Novel combination therapy shown to be effective in ovarian cancer
PHILADELPHIA -- (Dec. 19, 2017) -- Researchers at The Wistar Institute have found that combining PARP inhibitors, recently approved for the treatment of BRCA-mutant ovarian...
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Monocytes have many faces
Credit: © Foto: Barbara Frommann/Uni Bonn When the immune system mobilizes its troops, antigen-presenting cells play an important role. They can emerge from white blood...
Discovery of unsuspected flexibility offers new pathway to cancer drug development
Credit: Kathryn Faith Blood vessels are the supply lines of the human body, bringing nutrients and oxygen to cells and carrying away waste. Controlling the...
Researchers find possible markers for earlier diagnosis of aggressive tongue cancer
Squamous cell carcinoma of the tongue, also known as oral tongue cancer, is an aggressive form of cancer that generally affects older people. Patients with...
New measurements to guide radiation therapy
Credit: Vincent Lemelin, Université de Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada WASHINGTON, D.C., December 19, 2017 -- When ionizing radiation passes through living tissue, it interacts with molecules...
New $10.8 NIH grant supports KU research into cancer, neurological disorders, lung and heart disease
Credit: KU News Service LAWRENCE -- The University of Kansas' Center for Molecular Analysis of Disease Pathways, a National Institutes of Health Center of Biomedical...
The not so sweet side of Christmas
A new video by the University of Warwick highlights a bitter side to our sugar consumption at Christmas. Available to view online https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=IDKj-0vvFeg the shor..