Cancer
A new approach to chemical synthesis
MIT chemists have devised a new way to synthesize a complex molecular structure that is shared by a group of...
Personalized medicine leads to better outcomes for patients with cancer
In a meta-analysis of hundreds of clinical trials involving thousands of patients, researchers at University of California San Diego School...
ASCO: Finally, targeted therapies for triple-negative breast cancer
At the American Society for Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting 2016, researchers present results of three clinical trials using new...
Cancer cells become more aggressive from fat storage
It has been established that not all cancer cells are equally aggressive – most can be neutralised with radiation and...
Imaging biomarker distinguishes prostate cancer tumor grade
Physicians have long used magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to detect cancer but results of a University of California San Diego...
Novel mouse model sheds new light on autism spectrum disorder
MADISON, Wis. — A new mouse model, developed by researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, is the first to show...
Cancer studies should include overweight, elderly mice
ST. LOUIS — Researchers should include laboratory mice that are old and obese in their studies of immunotherapy treatments for...
A combined approach to treating metastatic melanoma
Oncologists at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center have successfully treated a patient with metastatic melanoma by combining two different...
New 3-D hydrogel biochips prove to be superior in detecting bowel cancer at early stages
Researchers from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT), the Engelhardt Institute of Molecular Biology (EIMB RAS), the Institute...
Human trials of cancer drug PAC-1 continue with new investment
Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Clinical trials of the anti-cancer agent PAC-1 are continuing to expand,...
May repairs full of mistakes develop into cancer?
A group of researchers at Osaka University found that if DNA damage response (DDR) does not work when DNA is...
Dialing up chemotherapy for pancreatic cancer with ultrasound
WASHINGTON, D.C., May 25, 2016 — Researchers at Haukeland University Hospital in Bergen, Norway have combined a laboratory ultrasound technique...
Scientists block breast cancer cells from hiding in bones
Scientists at the Duke Cancer Institute have identified a molecular key that breast cancer cells use to invade bone marrow...
Purdue research may expand engineered T-cell cancer treatment
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Purdue University researchers may have figured out a way to call off a cancer cell assassin...
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