Cancer
Drug matched to patients according to tumour gene testing shows signs of being effective
Dublin, Ireland: Treatment with capivasertib, a drug designed to work against a particular gene mutation found in some tumours, shows...
Pregnant women favor urine testing for tobacco cessation; clinicians express concern
Up to one-third of female smokers with Medicaid deny tobacco use during pregnancy. A new study finds that, despite reservations,...
New wireless device can aid recovery of breast cancer patients
Patient studies of a new sensing device have proved it can provide early warning of the potential failure of breast...
Alex Huang, M.D., Ph.D., awarded $1.35 million to conduct lifesaving childhood cancer research
Credit: Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine Leading cancer researcher, Alex Huang MD, PhD, has been awarded a three-year,...
Skin ages when the main cells in the dermis lose their identity and function
Credit: M Salzer, IRB Barcelona With age, our tissues lose their function and capacity to regenerate after being damaged. A...
Prostate cancer radiotherapy more precisely targeted with nuclear medicine imaging
Credit: Jeremie Calais and Nicholas G. Nickols, UCLA. Current standard imaging techniques for initial staging of prostate cancer often underestimate...
Grants aim to give veterans better access to cancer trials
Credit: SWOG Cancer Research Network/Hope Foundation for Cancer Research For the fourth year, SWOG Cancer Research Network and its charity,...
New book on Translation Mechanisms and Control from Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press
Credit: The authors thank Jonathan Weissman, Masaaki Sokabe, Christopher Fraser, Tsafi Pe'ery and Cheyenne Moorman for their contributions to the...
First-ever prostate cancer treatment uses gold nanoparticles to destroy tumorous cells
Credit: UTHealth HOUSTON - (Nov. 8, 2018) - A small clinical trial using gold nanoparticles that act as tumor-seeking missiles...
Hidden estrogen receptors in the breast epithelium
Estrogens are hormones that play central roles in the development and the physiology of the breast, but also are involved...
New flexible, transparent, wearable biopatch, improves cellular observation, drug delivery
Credit: (Purdue image) WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind - Purdue University researchers have developed a new flexible and translucent base for silicon...
VITAL study: How vitamin D and fish oil affect risk of heart attack, stroke and cancer
Boston, MA -- For years, it's remained an open question: What effects do dietary supplements such as high doses of...
Weight during adolescence may affect pancreatic cancer risk in adulthood
New research has linked adolescent obesity with up to a four-fold increased risk of pancreatic cancer later in life. The...
RIP1 Kinase identified as promising therapeutic target in pancreatic cancer
An experimental drug may be effective against a deadly form of pancreatic cancer when used in combination with other immune-boosting...
Research brings personalized medicine to treat leukemia one step closer
Scientists at the University of Birmingham have revealed the roles that different types of gene mutations play in causing blood...
Suicide handshakes kill precursor T cells that pose autoimmune dangers
Credit: NIAID/NIH Ball lands in cup; cup triggers spring; spring clamps lever onto ball and holds it tight. That's a...
Scientists shine new light on link between obesity and cancer
Scientists have made a major discovery that shines a new, explanatory light on the link between obesity and cancer. Their...
Defective DNA damage repair leads to chaos in the genome
Scientists at the German Cancer Research Center (Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, DKFZ) have now found a cause for the frequent catastrophic events...
Spectrum of cardiovascular toxicities with immune checkpoint inhibitors revealed
In the first large-scale analysis of cardiovascular complications linked to immune checkpoint inhibitors, Vanderbilt researchers have shown that heart and...
Two-pronged device enables maverick immune cells to identify and kill cancers
Immune cells called Gamma Delta T cells can act independently to identify and kill cancer cells, defying the conventional view...