Cancer

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