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Ancient enzyme could boost power of liquid biopsies to detect and profile cancers
Credit: Jennifer Stamos/Univ. of Texas at Austin Scientists are developing a set of medical tests called liquid biopsies that can...
New talking therapy could help cancer survivors cope after treatment
A new project to develop and test a talking-based therapy for cancer survivors, led by Queen Mary University of London...
Why are minorities underrepresented in genetic cancer studies?
Socio-cultural and clinical factors as well as healthcare processes were important drivers of a woman's willingness to provide saliva specimens...
Seattle Children’s opens first pediatric CAR T-Cell trial targeting CD22 and CD19 proteins
Credit: Seattle Children's Seattle Children's has opened the first chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell immunotherapy trial in the U.S. for...
AMP Iissues consensus guideline recommendations for NGS bioinformatics pipelines
BETHESDA, Md. -- Nov. 16, 2017 -- The Association for Molecular Pathology (AMP), the premier global, non-profit molecular diagnostics professional...
Brain cancer treatment previously featured on 60 Minutes now available to children
November 16, 2017 - DURHAM, NC: A Phase 1 clinical trial leveraging the re-engineered polio virus is now open for...
Pancreatic cancer: Is an ‘electronic nose’ the answer to achieving early diagnosis?
Credit: United European Gastroenterology (Vienna, Nov. 16, 2017) Utilising an 'electronic nose' could be an effective and affordable screening method...
Pharmacoscopy improves therapy for relapsed blood cancer in a first clinical trial
Credit: CeMM/Gregory Vladimer Researchers at CeMM and the Medical University of Vienna presented a preliminary report in Lancet Hematology on...
Disparities in exposure to toxins may drive higher diabetes rates in minorities
Unequal exposure to environmental pollutants acting as endocrine-disrupting chemicals is an under-recognized risk factor that may play a key role...
Quality of care for older Texas patients with colon cancer on the rise, still room for improvement
Credit: MD Anderson Cancer Center HOUSTON -- Research from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center finds adherence to...
Wider sampling of tumor tissues may guide drug choice, improve outcomes
Credit: Guardant Health, see video at A new study focused on describing genetic variations within a primary tumor, differences between...
Developing new molecular methods for synthetizing treatments for drug-resistant cancers
Credit: Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) Worcester, Mass. - Anita Mattson, associate professor of chemistry and biochemistry at Worcester Polytechnic Institute...
Children undergoing radiation for cancer may have alternative to sedation
Credit: University of North Texas While radiation therapy is the most common cancer treatment for children under age 10, preparation...
Cures and scientific breakthroughs happen through collaboration, new study confirms
Credit: The above image, Fig. 2 from the paper, was generated using Cytoscape, an Open Source tool funded by the...
Targeting cancer without destroying healthy T-cells
A unique approach to targeting the abnormal T-cells that cause T-cell lymphomas could offer hope to patients with the aggressive...
Oncotarget: Researchers identify potential therapeutic target in aggressive breast cancer cells
Credit: Oncotarget ORCHARD PARK, New York - (November 15, 2017) - An especially aggressive breast cancer cell can respond to...
Single men ‘less likely’ to participate in bowel screening
Credit: University of Stirling Single men are significantly less likely to participate in bowel screening tests compared to those who...
Children’s exposure to secondhand smoke may be vastly underestimated by parents
Four out of 10 children in the US are exposed to secondhand smoke, according to the American Heart Association. A...
Tapeworm drug fights prostate cancer
Credit: Kim E. Andreassen Cancer researchers at the University of Bergen (UiB) in Norway have in the recent years experienced...
Converging blockchain and next-generation AI technologies to accelerate biomedical research
Credit: Insilico Medicine, Inc. Wednesday, 15th of November, 2017, 10AM EST, Baltimore, MD, Insilico Medicine, a Baltimore-based next-generation artificial intelligence...
