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Errors made by ‘DNA spellchecker’ revealed as important cause of cancer
Cancer is mostly caused by changes in the DNA of our cells that occur during our lifetime rather than those...
Long-sought mechanism of metastasis is discovered in pancreatic cancer
Credit: Vakoc Lab, CSHL Cold Spring Harbor, NY - Cells, just like people, have memories. They retain molecular markers that...
Cancer-death button gets jammed by gut bacterium
ANN ARBOR, Michigan -- Researchers at Michigan Medicine and in China showed that a type of bacterium is associated with...
Researchers release first draft of a genome-wide cancer ‘dependency map’
Credit: Tom Ulrich In one of the largest efforts to build a comprehensive catalog of genetic vulnerabilities in cancer, researchers...
Glowing tumor technology helps surgeons remove hidden cancer cells
Credit: Penn Medicine PHILADELPHIA - Surgeons were able to identify and remove a greater number of cancerous nodules from lung...
New SU2C-Lustgarten Foundation team aims to apply CAR T-cell therapy to pancreatic cancer
PHILADELPHIA - July 27, 2017 - Stand Up To Cancer is supporting a new translational research team to explore how...
Blocking the back-door that cancer cells use to escape death by radiotherapy
Credit: Melissa Fabrizio (Edmonton) A natural healing mechanism of the body may be reducing the efficiency of radiotherapy in breast...
Study finds breast cancer driver, HER2, in 3 percent of lung cancers
Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center The Lung Cancer Mutation Consortium at the University of Colorado Cancer Center reports this...
Large gaps remain in colorectal cancer screening rates, study finds
Credit: Courtesy of St. Michael's Hospital TORONTO, July 27, 2017-- Large gaps remain in colorectal cancer screening rates between poorer...
Manmade peptides reduce breast cancer’s spread
Credit: Phil Jones AUGUSTA, Ga. (July 27, 2017) - Manmade peptides that directly disrupt the inner workings of a gene...
In assessing risk of hormone therapy for menopause, dose — not form — matters
Credit: UCLA Health FINDINGS When it comes to assessing the risk of estrogen therapy for menopause, how the therapy is...
Seattle Children’s opens CD22 CAR T-cell immunotherapy trial for children and young adults
SEATTLE - July 27, 2017 - After seeing promising results in phase 1 of the Pediatric Leukemia Adoptive Therapy (PLAT-02)...
E-cigarette use may encourage experimentation with tobacco, study finds
Credit: University of Stirling Young people who have tried an e-cigarette may be more likely to go on to smoke...
Seeing more with PET scans: New chemistry for medical imaging
Credit: Wikimedia Commons Researchers have found a surprisingly versatile workaround to create chemical compounds that could prove useful for medical...
EU report: More evidence on link between antibiotic use and antibiotic resistance
The European Food Safety Authority, the European Medicines Agency and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control are concerned...
Simulations signal early success for fractal-based retinal implants
EUGENE, Ore. -- July 27, 2017 -- Computer simulations of electrical charges sent to retinal implants based on fractal geometry...
Seeing in the dark: Minus sunlight, a general theory reveals universal patterns in ecology
There's a 50-hectare forested plot in Panama where researchers with the Smithsonian have gathered highly detailed information about the species,...
Drug improves brain performance in Rett syndrome mice
Credit: UAB After learning that a small-molecule drug improves breathing in a mouse model of the neurodevelopmental disorder Rett syndrome,...
Malaria already endemic in the Mediterranean by the Roman period
Credit: (istockphoto) Malaria was already widespread on Sardinia by the Roman period, long before the Middle Ages, as indicated by...
Vitamin E-deficient embryos are cognitively impaired even after diet improves
CORVALLIS, Ore. - Zebrafish deficient in vitamin E produce offspring beset by behavioral impairment and metabolic problems, new research at...
