Lung transplant patients face elevated lung cancer risk
In an American Journal of Transplantation study, lung cancer risk was increased after lung transplantation, especially in the native (non-transplanted) ...
Tag: cancer
Thinking outside the box and outside the tumor to detect lung cancer
Ohio researchers pioneer new computer imaging method to detect likelihood of cancer based on changes in blood vessels and regions ...
Prostate cancer scoring method may underestimate mortality risk in black men
Credit: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Black men diagnosed with prostate cancer classified as low risk may actually have a more-aggressive form ...
FSU researchers identify ways breast cancer avoids immune system detection
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Recent breakthroughs in immunotherapy are making a huge difference in treating some forms of cancer, especially metastatic ...
Scientists gain insights into traffic cop function of gene expression protein
UNC scientists led by Brian Strahl, PhD, and Raghuvar Dronamraju, Ph.D., uncovered a key regulatory step in gene expression that ...
The CNIO and Hospital 12 de Octubre find a potential new combination therapy against a rare disease
Credit: CNIO Myelofibrosis is a severe and very rare haematological disease for which treatment has only been partially effective to ...
Two ways cancer resists treatment are actually connected, with one activating the other
Penn study identifies chain reaction in cells that helps cancer survive treatments that target BRAF mutationsCredit: Penn Medicine PHILADELPHIA - ...
Ten group leaders across Europe supported by EMBO Installation Grants
Heidelberg, 18 December 2018 - EMBO announces today the award of ten Installation Grants to early-career researchers establishing their independent ...
HPV discovery raises hope for new cervical cancer treatments
Credit: Dan Addison | University of Virginia Communications Researchers at the University of Virginia School of Medicine have made a ...
Study of traditional medicine finds high use in Sub-Saharan Africa despite modern medicine
Researchers who have undertaken the first systematic review of into the use of traditional, complementary and alternative medicines (TCAM) in ...
Vaccine, checkpoint drugs combination shows promise for pancreatic cancers
Credit: Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center discovered a combination of a cancer ...
Nature's sweets
Borrowing a natural recipe for sugar synthesisCredit: Photo by rawpixel on Unsplash Today, sugar has a villainous reputation. And while ...
Depression, anxiety may take same toll on health as smoking and obesity
Incidence of arthritis, heart disease, stroke -- but not cancer -- strongly swayed by psychological status, UCSF study shows An ...
Natalie Joseph, M.D., M.P.H., recognized for contributions to HPV vaccination
Credit: Boston Medical Center BOSTON- Natalie Joseph, MD, MPH, a pediatrician and adolescent medicine specialist at Boston Medical Center (BMC), ...
NIH funds new study on a gene vital to circadian rhythms
Credit: Virginia Tech Circadian rhythms (from the Latin circa diem -- "around a day") based on the Earth's 24-hour rotation ...
Researchers develop first ever model for patient-specific treatment of appendix cancer
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - DEC. 17, 2018 - Scientists at the Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine (WFIRM) have recently developed ...
10-year follow-up after negative colonoscopies linked to lower colorectal cancer risk
Kaiser Permanente study published in JAMA Internal Medicine OAKLAND, Calif., December 17, 2018 -- Ten years after a negative colonoscopy, ...
New epigenetic cervical cancer test has 100 per cent detection rate
A new test for cervical cancer was found to detect all of the cancers in a trial of 15,744 women, ...
Scientists report CRISPR restores effectiveness of lung cancer treatment
New study from Gene Editing Institute at Delaware's Christiana Care Health System embodies cautious, patient-focused approach to cutting-edge toolCredit: Christiana ...
New, rapid and robust method for single cell profiling
Many of the cell types in our bodies work in obscure ways, that science does not yet fully understand. That ...
