Cancer
UTMB adapts Zika vaccine to fight brain cancer
GALVESTON, Texas - Researchers at The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston have successfully harnessed a Zika virus vaccine...
Tweaking cells’ gatekeepers could lead to new way to fight cancer
Credit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA--(September 18, 2018) If the cell nucleus is like a bank for DNA, nuclear pores are...
Understanding epilepsy in pediatric tumors
Credit: KAIST Pediatric brain tumors are characterized by frequent complications due to intractable epilepsy compared to adult brain tumors. However,...
Obesity and vitamin D deficiency may indicate greater risk for breast cancer
CLEVELAND, Ohio (September 19, 2018)--Vitamin D is already well known for its benefits in building healthy bones. A new study...
ESMO 2018 awardees announced
Lugano, Switzerland, 19 September 2018 - The European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO), the leading organisation for medical oncology, has...
New micro-platform reveals cancer cells’ natural behavior
Credit: Hokkaido University A new cell culture platform allows researchers to observe never-before-seen behaviors of live cancer cells under the...
Cell mechanism regulating protein synthesis in stress conditions discovered
Credit: UAB The different genes within the genome must be expressed in precise levels and in the exact moment if...
CTLA4 targeted therapy plus PD-1 targeted therapy could benefit women with ovarian cancer
An analysis of the NRG Oncology clinical trial NRG-GY003 suggests that adding ipilimumab, a monoclonal antibody that targets the protein...
When a chemical tag makes the difference in cell fate and gene expression
Scientists at the Centre for Genomic Regulation in Barcelona, Spain, have uncovered the role of special chemical 'tags' in controlling...
Strategies to protect bone health in hematologic stem cell transplant recipients
Credit: International Osteoporosis Foundation Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) is the treatment of choice for many patients with malignant and...
Newspaper reporting of NHS Cancer Drugs Fund misleading
An analysis of UK newspaper reporting of the NHS Cancer Drugs Fund (CDF) between 2010 and 2015 shows that despite...
Study details incidence & timing of immunotherapy-related fatalities
Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center researchers have answered questions about the incidence and timing of rare but sometimes fatal reactions to the...
Prostate cancer care for older men estimated to cost Medicare $1.2 billion
CHAPEL HILL - Researchers from the University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center estimate that screening for and treating...
Sleep apnea could favor tumor growth at young ages
Credit: UB-CIBERES A scientific study, conducted with animal models, states that sleep apnea can favour lung cancer growth in young...
2018 Golden Goose Award recognizes five researchers and their basic research that benefits society
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The seventh annual Golden Goose Award ceremony will recognize three teams of scientists whose silly-sounding research has...
ACA expansion did not improve access to complex surgeries for low-income/minority patients
WASHINGTON -- A first look at the Affordable Care Act (ACA)'s Medicaid expansion finds that despite expectations, there was no...
Genetic testing helps predict disease recurrence in myelodysplastic syndrome
Credit: Matt Miller A DNA-based analysis of blood cells soon after a stem cell transplant can predict likelihood of disease...
Discovery of a cancer promoter offers pathway to overcome drug resistance
Credit: St. Jude Children's Research Hospital Geneticists at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital have discovered a previously unknown cell growth...
St. Jude researchers solve a central mystery of a baffling high-risk leukemia
Credit: St. Jude Children's Research Hospital St. Jude Children's Research Hospital investigators have unraveled the origins and identified mutations associated...
Thousands of breast cancer gene variants engineered and analyzed
Credit: UW Medicine A new scientific analysis of nearly 4,000 mutations deliberately engineered into the BRCA1 gene will immediately benefit...
