NCI-MATCH precision medicine clinical trial releases new findings
Chicago, Monday, June 4, 2018 -- The National Cancer Institute's Molecular Analysis for Therapy Choice (NCI-MATCH) trial, the largest precision medicine trial of its kind,...
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Childhood cancer: The four survival strategies of tumor cells
Cancer cells in children tend to develop by following four main trajectories - and two of them are linked to relapse of the disease, research...
New algorithm fuses quality and quantity in satellite imagery
Credit: L. Brian Stauffer. CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Using a new algorithm, University of Illinois researchers may have found the solution to an age-old dilemma plaguing...
Army researchers envision third arm for soldiers
Credit: (US Army photo by Conrad Johnson) ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, MD. - When engineers from the U.S. Army Research Laboratory brainstormed on how to improve...
Experts to seek consensus on tackling poor quality medicines
The proliferation of poor quality medical products (medicines, vaccines and devices) is an important but neglected public health problem, threatening millions of people all over...
Announcement of the 2018 ALBERT EINSTEIN World Award of Science
Prof. Jean-Pierre Changeux, Emeritus Professor of Neuroscience at the Institut Pasteur and Collège de France, where he was Chair of Cellular Communications from 1976 to...
Researchers pioneer new eczema treatment
AURORA, Colo. (June 4, 2018) - Eczema is the most common and stubborn skin disease in the world, but a study led by Dr. Donald...
Wireless system can power devices inside the body
Credit: Felice Frankel, edited by MIT News CAMBRIDGE, MA -- MIT researchers, working with scientists from Brigham and Women's Hospital, have developed a new way...
First study of neoadjuvant use of PARP inhibitor shows promise for early-stage, BRCA+ breast cancer patients
Credit: MD Anderson Cancer Center CHICAGO - In a small Phase II study of early-stage breast cancer patients with BRCA1/2 mutations, researchers at The University...
The role of cohesin in genome 3D structure helps for a better understanding of tumor cells
In recent years it has become evident that the spatial organisation of the genome is key for its function. This organisation depends on a number...
New approach to immunotherapy leads to complete response in breast cancer patient
A novel approach to immunotherapy developed by researchers at the National Cancer Institute (NCI) has led to the complete regression of breast cancer in a...
Timing is everything to build kidneys from scratch
Credit: Image by Nils O. Lindstrom and Tracy Tran/McMahon Lab USC Stem Cell Arriving early or late can have big consequences for early-stage cells that...
Cervical cancer may be driven by imbalance in vaginal bacteria, UA research finds
Credit: Herbst-Kralovetz lab Virtually all cervical cancers are caused by HPV, or human papillomavirus, dubbed the "common cold" of sexually transmitted infections because nearly every...
More frequent screening after prostate cancer treatment not linked to improved survival
CHICAGO -- Prostate cancer patients who were monitored more frequently after treatment did not live significantly longer than patients who were monitored once a year,...
New study points to a potential ‘Achilles heel’ in brain cancer
Credit: VCU Massey Cancer Center Scientists at Virginia Commonwealth University believe they have uncovered an "Achilles heel" of glioblastoma multiforme (GBM), the most common and...
