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Multifunctional fluorescent nanoparticles for cancer surgery show promise
Even with pre-operative imaging techniques, surgeons still rely on visual inspection to locate malignant tissues during surgery. New research released...
CHLA is awarded more than $1 million from St. Baldrick’s Foundation to fund cancer research
Credit: Children's Hospital Los Angeles Three physician-researchers with the Children's Center for Cancer and Blood Diseases at Children's Hospital Los...
A new strategy for prevention of liver cancer development
Credit: UC San Diego Health Primary liver cancer is now the second leading cause of cancer-related death worldwide, and its...
Cornell study reveals why testicular cancer is so responsive to chemo
Credit: Credit: Tim Pierpont, Cornell University ITHACA, N.Y. - Cornell researchers have taken a major step toward answering a key...
Development of new protein may lead to novel treatment options for cancer, birth defects
(Boston)--Researchers have engineered an artificial protein that may block malignant properties of cancer cells as well as correct certain birth...
HPV testing is better than the Pap test at detecting cervical cancer
A new paper in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute finds that testing for cervical cancer using HPV testing...
Dresden scientists develop a sensor for the most important human cancer gene
Credit: TU Dresden, Frank Buchholz If it burns in a house smoke detectors alert us hence protecting life. A molecular...
CHLA is awarded more than $1M from St. Baldrick’s Foundation to fund cancer research
Credit: Children's Hospital Los Angeles Three physician-researchers with the Children's Center for Cancer and Blood Diseases at Children's Hospital Los...
Insurance linked to black-white survival disparities in colorectal cancer
Health insurance coverage differences account for nearly one-half of the black-white survival disparity in colorectal cancer patients, according to a...
Monoclonal antibody prevents graft-vs-host disease in bone marrow transplantation model
VANCOUVER, WASHINGTON (November 14, 2017) - Newly published research provides preclinical proof-of-concept for the ability of PRO 140, a humanized...
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease increases risk of liver, colorectal, and breast cancers
Credit: Journal of Hepatology Amsterdam, November 14, 2017 - Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is one of the more common...
Nano-targeting treatment for prostate cancer
Metastatic or castrate-resistant prostate cancer can spread to the bone in certain patients. While several new treatments are available, they...
Mining for cancer clues
Credit: University of Delaware/ Wenbo Fan Doctors have many weapons in the fight against cancer, but choosing the right one...
Medicaid expansion under ACA linked to higher rate of smoking cessation
PITTSBURGH, Nov. 13, 2017 - When low-income adults were newly covered by Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), they...
The first effective therapy against glioblastoma by attacking telomeres
The Telomere and Telomerase Group at the Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO) has shown that it is possible to...
UC Davis, Leibniz Institute for Photonic Technologies partner in biophotoni
The University of California, Davis, and the Leibniz Institute for Photonic Technologies in Jena, Germany, have entered an agreement of...
Genes that hold the clues to bladder cancer and its treatment
Scientists have discovered the 'genetic signatures' of the most common form of bladder cancer - and it could open up...
Cellular network identified that ‘short circuits’ the antitumor effect of immunotherapies
PHILADELPHIA -- (Nov. 13, 2017) -- Researchers from The Wistar Institute discovered a novel form of crosstalk among tumor cells...
Harder for T cells to fight cancer in absence of VEGF-A
Contrary to what was previously believed, the immune system's cancer-killing T cells are more effective in a tumour's anoxic environment...
Engineering non-immune cells to kill cancer cells
Credit: ETH Zurich T-cells are one of the immune system's major weapons. They detect the body's cells infected with a...
