UCalgary study finds global trends in women’s breast cancer show cause for concern
Findings show significant increase in premenopausal breast cancer rates in countries around the world, including CanadaCredit: O'Brien Institute for Public ...
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Oncotarget: Therapeutic efficacy of liposomal Grb2 antisense oligodeoxynucleotide (L-Grb2)
The cover for issue 29 of Oncotarget features Figure 5, "In vivo effects of treatment with L-Grb2 in combination with ...
New nano drug candidate kills aggressive breast cancer cells
The discovery will help clinicians target breast cancer cells directly, while avoiding the adverse, toxic side effects of chemotherapyCredit: University ...
How breast cancer cells sneak past local immune defenses
Credit: Xue-Yan He, Egeblad lab, CSHL. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) Associate Professor Mikala Egeblad and her colleagues describe a ...
Expansion stress enhances growth and migration of breast cancer cells
This study was done in mice and with a novel, tissue-engineered, three-dimensional breast cancer mimetic systemCredit: UAB Expansion stress can ...
Breast cancer cells can reprogram immune cells to assist in metastasis
Credit: Isaac Chan, M.D. Natural killer (NK) cells, a type of immune cell, are known to limit metastasis by inducing ...
Protein linked to cancer acts as a viscous glue in cell division
Research reveals role unusual quantities of protein PRC1 plays in genetic errorsCredit: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute TROY, N.Y. -- An over-abundance ...
American Cancer Society awards Research Scholar Grant to Brooke Emerling
Credit: Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute is pleased to announce that the American ...
Identified genes that predispose to cancer by impairing the immune system
Credit: Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL) The idea that the immune system "monitors and prevents" the development of cancer, which ...
Immune cells infiltrating tumors may play bigger cancer role than previously thought
UC San Diego researchers unravel how immune cells operate in the tissues surrounding mouse tumors, suggesting new approach for cancer ...
Focused ultrasound shows promise against deadliest brain tumor
Credit: UVA Health An innovative use of focused ultrasound being pioneered at the University of Virginia School of Medicine is ...
A novel radioisotope therapy for children with neuroblastoma
Researchers from Kanazawa University discover that high-dose 131I-metaiodobenzylguanidine treatment could provide a favorable prognosis in children with neuroblastomaCredit: Kanazawa University ...
CU Cancer Center researcher working on early cancer detection named Pew-Stewart Scholar
Dr. Ramachandran is looking to improve methods for early cancer detection using cell-free DNA.Credit: CU Cancer Center University of Colorado ...
Study links elevated levels of advanced glycation end-products (AGEs) with breast cancer risk
Hollings Cancer Center researchers at the Medical University of South Carolina assess the connection between dietary advanced glycation end products ...
Rice lab turns fluorescent tags into cancer killers
Replacing one atom in molecule gives it the power to destroy tumor cells when light-activatedCredit: Xiao Lab/Rice University HOUSTON - ...
ModGraProDep: Artificial intelligence and probabilistic modelling in clinical oncology
Mathematic modelling: new frontiers in the fight against cancerCredit: UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA / ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN MEDICINE Improving the prediction ...
Convenient spit test helps women assess cancer risk from the comfort of their own homes
First-of-its-kind clinical trial validates remote genetic counselingCredit: Stand Up To Cancer, Ovarian Cancer Research Alliance, National Ovarian Cancer Coalition (New ...
With CPRIT funding, UTA cancer researcher establishes new lab
Dr. Ghose arrived at UTA with established track record in programmed cell death researchCredit: The University of Texas at Arlington ...
Pregnancy reprograms breast cells, reducing cancer risk
Credit: Chen Chen An early age of pregnancy (25 years and younger) is known to reduce the overall risk of ...
Researchers discover how protein can inhibit cancer development in mice
Credit: The University of Copenhagen Proteins are found throughout our cells and regulate a lot of biological processes that are ...