Tag: cancer

January 10, 2019

Researchers at Osaka University find that mapping esophageal tumors that remain after chemotherapy can predict long-term prognosis and direct personalized ...

CNIO researchers confirm links between aggressive prostate cancer and hereditary breast cancer

Credit: CNIO Aggressive prostate cancer, one of the leading causes of cancer deaths in men, is associated with BRCA2 mutations, ...

UCLA study overturns dogma of cancer metabolism theory

Tumors not as addicted to glucose as previously thoughtCredit: UCLA Broad Stem Cell Research Center/Nature Communications Scientists at the Eli ...

Scientists design protein that prods cancer-fighting T-cells

New protein mimics interleukin-2 without toxic effects and works against cancer in an animal modelCredit: UW Medicine Scientists at UW ...

Stem cell study offers clues for optimizing bone marrow transplants and more

Credit: Figure by Jiya Eerdeng/Rong Lu Lab/USC Stem Cell Bone marrow transplants, which involve transplanting healthy blood stem cells, offer ...

Metabolite produced by gut microbiota from pomegranates reduces inflammatory bowel disease

Urolithin A and its synthetic reduce inflammation and improve gut barrierCredit: Praveen Kumar Vemula, Ph.D., Institute for Stem Cell Biology ...

BRCA Exchange aggregates data on thousands of BRCA variants to understand cancer risk

A global resource that includes data on thousands of inherited variants in the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes is available to ...

Drug sponge could minimize side effects of cancer treatment

Absorbent polymer sops up chemotherapy drugs from bloodstream after treatmentCredit: Anand Patel, MD, UCSF With the help of sponges inserted ...

Capturing chemotherapy drugs before they can cause side effects

Credit: Hee Jeung Oh Although chemotherapy can kill cancer cells very effectively, healthy cells also suffer. If doctors could remove ...

Does PTSD affect heart disease and cancer risk?

Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) was associated with cardiovascular disease and cancer, as well as the metabolic syndrome, in a new ...

Cigarette smoking may contribute to worse outcomes in bladder cancer patients

In a study of patients with muscle-invasive bladder cancer who had undergone radical cystectomy, cigarette smoking was linked with poor ...

Global colorectal cancer mortality rates predicted to rise

In the first effort to predict the future burden of colorectal cancer mortality globally, researchers note that colon and rectal ...

States take the lead in creating more health protective drinking water guidelines

Study reveals efforts to address widespread PFAS contamination affecting millions of Americans Newton, Mass. (Jan. 8, 2019) - A new ...

Dental flossing and other behaviors linked with higher levels of PFAS in the body

First study to show association between Oral-B Glide dental floss and higher exposure to PFAS Newton, Mass. (Jan. 8, 2019) ...

Researchers uncover new mechanism of gene regulation involved in tumor progression

Ready, set, go for crossing the barrier for transcription!Credit: CRG, Iris Joval Genes contain all the information needed for the ...

Medical marketing has skyrocketed in the past two decades, while oversight remains limited

Credit: The Dartmouth Institute Healthcare spending in the United States is the highest in the world: totaling $3.3 trillion--or 17.8% ...

Genetics may influence the effects of vitamin E on cancer risk

Retrospective analysis finds that variations in the COMT gene may have influenced whether vitamin E heightened or lessened risk of ...

Study sheds light on why checkpoint blockade therapy succeeds or fails

Researchers uncover novel immune cell populations that respond to immunotherapy treatment as well as key molecular factor required for therapy ...

Physics can show us the inside of tumors

Credit: Thomas Dehoux/ILM/CNRS A team of physicists at the Institut Lumière Matière (CNRS/Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1), in collaboration with ...

Digital health to support precision cancer medicine in iCAN