Tag: cancer

Team identifies crucial interaction between platelets and tumors for the first timeCredit: Texas A&M Engineering In the evolving field of ...

Novel imaging agent identifies biomarker for iron-targeted cancer therapies

Credit: Image created by Evans, Renslo et al. University of California San Francisco. Reston, VA--A new radiotracer that detects iron ...

Research identifies potential role of ‘junk DNA’ sequence in aging, cancer

Credit: Photo by Cori Kogan, WSU Health Sciences Spokane The human body is essentially made up of trillions of living ...

Phase two CD19-antibody-drug conjugate trial demonstrates promise for aggressive lymphoma

MUSC Hollings Cancer Center part of promising clinical trial for aggressive lymphomaCredit: MUSC Hollings Emma C. Vought MUSC Hollings Cancer ...

Chemotherapy can induce mutations that lead to pediatric leukemia relapse

A collaboration led by St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Shanghai Children's Medical Center and others revealed how thiopurines produce mutations ...

Advanced bladder cancers respond to immunotherapy regardless of gene mutation status

Credit: UNC LIneberge Comprehensive Cancer Center CHAPEL HILL, North Carolina--A new study has demonstrated that patients with advanced bladder cancers ...

Investigational magnetic device shrinks glioblastoma in first-in-world human test

Credit: Houston Methodist Houston Methodist Neurological Institute researchers from the department of neurosurgery shrunk a deadly glioblastoma tumor by more ...

Geneticists reveal how mutation causes childhood cancer; use drug to reverse its effects

Credit: Trinity College Dublin. Geneticists from Trinity College Dublin have discovered how a specific genetic mutation called H3K27M causes a ...

Study shows cancer misinformation common on social media sites

Credit: Huntsman Cancer Institute A new study published online today in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute reports that ...

Bidirectional impact of cardiovascular disease, cancer in Blacks focus of new AHA center

Credit: Kim Ratliff, Augusta University Cardiovascular disease and cancer, the nation's top two killers, share common ground like obesity and ...

Cell couriers deliver clue to cancer metastasis

A protein involved in making cells move offers a clue to how certain types of cancer metastasize and develop into ...

Cancer: Information theory to fight resistance to treatments

Researchers from the UNIGE and the HUG have used information theory for the first time to monitor in vivo the ...

Scientists link frailty and neurocognitive decline in childhood cancer survivors

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital scientists have shown that frailty contributes to neurocognitive decline in young adult survivors of childhood ...

Lehigh University team aims to reduce American Indian smokeless tobacco use