Cancer
Breast cancer growth signals are enhanced by a protein outside cells
Credit: Sampayo et al., 2018 New research uncovers how a sticky protein called fibronectin promotes the activity of estrogen in...
WSU researchers map DNA damage links to onset of skin cancer, melanoma
PULLMAN, Wash. A critical link in mapping recurrent mutations of melanoma -- the most serious form of skin cancer in...
Detecting esophageal cancer cells
Researchers at the University of Texas at Arlington's College of Nursing and Health Innovation have developed a new nanoparticle-based platform...
Ancient American dogs almost completely wiped out by arrival of European breeds
The arrival of Europeans to the Americas, beginning in the 15th century, all but wiped out the dogs that had...
Cost-effectiveness study of risk-based screenings for breast cancer
Bottom Line: A cost-effectiveness study used a hypothetical group of women in the United Kingdom to compare risk-based breast cancer...
Prostate cancer ultrasound treatment as effective as surgery or radiotherapy
Using high energy ultrasound beams to destroy prostate cancer tumours may be as effective as surgery or radiotherapy, but with...
A first look at interstitial fluid flow in the brain
Credit: Kingsmore et al. WASHINGTON, D.C., July 3, 2018 -- Interstitial fluid transports nutrients and removes waste between the organs...
Boldly going where no plant has gone before
Credit: UK Research Communications LEXINGTON, Ky. (July 2, 2018) - Joe Chappell's latest venture in plant-based drug development could be...
How targeting metabolism can defeat cancer stem cells
Credit: Michigan Medicine ANN ARBOR, Michigan -- Researchers are the University of Michigan Rogel Cancer are unraveling a crucial thread...
Surgeons have substantial impact on genetic testing in breast cancer patients who need it
Credit: Rogel Cancer Center ANN ARBOR, Michigan -- For many women diagnosed with breast cancer, genetic testing can offer important...
Finding suggest HPV testing detects cervical pre-cancer earlier, more accurately than Pap smear
Bottom Line:Nearly all cervical cancers are associated with persistent cervical infection from cancer-related human papillomavirus (HPV) strains. Testing for HPV...
New tools used to identify childhood cancer genes
Credit: UT Southwestern DALLAS - July 3, 2018 - Using a new computational strategy, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center...
Sylvester researcher uses HPV vaccine to treat patient with skin cancer
Squamous cell carcinoma is the second-most-common form of skin cancer. Evidence suggests the human papilloma virus plays a role in...
Sub-fertility in men treated with ICSI associated with an increased risk of prostate cancer
Barcelona, 3 July 2018: Subfertile men who have received fertility treatment with the microinjection technique of ICSI (intracytoplasmic sperm injection)...
New insight into the maturation of miRNAs
(Helmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Center for Environmental Health) An international research team led by Helmholtz Zentrum München, Technical...
Testicular cancer study reveals highest risk symptoms to aid diagnosis
A new study has identified the highest risk symptoms that can indicate testicular cancer, in research that aims to improve...
Teamwork between cells fuels aggressive childhood brain tumor
Scientists have discovered that cancerous cells in an aggressive type of childhood brain tumour work together to infiltrate the brain,...
Eat ’em up: Next-generation therapeutic helps immune cells detect, destroy cancer
Credit: Ashish Kulkarni, Brigham and Women's Hospital Macrophages - immune cells that engulf and digest particles and pathogens - provide...
New cancer immunotherapy shows promise in early tests
Credit: UMass Amherst AMHERST, Mass. - Much cancer immunotherapy research has focused on harnessing the immune system's T cells to...
UGR makes a step towards earlier diagnosis of pancreatic cancer
Credit: University of Granada A multidisciplinary team from the University of Granada has developed software that can make it easier...