Cancer
Discovery of a new on/off switch affecting cell-to-cell communications
Cellular functions rely on several communications networks that allow cells to rapidly respond to signals affecting the organism. A new...
New treatment option available for men suffering from benign prostatic hyperplasia
Credit: UC San Diego Health Physicians at UC San Diego Health are now offering prostate artery embolization (PAE) as a...
ASHG honors Andrew Adey with early-career award
Credit: Andrew Adey ROCKVILLE, MD - The American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) has named Andrew Adey, PhD, as the...
Brain cancer: Typical mutation in cancer cells stifles immune response
The exchange of a single amino acid building block in a metabolic enzyme can lead to cancer. In addition, it...
Nanoparticles give immune cells a boost
CAMBRIDGE, MA -- Programming the body's immune system to attack cancer cells has had promising results for treating blood cancers...
Leukemia researchers discover way to predict healthy people at risk for developing AML
(TORONTO, Canada, July 9, 2018) - An international team of leukemia scientists has discovered how to predict healthy individuals at...
Evolution of melanoma reveals opportunities for intervention
UC San Francisco researchers have identified the sequence of genetic changes that transform benign moles into malignant melanoma in a...
Roots of leukemia reveal possibility of predicting people at risk
Scientists have discovered that it is possible to identify people at high risk of developing acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) years...
Penn study finds mutation driving deadlier brain tumors and potential therapy to stop it
PHILADELPHIA - A poorly understood mutation in the brain cancer glioblastoma (GBM) is now being implicated for the first time...
Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation awards over $3.6 million to nine top clinical investigators
New York, NY (July 6, 2018) - The Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation named six new Damon Runyon Clinical Investigators...
UVA develops way to create medicines without side effects
Credit: Dan Addison | University of Virginia Communications A new technique for precisely targeting molecules within cells is paving the...
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...
