Older cancer patients and their caregivers often differ in their assessment of the patient's physical abilities, with caregivers generally rating the patient's physical function as...
Credit: Courtesy of Nature Chromatin remodelers -- protein machines that pack and unpack chromatin, the tightly wound DNA-protein complex in cell nuclei -- are essential...
Credit: Yinnian Feng/Vanderbilt University Scientists studying the body's cancer-fighting T cells have a serious problem: When they culture them in the lab, the T cells...
WASHINGTON (Aug. 14, 2017) -- Patients newly diagnosed with cancer may have a substantially increased short-term risk of arterial thromboembolism, according to a study published...
Credit: UT Southwestern DALLAS - Aug. 14, 2017 - Despite a decade-long call for simplification of clinical trials, the number of criteria excluding patients from...
ROCHESTER, Minn. -- Mayo Clinic researchers have identified a new cause of treatment resistance in prostate cancer. Their discovery also suggests ways to improve prostate...
Columbus, Ohio - An assay that identifies a peculiar but important abnormality in cancer cells has been developed and validated by researchers at The Ohio...
A Yale-led team of researchers has identified specific gene combinations that can cause deadly brain cancer glioblastoma, using new technology that can also pinpoint triggers...
Lausanne, 14 August 2017 - Being able to predict the resistance or sensitivity of a tumour cell to a drug is a key success-factor of...
Credit: University of Portsmouth A new study examining breast cancer awareness in India has found that a lack of early diagnosis is leading the country...
Ann Arbor, MI, Aug. 14, 2017 - The latest estimates suggest that, by 2020, more than 1.9 million Americans will be diagnosed with cancer each...
Space travel can cause a lot of stress on the human body as the change in gravity, radiation and other factors creates a hostile environment....
Credit: Baylor College of Medicine During a heart attack, blood stops flowing into the heart; starved for oxygen, part of the heart muscle dies. The...
Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center It seems like such a simple question: Do patients whose tumors shrink more in response to targeted treatment go...
Credit: TU Dresden Acenes are molecules formed by the linear fusion of special carbon-based hexagons, widely known as 'benzene rings'. In spite of its structural...
