A new HER2 mutation, a clinical trial and a promising diagnostic tool for metastatic breast cancer
Credit: Baylor College of Medicine There is a group of metastatic breast cancers that has the HER2 gene amplified - the cells have many copies...
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Increased α5β1 integrin could improve tumor cell-killing performance in geriatric patients
A new report in the Journal of Leukocyte Biology describes an important step toward developing cancer treatments involving the body's immune system. Specifically, chimeric antigen...
Gene-regulatory factors shown to improve pancreatic cancer response to chemotherapy
Credit: Department of Molecular Cytogenetics,TMDU Tokyo, Japan - Pancreatic cancer is a particularly devastating disease because of the difficulty of identifying it at an early...
Periodontal disease is associated with higher risk of several cancer types
Bottom Line: Periodontal disease was associated with increased risk of several types of cancer in postmenopausal women, even in women who had never smoked. Journal...
Study: History of gum disease increases cancer risk in older women
Credit: University at Buffalo BUFFALO, N.Y. - Postmenopausal women who have a history of gum disease also have a higher risk of cancer, according to...
Tobacco industry steps up tactics to reduce impact of display ban
Credit: University of Stirling Tobacco manufacturers are offering retailers incentives to promote their products in a bid to mitigate the effects of the advertising ban,...
UNM professor receives funding to fight pervasive African parasite
Credit: Eric Loker/UNM UNM Distinguished Professor of Biology Eric S. Loker began studying the parasite that causes this disease more than three decades ago and...
New approach on research and design for CQD catalysts in World Scientific NANO
Credit: World Scientific A new study that provides a new approach for the rational design of carbon quantum dots (CQD) modified catalysts with potential applications...
Salk’s Reuben Shaw receives National Cancer Institute Outstanding Investigator Award
Credit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA -- (Aug. 1, 2017) Salk Professor Reuben Shaw has received the National Cancer Institute (NCI) Outstanding Investigator Award (OIA), which...
Story tips from the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Aug. 2017
Credit: Oak Ridge National Laboratory/Dept. of Energy Materials - Cooking up biofuel Using a novel, reusable carbon material derived from old rubber tires, an Oak...
Magic helps unmask how the brain works
Credit: Video by Robert DiIorio/ University of Delaware Tricks and illusions, once the domain of magicians, are helping scientists unveil how the brain works. Here's...
Magnetized viruses attack harmful bacteria
Credit: Alvarez Group/Rice University HOUSTON - (Aug. 1, 2017) - Magnetic nanoparticle clusters have the power to punch through biofilms to reach bacteria that can...
Aye group discovers avenue for precision cancer treatment
ITHACA, N.Y. - One of the goals of personalized medicine is to be able to determine which treatment would work best by sequencing a patient's...
New NOAA Fisheries research reveals ecosystem cascades affecting salmon
Credit: Point Blue Conservation Science Interpreting relationships between species and their environments is crucial to inform ecosystem-based management (EBM), a priority for NOAA Fisheries. EBM...
Size matters, and so do temperature and habitat, to scavengers and the carcasses they eat
CORVALLIS, Ore. - Size matters in the carrion world, and so do habitat and temperature. New research has shed fresh light on the largely understudied...
