Research reveals how cells rebuild after mitosis
Credit: Claudia Stocker VividBiology When cells divide, they need to rebuild their nucleus and organise their genome. New collaborative research from the University of Bristol...
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New immunotherapy targets misshapen protein in rare childhood brain cancer
= Children with an extremely deadly form of brain cancer might benefit from a new treatment that aims to direct an immune response against an...
OICR launches groundbreaking initiative to drive cutting-edge therapies to the clinic
Toronto (December 4, 2017) - The Ontario Institute for Cancer Research (OICR) today announced the Cancer Therapeutics Innovation Pipeline (CTIP) initiative and the first 10...
Discovery of a mechanism for determining the direction of collective cell migration
Credit: Kazuhiro Aoki The phenomenon of collective cell migration has been observed in the process of animal development, the healing of wounds, and cancer cell...
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 Denmark and the Danish Cancer...
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 yesterday two grants worth a...
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 most common cancer type among...
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 What is ILC 2018? The...
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 cancers at the American Society...
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'. The risk score will allow...
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 at Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical...
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 lymphoma, a major new study...
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 Americans may heighten or lower...
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 mouth showed that some types...
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 there are racial differences in...
