Tag: cancer

March 12, 2021

Brominated flame retardants may lead to early mammary gland developmentCredit: Isabelle Plante (INRS) Brominated flame retardants (BFRs) are found in ...

Natural “brake” against malignant neuroblastoma

March 12, 2021

Credit: Photo: Sabine Taschner-Mandl, PhD, and Tamara Weiss, PhD Copyright: St. Anna Children's Cancer Research Institute Image: Immunofluorescence image of ...

New tool to dissect the “undruggable”

Researchers design a new highly-selective tool to study "undruggable" proteins through the sugars they depend onCredit: Kris Snibbe/Harvard University Sugar ...

Henry Ford Cancer Institute aims to increase minority participation in clinical trials

$750,000 grant from Genentech will support collaboration with the Detroit Urban Research CenterCredit: Henry Ford Health System DETROIT (March 11, ...

New insight into how cancer spreads

Heide Ford, Ph.D., associate director of basic research at the CU Cancer Center, published a study in Oncogene investigating how ...

Hyperpolarized proton MRI used to observe metabolic processes in real time

New technique using nuclear spin hyperpolarization of hydrogen paves the way for further advances in the field of magnetic resonance ...

Heine H. Hansen Award: J. Vansteenkiste and F. Blackhall honored for lung cancer research

Credit: ESMO credit Lugano, Switzerland; Denver, CO, USA, 11 March 2021 - The European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) and ...

Dana-Farber research leads to better understanding of the immune system in kidney cancer

Two research papers highlight single-cell dissection of kidney tumors to identify new immunotherapy treatments and targetsCredit: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute BOSTON ...

New study finds shared origins for individual chronic diseases in multimorbidity

Credit: Dr Maik Pietzner at the MRC Epidemiology Unit A new study published today in Nature Medicine has identified key ...

First lab-grown mini-thyroids use patients’ own tissue

New research unlocks new clues for treating hypothyroidismCredit: Vivian ML Ogundipe Hormones produced by the thyroid gland are essential regulators ...

Promising role for whole genome sequencing in guiding blood cancer treatment

Sequencing results returned in a few days; costs similar to conventional testingCredit: ERIC DUNCAVAGE For certain blood cancers, such as ...

UVA Health’s Dr. Cynthia Yoshida honored for increasing colorectal cancer screenings

Credit: UVA Health UVA Health's Cynthia M. Yoshida, MD, is one of six winners of a national award recognizing healthcare ...

A CNIO team discovers how telomere involvement in tumor generation is regulated

The results show for the first time that telomeres respond to external signals that induce cell proliferation and that blocking ...

Cancer Core Europe’s design and development of data rich, dynamic studies in oncology