Molecular beacon signals low oxygen with ultrasound
Credit: Video courtesy of Jefferson Chan, University of Illinois CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Areas of hypoxia, or low oxygen in tissue, are hallmarks of fast-growing cancers...
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ERC grant: €2 million for synthetic biology at TU Darmstadt
Darmstadt, December 8, 2017. The European Research Council awards an ERC Consolidator Grant to professor Heinz Koeppl and supports him for a period of five...
PARP inhibitor improves progression-free survival in patients with advanced breast cancers and BRCA
Credit: MD Anderson Cancer Center In a randomized, Phase III trial led by researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, the PARP...
ECOG-ACRIN discovers a simple blood test may predict recurrence of breast cancer
A simple blood test that detects tumor cells circulating in the blood shows promise as a new way to predict high or low risk of...
Including diagnosis related costs, 3-D mammography costs less than digital mammography
SAN ANTONIO - Although digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT), or 3-D mammography, costs more than a digital mammography (DM) screening, it actually may help rein in...
Novel compound restores immune response in patients with melanoma
Credit: © ESMO LUGANO-GENEVA, Dec. 8, 2017 - A novel compound may restore immune response in patients with melanoma, according to a study presented at...
Researchers discover resistance mechanism to checkpoint inhibitors and how to reverse it
LUGANO-GENEVA, Dec. 8, 2017 - Researchers have discovered a mechanism of resistance to checkpoint inhibitors and how to reverse it. The biomarker results from the...
New assay may help predict which pancreatic lesions may become cancerous
Philadelphia, Dec. 8, 2017 -A report in The Journal of Molecular Diagnostics, describes a new simple molecular test to detect chromosomal abnormalities -- biomarkers known...
SABCS: I-SPY 3-year pCR results are powerful predictor for breast cancer survival
Credit: Quantum Leap Healthcare Collaborative SAN FRANCISCO, C.A., December 7, 2017 - Quantum Leap Healthcare Collaborative, sponsor and manager of the I-SPY TRIALs for Breast...
A common virus may help inform treatment planning for stem cell transplant patients
Credit: VCU Massey Cancer Center Most healthy people barely notice infection with the human cytomegalovirus (hCMV), a form of the herpes virus that has evolved...
International collaboration could reduce smoking prevalence, MU researchers find
Credit: MU News Bureau COLUMBIA, Mo. - According to the World Health Organization, approximately 80 percent of the world's more than 1 billion smokers live...
Time matters: Does our biological clock keep cancer at bay?
Credit: Angela Relógio, adapted by Roland Roberts. Our body has an internal biological or "circadian" clock, which cycles daily and is synchronized with solar time....
Protamine neutralizes CSPG-mediated inhibition of oligodendrocyte differentiation
Credit: NIBB Remyelination is a critical repair process in demyelinating diseases such as multiple sclerosis (MS). Chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans (CSPGs), a family of large molecules...
The structure of cool
Credit: Image by Gabe Lander and Graham Johnson LA JOLLA, Calif. - Dec. 7, 2017 - A team of researchers from The Scripps Research Institute...
Novel harvesting method rapidly produces superior stem cells for transplantation
A new method of harvesting stem cells for bone marrow transplantation - developed by a team of investigators from the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Cancer...
