Cellular escape artists help explain why some women present with advanced ovarian cancer
More than two-thirds of women with ovarian cancer have high-grade serous carcinoma (HGSC). Up to 90 percent of HGSCs are not detected until they are...
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First study on physical properties of giant cancer cells may inform new treatments
Credit: Michelle Dawson / Brown University PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Polyploidal cancer cells--cells that have more than two copies of each chromosome--are much larger than most...
Researchers create specialized delivery methods to help treat cancer, other disorders
Credit: Erica Overfelt, Bond Life Sciences Center More than 100 years ago, German Nobel laureate Paul Ehrlich popularized the "magic bullet" concept -- a method...
Elephants resist cancer by waking a zombie gene
Elephants have evolved a way to make LIF6 (a non-functioning, or dead, gene in mammals) come back to life, and it's what makes the largest...
Zombie gene protects against cancer — in elephants
Credit: Eleanor Yarisse An estimated 17 percent of humans worldwide die from cancer, but less than five percent of captive elephants--who also live for about...
Large collection of brain cancer data now easily, freely accessible to global researchers
WASHINGTON -- A valuable cache of brain cancer biomedical data has been made freely available to researchers worldwide, say researchers at Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer...
Researchers artificially generate immune cells integral to creating cancer vaccines
(New York, NY - August 14, 2018)-- For the first time, Mount Sinai researchers have identified a way to make large numbers of immune cells...
Chemicals found in vegetables prevent colon cancer in mice
Credit: Chris Schiering, Francis Crick Institute Chemicals produced by vegetables such as kale, cabbage and broccoli could help to maintain a healthy gut and prevent...
Medically underserved women in the Southeast rarely receive BRCA tests
Medically underserved women in the Southeast diagnosed with breast cancer or ovarian cancer missed out on genetic testing that could have helped them and their...
Penetrating a cell’s nucleus for better, more accurate cancer screening
Credit: Lehigh University To test for malignancy or monitor the effectiveness of cancer treatment, a person's tissue must be extracted, sent to a lab, stained...
Cetuximab+RT found to be inferior to standard treatment in HPV+ oropharyngeal cancer
Credit: National Cancer Institute An interim analysis of data from a randomized clinical trial of patients with human papillomavirus (HPV)-positive oropharyngeal cancer found that treatment...
Stress hormone is key factor in failure of immune system to prevent leukemia
The human stress hormone cortisol has been identified by scientists at the University of Kent as a key factor when the immune system fails to...
Effectively expressing empathy to improve ICU care
Credit: Children's National Health System In nearly every intensive care unit (ICU) at every pediatric hospital across the country, physicians hold numerous care conferences with...
Research identifies potential guidance for gastric cancer treatment
ROCKVILLE, MD - Researchers from Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center and Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital (TMUCIH) have discovered that gastric cancer tissue...
Cancer-fighting drugs also help plants fight disease
Credit: WSU Cancer-fighting drugs used on humans can help plants fight disease as well. That discovery, by two Washington State University plant pathologists, could help...
