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Researchers discover that a ‘muscle’ cancer is not really a muscle cancer
Credit: St. Jude Children's Research Hospital St. Jude Children's Research Hospital oncologists have discovered the cell type that gives rise...
Amity Manning receives Smith Family Foundation Award to study the biology of cancer cells
Credit: Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) Worcester, Mass. - Amity Manning, assistant professor of biology and biotechnology, has received a three-year,...
Researchers discover that a ‘muscle’ cancer is not really a muscle cancer
Credit: St. Jude Children's Research Hospital St. Jude Children's Research Hospital oncologists have discovered the cell type that gives rise...
Rice University lab modifies nanoscale virus to deliver peptide drugs to cells, tissues
Credit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University By chipping away at a viral protein, Rice University scientists have discovered a path toward virus-like,...
Beta blockers may boost immunotherapy, help melanoma patients live longer
HERSHEY, Pa. -- A common, inexpensive drug that is used to prevent heart attacks and lower blood pressure may also...
Improved blood stabilization should expand use of circulating tumor cell profiling
A new blood stabilization method, developed at the Massachusetts General Hospital Center for Engineering in Medicine (MGH-CEM), significantly prolongs the...
Saliva test aims to detect HPV throat cancers
Credit: Erika Fish, QUT This follows the extension of a QUT collaboration with Johnson & Johnson Innovation, Janssen Vaccines &...
Study uncovers healthcare disparities among octogenarians and nonagenarians with advanced lung cancer
A new study reveals that, among patients of advanced age with stage III lung cancer, African Americans and individuals who...
California awards UCSC Precision Medicine Funds for childhood cancer research
Credit: UC Santa Cruz SANTA CRUZ, CA - Jan. 8 , 2018 - The California Initiative to Advance Precision Medicine...
Total-body PET: Maximizing sensitivity for clinical research and patient care
Credit: University of California, Davis RESTON, Va. - The new total-body PET/CT scanner could revolutionize our understanding and treatment of...
Total-body PET: Maximizing sensitivity for clinical research and patient care
Credit: University of California, Davis RESTON, Va. - The new total-body PET/CT scanner could revolutionize our understanding and treatment of...
PharmaMar has requested the process of re-examination for Aplidin® from the EMA
(Pharmamar) PharmaMar has announced the initiation of the re-examination process by the European Medicines Agency for Aplidin® (plitidepsin) for the...
Tailoring cancer treatments to individual patients
Credit: Lima et. al. 2017, Hormuth et. al. 2015 Attempts to eradicate cancer are often compared to a "moonshot" --...
Tailoring cancer treatments to individual patients
Credit: Lima et. al. 2017, Hormuth et. al. 2015 Attempts to eradicate cancer are often compared to a "moonshot" --...
Trastuzumab: No negative impact on cardiac function
PITTSBURGH, PA -- Long-term follow-up results of the NRG Oncology trial NSABP B-31 have shown that the addition of trastuzumab...
New cancer model shows genomic link between early-stage and invasive breast cancer types
Credit: MD Anderson Cancer Center HOUSTON -- new genetic-based model may explain how a common form of early-stage breast cancer...
Tumor suppressor gene variants identified as cancer ‘double whammy’ for leukemia patients
Credit: Seth Dixon / St. Jude Children's Research Hospital Newly identified germline variations in a key tumor suppressor gene predispose...
Female night shift workers may have increased risk of common cancers
Bottom Line: Night shift work was associated with women having an increased risk of breast, skin, and gastrointestinal cancer, according...
Tumor suppressor gene variants identified as cancer ‘double whammy’ for leukemia patients
Credit: Seth Dixon / St. Jude Children's Research Hospital Newly identified germline variations in a key tumor suppressor gene predispose...
Researchers detect a loophole in chronic lymphocytic leukemia treatment
Credit: Tissino et al., 2018 A team of researchers in Italy and Austria has determined that a drug approved to...
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