Low-dose X-ray exposure does not harm human stem cells
Credit: MIPT Press Office Biophysicists have shown that following low-dose exposure to X-rays (at 80 milligrays), stem cells remain healthy, ...
Smartphone app monitors cancer patients recovery
PITTSBURGH, Dec. 20, 2017 - Cancer patients receiving chemotherapy can be remotely monitored using their smartphone sensors and an algorithm ...
Expensive new cancer therapy may be cost effective
AURORA, Colo. (Dec. 20, 2017) - Researchers from the University of Colorado Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, selected ...
Many brain tumor patients do not receive adequate end-of-life care
While more than 60 percent of patients with the brain tumors called malignant gliomas enroll in hospice services, almost a ...
Harnessing sperm to treat gynecological diseases
Credit: American Chemical Society Delivering drugs specifically to cancer cells is one approach researchers are taking to minimize treatment side ...
Results from Alliance CABOSUN trial lead to US FDA approval of extended indication
The Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology (the Alliance), in conjunction with industry partner Exelixis, today announced that the U.S. ...
Overlooked immune cells hold breakthrough for treating aggressive cancers
Credit: Medical University of South Carolina The latest generation of cancer treatments spring from the discovery that the human immune ...
NIH study uncovers clues about why common cancer drug causes hearing loss
Scientists have found a new way to explain the hearing loss caused by cisplatin, a powerful drug used to treat ...
Ludwig researchers uncover mechanism behind metabolic vulnerability of some breast cancers
Credit: Ludwig Cancer Research DECEMBER 19, 2017, New York -- Scientists have known since the 1980s that many cancer cells ...
DNA annotations predict patient outcomes in childhood leukemia
UC San Francisco physician-scientists have developed a test that can predict how patients with juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia (JMML) will respond ...
Novel combination therapy shown to be effective in ovarian cancer
PHILADELPHIA -- (Dec. 19, 2017) -- Researchers at The Wistar Institute have found that combining PARP inhibitors, recently approved for ...
Monocytes have many faces
Credit: © Foto: Barbara Frommann/Uni Bonn When the immune system mobilizes its troops, antigen-presenting cells play an important role. They ...
Discovery of unsuspected flexibility offers new pathway to cancer drug development
Credit: Kathryn Faith Blood vessels are the supply lines of the human body, bringing nutrients and oxygen to cells and ...
Researchers find possible markers for earlier diagnosis of aggressive tongue cancer
Squamous cell carcinoma of the tongue, also known as oral tongue cancer, is an aggressive form of cancer that generally ...
New measurements to guide radiation therapy
Credit: Vincent Lemelin, Université de Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada WASHINGTON, D.C., December 19, 2017 -- When ionizing radiation passes through living ...
New $10.8 NIH grant supports KU research into cancer, neurological disorders, lung and heart disease
Credit: KU News Service LAWRENCE -- The University of Kansas' Center for Molecular Analysis of Disease Pathways, a National Institutes ...
The not so sweet side of Christmas
A new video by the University of Warwick highlights a bitter side to our sugar consumption at Christmas. Available to ...
Arthritis drug could help treat advanced skin cancer
Treatment for the most deadly form of skin cancer could be more effective if combined with a well-known drug for ...
Cervical cancer diagnoses and deaths to rocket in older women
Incidence of cervical cancer in young women is set to decline 75 per cent by 2040 with deaths close to ...
UNC Lineberger awarded $11.9 million grant to study radiation treatments for prostate cancer
Credit: UNC Lineberger CHAPEL HILL, North Carolina--The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) has awarded UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center's Ronald ...
