How a poorly explored immune cell may impact cancer immunity and immunotherapy
ANN ARBOR, Michigan -- The immune cells that are trained to fight off the body's invaders can become defective. It's...
ALEX study shows alectinib 600 mg more effective than crizotinib in Asian cancer patients
A subanalysis of the phase III ALEX study has shown that alectinib (1) 600 mg twice daily is more effective...
Study analyzes mutations in cerebrospinal fluid in lung cancer with brain metastases
LUGANO, 17 November 2017 - Researchers have explored the analysis of mutations in cerebrospinal fluid of lung cancer patients with...
University of Guelph professor identifies protein key to cancer cells ability to spread
Credit: Rob O'Flanagan U of G scientists have made a discovery that could reduce the spread of cancer by hindering...
Anti-tumor and Immune-potentiating Enterococcus faecalis-2001 β-glucans
Credit: Dr. Yeun-Hwa Gu et al, Bentham Science Publishers Background: Enterococcus faecalis 2001 is a probiotic lactic acid bacterium and...
Link between obesity and cancer is not widely recognized
A new study published in the Journal of Public Health has shown that the majority of people in the United...
Novel therapeutic target discovered for estrogen receptor positive (ER+) breast cancer
Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have identified a protein that can be targeted to suppress...
Report suggests association between coffee and up to 70 percent reduced risk of liver disease
17th November 2017 - A new roundtable report from the Institute for Scientific Information on Coffee (ISIC) on 'Looking after...
NIST scientists discover how to switch liver cancer cell growth from 2-D to 3-D structures
Credit: Reyes-Hernandez and Bhadriraju/NIST Paving the way for testing experimental drugs in more realistic environments, scientists at the National Institute...
Lehigh engineering professor Yaling Liu named ASME fellow
Credit: Elaine Zelker/Lehigh University Yaling Liu, who has spent much of his career applying the principles of fluid mechanics and...
Sabga Foundation pledges $1 million towards TGen pancreatic cancer research
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago -- Nov. 16, 2017 -- Today, World Pancreatic Cancer Day, is the kickoff of...
Computer program finds new uses for old drugs
Researchers at the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine have developed a computer program...
Ancient enzyme could boost power of liquid biopsies to detect and profile cancers
Credit: Jennifer Stamos/Univ. of Texas at Austin Scientists are developing a set of medical tests called liquid biopsies that can...
New talking therapy could help cancer survivors cope after treatment
A new project to develop and test a talking-based therapy for cancer survivors, led by Queen Mary University of London...
Why are minorities underrepresented in genetic cancer studies?
Socio-cultural and clinical factors as well as healthcare processes were important drivers of a woman's willingness to provide saliva specimens...
Seattle Children’s opens first pediatric CAR T-Cell trial targeting CD22 and CD19 proteins
Credit: Seattle Children's Seattle Children's has opened the first chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell immunotherapy trial in the U.S. for...
AMP Iissues consensus guideline recommendations for NGS bioinformatics pipelines
BETHESDA, Md. -- Nov. 16, 2017 -- The Association for Molecular Pathology (AMP), the premier global, non-profit molecular diagnostics professional...
Brain cancer treatment previously featured on 60 Minutes now available to children
November 16, 2017 - DURHAM, NC: A Phase 1 clinical trial leveraging the re-engineered polio virus is now open for...
Pancreatic cancer: Is an ‘electronic nose’ the answer to achieving early diagnosis?
Credit: United European Gastroenterology (Vienna, Nov. 16, 2017) Utilising an 'electronic nose' could be an effective and affordable screening method...
Pharmacoscopy improves therapy for relapsed blood cancer in a first clinical trial
Credit: CeMM/Gregory Vladimer Researchers at CeMM and the Medical University of Vienna presented a preliminary report in Lancet Hematology on...
