Portsmouth A new study examining breast cancer awareness in India has found that a lack of early ...
Important to communicate cancer prevention message to young adults to reduce risks later in life
Ann Arbor, MI, Aug. 14, 2017 - The latest estimates suggest that, by 2020, more than 1.9 million Americans will ...
Lungs in space
Space travel can cause a lot of stress on the human body as the change in gravity, radiation and other ...
How Gata4 helps mend a broken heart
Credit: Baylor College of Medicine During a heart attack, blood stops flowing into the heart; starved for oxygen, part of ...
Does stronger initial response to cancer treatment predict longer overall survival?
Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center It seems like such a simple question: Do patients whose tumors shrink more in ...
Researchers from TU Dresden and CiQUS obtain decacene, the largest acene synthesized ever
Credit: TU Dresden Acenes are molecules formed by the linear fusion of special carbon-based hexagons, widely known as 'benzene rings'. ...
Immune study points to new ways to treat lung disease
Fresh insight into how the immune system keeps itself in check could lead to new ways of fighting chronic lung ...
Researchers 3-D print first truly microfluidic ‘lab on a chip’ devices
Credit: BYU Photo Researchers at BYU are the first to 3D-print a viable microfluidic device small enough to be effective ...
Granulins are brain treasure, not trash
Credit: Chris Holler, Emory University School of Medicine Emory University School of Medicine researchers have developed tools that enable them ...
Probiotics help poplar trees clean up toxins in Superfund sites
Credit: Michael Blaylock/Edenspace Systems Corporation Trees have the ability to capture and remove pollutants from the soil and degrade them ...
