Tag: cancer

Credit: Diefenbach/Charité Researchers from Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin have discovered a protective mechanism which is used by the body to ...

Skin cancer can spread in mice by hijacking the immune system

Scientists have uncovered molecules released by invasive skin cancer that reprogram healthy immune cells to help the cancer to spread. ...

Researchers discover method to 'turn off' mutated melanoma

New study provides novel insights into the pathogenesis and treatment of NRAS mutant melanoma (Boston)--Melanoma is the deadliest form of ...

Treatment for obesity and fatty liver disease may be in reach

Hebrew University professor Amiram Goldblum's discovers 27 new molecules with significant therapeutic potentialCredit: Hebrew University Professor Amiram Goldblum and his ...

Commonly used anti-rejection drug could be repurposed to treat some liver cancers

Serendipitous observation opens the door for a precision medicine treatmentCredit: Cell Reports/University of Pittsburgh Research from the University of Pittsburgh ...

Blood runs deep: Lab blood vessel model sheds light on angiogenesis

Credit: 2019 Yukiko Matsunaga, Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo Tokyo, Japan - To provide sufficient oxygen to ...

Highly sensitive method to detect potential cancer biomarker

New platform created using molecular imprinting technologyCredit: Kobe University Exosomes regulate intercellular communication in cancers, and are drawing attention as ...

High-dose radiation therapy improves long-term survival in patients with stage-IV cancers, trial finds

Credit: UPMC ARLINGTON, Va., January 31, 2019 -- The first report from a phase II, multi-center clinical trial indicates that ...

Cancer causes premature ageing

Credit: University of East Anglia Leukaemia promotes premature ageing in healthy bone marrow cells - according to new research from ...

Study reveals how brain tumors escape the effects of antiangiogenic drugs

Tumor co-option of existing blood vessels may be a new treatment targetCredit: Chrysovalantis Voutouri, PhD, University of Cyprus A study ...

UBC research examines living well while dying

Study shows how terminal cancer patients choose to live life with new meaning A UBC professor has determined that people ...

Genetic causes of tumors in salivary glands

Translocated Acinic cell carcinoma is the third most common malignant form of salivary gland cancer. These tumours are similar to ...

New 3D imaging technique reveals how pancreatic cancers start

Credit: Hendrik Messal, Francis Crick Institute A new technique to study tissue samples in 3D has revealed that pancreatic cancers ...

FSU team breaks new ground in study of malignant pediatric brain tumor