Patterns of chronic lymphocytic leukemia growth identified
Credit: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Patterns linked to the number of driver mutations in cancer cells Arc of disease growth is ...
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From viruses to social bots, researchers unearth the structure of attacked networks
A new statistical machine learning framework gleans the invisible and unobservable structure of any attacked network The human body's mechanisms ...
How to quell a cytokine storm: New ways to dampen an overactive immune system
Penn Medicine, University of Leeds findings have implications for new drug targets for lupus, other autoimmune disordersCredit: Miriam Walden, Leeds ...
ASCO 2019: Delays lead to late-stage diagosis of young people with colorectal cancer
Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center The incidence of early onset colorectal cancer has increased nearly 50 percent in the ...
HGF-inhibitory macrocyclic peptide — mechanisms and potential cancer theranostics
Credit: Kanazawa University Background Hepatocyte Growth Factor (HGF)*1) is a protein that acts as a cell growth factor. By binding ...
Lifting the lid on bladder cancer support
Flinders University develops new urology care modelCredit: Flinders University Bladder cancer is a painful and sometimes life-threatening condition that patients ...
Recovery twice as hard for survivors of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia
Nearly 90 per cent of children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) survive, yet the same treatments that save their life ...
Researchers identify new roles for common oncogene MYC
Credit: Kamini Singh/Hans-Guido Wendel Cancer researchers have discovered surprising new functions for a protein called MYC, a powerful oncogene that ...
Female patients more likely to survive but experience worse side effects from cancer treatment
An analysis of over 3,000 patients with early cancer of the oesophagus and stomach suggests female patients are more likely ...
Computer-assisted diagnostic procedure enables earlier detection of brain tumor growth
Credit: geralt, Pixabay A computer-assisted diagnostic procedure helps physicians detect the growth of low-grade brain tumors earlier and at smaller ...
Women in developing countries need radiotherapy and vaccines for cervical cancer
Credit: UHN (Toronto, May 28, 2019) - A first of its kind study is reporting that millions of women in ...
Study finds how prostate cancer cells mimic bone when they metastasize
Understanding this process could lead to innovative and improved therapies DURHAM, N.C. -- Prostate cancer often becomes lethal as it ...
Study reveals structure of a ‘master switch’ controlling cell division
Understanding the structure of the FoxM1 protein and how it works could guide development of new cancer-fighting drugs Unregulated cell ...
Researchers identified novel oncogenic function for receptor linked to Alzheimer’s disease
Credit: Image: Guillaume Jacquemet. Common and rare SORLA single nucleotide polymorphisms have been associated with the development of Alzheimer's disease. ...
Immune discovery set to boost cancer therapies, study suggests
Cancer therapies that use immune cells to trigger the body to attack tumours could be improved by a molecule that ...
Epigenetic study provides new approaches to combination therapies for aggressive cancers
(Vienna, 27 May 2019) Epigenetic processes enable cells to respond to changes in their environment by regulating the activity of ...
Steroids can reduce lung cancer risk in COPD patients
Credit: Justin Ohata/UBC Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences For many people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or COPD, a steroid inhaler ...
New study reveals an unexpected survival mechanism of a subset of cancer cells
Embedded at the end of chromosomes are structures called "telomeres" that in normal cells become shorter as cells divide. As ...
De-TOXing exhausted T cells may bolster CAR T immunotherapy against solid tumors
Deletion of key gene regulatory factors fortifies T cell attack on melanoma cellsCredit: La Jolla Institute for Immunology LA JOLLA, ...
NMR structure of a key anticoagulant protein may help prevent thrombosis
A study to be published in Blood describes for the first time the structure of Ixolaris, a protein found in ...
