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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...

Disparities in exposure to toxins may drive higher diabetes rates in minorities

Unequal exposure to environmental pollutants acting as endocrine-disrupting chemicals is an under-recognized risk factor that may play a key role...

Quality of care for older Texas patients with colon cancer on the rise, still room for improvement

Credit: MD Anderson Cancer Center HOUSTON -- Research from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center finds adherence to...

Wider sampling of tumor tissues may guide drug choice, improve outcomes

Credit: Guardant Health, see video at A new study focused on describing genetic variations within a primary tumor, differences between...

Developing new molecular methods for synthetizing treatments for drug-resistant cancers

Credit: Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) Worcester, Mass. - Anita Mattson, associate professor of chemistry and biochemistry at Worcester Polytechnic Institute...

Children undergoing radiation for cancer may have alternative to sedation

Credit: University of North Texas While radiation therapy is the most common cancer treatment for children under age 10, preparation...

Cures and scientific breakthroughs happen through collaboration, new study confirms

Credit: The above image, Fig. 2 from the paper, was generated using Cytoscape, an Open Source tool funded by the...

Targeting cancer without destroying healthy T-cells