The far-reaching effects of mutagens on human health
Credit: The Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University In order to survive, flourish and successfully reproduce, organisms rely on a ...
Tag: cancer
Sixfold increase in risk
Study shows link between cervical cancer and HIV infectionCredit: Andreas Heddergott / TUM A research team at the Technical University ...
The Achilles’ heel of cancer stem cells
Credit: Birchmer Lab, MDC Since colonoscopies were introduced in Germany for early cancer detection, the number of diagnoses of advanced ...
How cancers hurt themselves to hurt immune cells more
A study of melanoma cells explains a puzzling response they exhibit to ward off T cell attacksCredit: the Weizmann Institute ...
American Roentgen Ray Society awards 2021 scholarships to Tatiana Kelil, Camilo Jaimes
Kelil to pursue personalized breast cancer risk assessment using imaging biomarkers and machine learning; Jaimes to investigate fetal diffusion tensor ...
‘No such thing as a little bit of pain:’ More cancer patients could benefit from rehabilitation
Credit: Aira Burkhart/WVU Cancer treatment isn't just a matter of shrinking or removing a tumor. It also involves preserving or ...
Lithuanian researchers propose combination of methods to improve anticancer drug delivery
Application of low-intensity pulsed ultrasound in combination with microbubbles might enhance the delivery of chemotherapy medication used for treating cancersCredit: ...
Researchers determine how often cancer patients develop osteonecrosis of the jaw
Credit: University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center PORTLAND, OR - A landmark study by researchers from the SWOG Cancer Research ...
New therapeutic target pinpointed for stomach cancer
Credit: WEHI, Australia WEHI researchers have identified a key molecular regulator involved in the progression and spread of stomach cancer, ...
Study: the pandemic’s impact on lung cancer
A UC study shows that the pandemic negatively affected both preventive screening and patient outcomesCredit: Colleen Kelley When the pandemic ...
Oral contraceptive pills protect against ovarian and endometrial cancer
Credit: David Naylor A comprehensive study from Uppsala University, involving more than 250,000 women, shows that oral contraceptive use protects ...
Potential treatment approach kills lymphoma while sparing healthy cells
Scientists use a novel method of modifying 'killer' immune cells to defeat a common form of cancerCredit: Image courtesy of ...
Clemson researcher identifies gene teams working in subregions of brain
Researchers can now test to see if those gene pairs are changing in brain tumors or in people with intellectual ...
New theranostic approach reduces tumor volume and increases survival in NET study
Credit: Images created by associate professor Carleen Cullinane (Peter MaCallum Cancer Centre). Reston, Virginia--A pair of copper radionuclides that target ...
Immune cell that drives breast cancer could be effective target in novel immunotherapies
Credit: VCU Massey Cancer Center Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women worldwide, but many immunotherapies have had ...
Undruggable diseases gain a new RNA drug-discovery tool
'Functionalized fragments' help design RNA medicines against a cancer targetCredit: Scripps Research JUPITER, Fla. --Dec. 14, 2020--Imagine trying to throw ...
Biochemist Josh Sakon chosen as National Academy of Inventors Fellow
Election based on chemist's many inventions focused on treatments for osteoporosis, alopecia and bone metastasisCredit: University of Arkansas Josh Sakon, ...
Do tumors stiff-arm the immune system?
An old dog with new tricksCredit: Alan Herbert In a paper just published in the Journal for the Immunotherapy of ...
Scientists recruit new atomic heavyweights in targeted fight against cancer
New methods could lead to single-molecular systems for both diagnosing and treating cancer in real timeCredit: Marilyn Sargent/Berkeley Lab A ...
Novel genomic tools increase the accuracy of breast cancer risk assessment
Credit: Nina Mars, University of Helsinki In women, breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer and the leading cause ...
