Cancer
Label-free method for rapid cancer diagnosis
Credit: RUB, Marquard Researchers at Ruhr-Universität Bochum have deployed a novel infrared (IR) microscope with quantum cascade lasers in order...
Stem cell signaling drives mammary gland development and — maybe — breast cancer
The human body develops most tissue types during fetal development, in a mother's uterus. Yet one only tissue develops after...
A way to prevent pancreatic cancer from spreading post-surgery?
Credit: Fearon Lab, CSHL Cold Spring Harbor, NY - Scientists at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) have solved a mystery...
New blood test rapidly detects signs of pancreatic cancer
Credit: David Baillot/UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering Pancreatic cancer is expected to become the second deadliest cancer in...
Bone scan software accurately calculates prognosis of advanced prostate cancer
DURHAM, N.C. - A software tool to automatically calculate how extensively bones have been infiltrated by prostate cancer is both...
How accurate is breath test for diagnosis esophagogastric cancer?
Bottom Line: A breath analysis test to diagnose esophagogastric (esophagus or stomach) cancer showed good diagnostic accuracy in a study...
How immune cells kill bacteria with acid
Credit: CeMM/Ruth Eichner The first line of immune defense against invading pathogens like bacteria are macrophages, immune cells that engulf...
Innovative light-delivery technique improves biosensors
Credit: Qinghai Song, Harbin Institute of Technology in China WASHINGTON -- There is a continuing need for practical chip-based sensors...
Single surface protein boosts multiple oncogenic pathways in acute myeloid leukemia
Credit: Mitchell et al., 2018 Researchers from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York have discovered that a...
Hookah responsible for over half of tobacco smoke inhaled by young smokers
PITTSBURGH, May 17, 2018 - Smoking tobacco from a waterpipe, also known as a hookah, accounted for over half of...
The Lancet Oncology: Patients’ sex may impact efficacy of immunotherapy in cancer treatment
Different immune responses between men and women, and potential interaction with hormones might impact how men and women benefit from...
Quartet of NFCR scientists publishes papers in immediate succession
ROCKVILLE, MD - A trio of papers co-authored by four National Foundation for Cancer Research (NFCR) scientists has been published...
A ‘dirty bomb’ battles cancer metastasis
CHICAGO --- The death of her mother from ovarian cancer when Dr. Sui Huang was only 12 led to her...
NIH, Northwestern scientists develop potential new approach to stop cancer metastasis
Researchers have identified a compound that blocks the spread of pancreatic and other cancers in various animal models. When cancer...
Reducing cholesterol could enhance T-cell cancer immunotherapy
CLEVELAND - Cleveland Clinic researchers have demonstrated for the first time that lowering blood cholesterol levels could enhance the success...
Under certain conditions, bacterial signals set the stage for leukemia
A new study by researchers from the University of Chicago Medicine shows that bacterial signals are crucial to the development...
Cellular valve structure opens up potential novel therapies
Credit: Raimund Dutzler, UZH Human cells are enclosed by membranes and are in osmotic equilibrium with their environment. If the...
Mayo discovery means individualized ovarian, brain cancer therapies
ROCHESTER, Minn. - Mayo Clinic researchers have discovered that a molecular communication pathway - thought to be defective in cancer...
Cell type switch helps colon cancer evade treatment, study suggests
Credit: Schmidt et al., 2018 Researchers in Germany have discovered that colon cancers are often resistant to existing drug treatments...
VA health care successfully reduces ‘rush to treatment’ rates for low-risk prostate cancer
Credit: NYU Langone Health Record numbers of American veterans diagnosed with non-aggressive prostate cancer are heeding the advice of international...
