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Popular blood pressure medicine linked with increased risk of skin cancer
Credit: Anton Pottegaard and Marie Helmer Svendsen , University of Southern Denmark Recently published research from The University of Southern...
State’s stem cell agency awards nearly $8 million for new Leukemia therapies
Credit: UC San Diego Health The Independent Citizens Oversight Committee of the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) unanimously approved...
New method to determine before surgery which prostate tumors pose a lethal threat
Credit: Krasnitz lab, CSHL Cold Spring Harbor, NY - The facts about prostate cancer can be confusing. It's the third...
Press invitation to Europe’s largest congress on hepatology
When: 11-15 April 2018 Where: Paris expo Porte de Versailles, 1 Place de la Porte de Versailles, 75015 Paris, France...
MD Anderson to present key drug study findings for multiple blood cancers at ASH annual meeting
Researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center will present their latest findings involving drug treatments for blood...
Missing DNA fragments hold clue to predicting childhood leukaemia relapse
Australian researchers have developed a new risk scoring system for children with leukaemia based on missing DNA fragments or 'microdeletions'....
D’Angelo receives American Cancer Society Research Scholar grant
Credit: Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute La Jolla, Calif., Dec. 1, 2017 - Maximiliano D'Angelo, Ph.D., an assistant professor...
Genetic link found between the immune system and lymphoma
People who inherit genetic changes which alter the function of their immune system are at increased risk of developing Hodgkin...
Researchers ID bacteria tied to esophageal cancer
Researchers at NYU Langone Health's Perlmutter Cancer Center report that at least three kinds of bacteria in the mouths of...
Oral microbiota indicates link between periodontal disease and esophageal cancer
To interview Jiyoung Ahn, contact Julia Gunther at [email protected] or 215-446-6896. Bottom Line: An analysis of bacteria present in the...
Lung cancers in some African-Americans and European-Americans may have biological differences
Bottom Line: Differences in the genes expressed in non-small cell lung cancers (NSCLCs) from some African-Americans and European-Americans suggest that...
Invasive cells in head and neck tumors predict cancer spread
Credit: Massachusetts Eye and Ear (BOSTON) - Head and neck tumors that contain cells undergoing a partial epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition --...
Scientists visualize structure of key DNA repair component with ‘near-atomic resolution’
Credit: ©University of Science & Technology of China,Illustration: Guoyan Wang and Yanbing Ma;structure based on the cryo-EM map of a...
Communication between lung tumors and bones contributes to tumor progression
Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) investigators have identified a way in which a type of lung cancer co-opts a portion of...
Cancer drug leads to ‘drastic decrease’ in HIV infection in lung cancer patient
Doctors in France have found the first evidence that a cancer drug may be able to eradicate HIV-infected cells in...
Shifting protein networks in breast cancer may alter gene function
A given gene may perform a different function in breast cancer cells than in healthy cells due to changes in...
How bone cells promote lung cancer growth
A certain type of cell in the bone marrow can help promote tumor growth in mice with early stage lung...
Public resource boosts drug discovery and offers insights into protein function
Researchers at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard have taken the Connectivity Map -- a widely used resource of...
Versatile cancer drugs
Medications which block enzymes belonging to the kinase family, are among the most effective pharmaceuticals for targeted cancer therapies. Scientists...
Some chemicals in smoke may be even more dangerous than previously thought
Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center It's no surprise that chemicals in smoke cause cancer, but a new study published...
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