Tag: cancer

Credit: Vanderbilt University Medical Center Newly released data on treatment outcomes of people with cancer diagnosed with COVID-19 reveal a ...

UAlberta researchers make real-time tumor tracking in radiation therapy 5 times faster

Improving ability to track mobile tumors in real time could lead to safer and possibly automated radiation therapy, radiologists sayCredit: ...

Oncotarget: Therapeutic efficacy of liposomal Grb2 antisense oligodeoxynucleotide (L-Grb2)

The cover for issue 29 of Oncotarget features Figure 5, "In vivo effects of treatment with L-Grb2 in combination with ...

UVA pioneers study of genetic diseases with quantum computing

Credit: Courtesy Bekiranov lab University of Virginia School of Medicine scientists are harnessing the mind-bending potential of quantum computers to ...

Mix and match: New 3D cell culture model replicates fibrotic elements of pancreatic cancer

Leukemia drug shows the potential to treat aggressive pediatric brain câncer

July 21, 2020

When tested in vitro, arsenic trioxide killed tumor cells and prevented the formation of new colonies. This leukemia drug also ...

Mutated cells need to be near each other to kickstart cancer

July 21, 2020

Single-cell imaging of the very first stages of cancer recreated in a mouse organoid model reveals a key factor that ...

Formation of quadruple helix DNA tracked in live human cells for the first time

Credit: Ella Maru Studio The formation of four-stranded DNA has been tracked in living human cells, allowing scientists to see ...

Immunotherapy safe for patients with COVID-19, cancer

Initial findings from UC study show that immunotherapy for cancer won't worsen complications for patients with the disease and COVID-19Credit: ...

Doctors motivated by both health, malpractice concerns when ordering additional tests

Credit: UCLA FINDINGS A UCLA-led study has found that dermatopathologists, who specialize in diagnosing skin diseases at the microscopic level, ...

National poll: Some parents may not properly protect children from the sun

1 in 10 parents say they don't make sure to use a minimum SPF for children while some don't reapply ...

New nano drug candidate kills aggressive breast cancer cells

The discovery will help clinicians target breast cancer cells directly, while avoiding the adverse, toxic side effects of chemotherapyCredit: University ...

MU advances chemotherapy-free treatment for cancer in animals and humans

July 17, 2020

Precision medicine approach has successfully treated bone cancer in dogsCredit: MU College of Veterinary Medicine COLUMBIA, Mo. - Osteosarcoma, a ...

Improving lung cancer CT screening performance in real-world settings

July 16, 2020

Focusing on lung cancer screening subjects less likely to remain in a program -- those with negative low-dose CT exams ...

Finding hints at novel target for Ewing sarcoma therapy

July 16, 2020

Credit: UT Health San Antonio New insights into Ewing sarcoma, an aggressive childhood cancer, were published July 15 in the ...

So you discovered something that might save lives…now what?

July 16, 2020

New UC San Diego Dissemination and Implementation Science Center provides researchers and practitioners with the training, technical assistance, mentoring and ...

Reprogramming of immune cells enhances effects of radiotherapy in preclinical models of brain cancer

Credit: Ludwig Cancer Research JULY 15, 2020, NEW YORK-- A Ludwig Cancer Research study has dissected how radiotherapy alters the ...

How breast cancer cells sneak past local immune defenses

Credit: Xue-Yan He, Egeblad lab, CSHL. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) Associate Professor Mikala Egeblad and her colleagues describe a ...

St18 is a negative regulator of VEGF

Credit: Kenta Maruyama Various pro-inflammatory cytokines and pathogen-associated molecular patterns such as lipopolysaccharide (LPS) are known to activate NF-kB. NF-kB ...

Boosting immune memory could reduce cancer recurrence