Tag: cancer

Ongoing series of surveys of 1,300 patients is tracking changing concerns over two weeks as pandemic continuesCredit: Health Perspectives Group ...

Blocking sugar structures on viruses and tumor cells

Artificial sugar-binding protein may inhibit cell growthCredit: TUM-Chair of Biological Chemistry The laboratory directed by Arne Skerra, Professor of Biological ...

Elucidation of mechanisms that coordinate cell memory inheritance with DNA replication

Beijing Tide Pharmaceutical and Insilico Medicine enter into an agreement for cancer therapy

noneCredit: Insilico BEIJING and HONG KONG, CHINA, March 17, 2020 (9 AM Beijing time) - Beijing Tide Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. ...

Cancer drug with better staying power, reduced toxicity promising in preclinical trial

March 16, 2020

Credit: iQ Group Global A drug candidate has been found in preclinical trials to stop tumor growth entirely, deliver more ...

Oncotarget: Prognostic and predictive factors in pancreatic cancer

Oncotarget Volume 11, Issue 10 reported that there are not standardized predictive biomarkers able to identify patients who benefit most ...

Oncotarget: MicroRNA (miR) dysregulation during Helicobacter pylori-induced gastric

Oncotarget Volume 11, Issue 10 reported that dysregulation of noncoding micro RNA molecules has been associated with immune cell activation ...

Oncotarget: DNA methylation of MMPs and TIMPs in atherothrombosis process in carotid plaques

Oncotarget Volume 11, Issue 10 reported that the statistically associated Cp G sites were analyzed in blood samples from two ...

Oncotarget: A microRNA-based signature predicts local-regional failure and overall survival

The cover for issue 10 of Oncotarget features Figure 3, 'Overall survival (OS) for high (red) versus low (black) risk ...

Treatment disparities drive worse outcomes for pediatric Black, Hispanic brain cancer pts

March 12, 2020

Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center Cancer researchers have known for years that Black and Hispanic patients have worse outcomes ...

Learning how cancer cells coordinate and collaborate to multiply and metastasize

March 12, 2020

Researchers from Osaka University and the National Institute of Information and Communications Technology show that cancer cells cultured on Matrigel ...

Rural Hondurans embrace cancer screening opportunities

An internationally collaborative group of Dartmouth and Honduran researchers and oncologists found a high level of compliance with referral to ...

African Americans, Hispanics less likely to receive recommended lung cancer imaging

Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center The use of PET-CT imaging gives doctors the best possible picture of non-small cell ...

Microbial DNA in patient blood may be tell-tale sign of cancer

From a simple blood draw, microbial DNA may reveal who has cancer and which type, even at early stagesCredit: Photo ...

Cancerous tumors, surrounding cells illuminated by new imaging agent

Compound being tested in small clinical trialsCredit: Achilefu lab Scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have ...

Natural organic matter influences arsenic release into groundwater

Credit: Andreas Kappler Millions of people worldwide consume water contaminated with levels of arsenic that exceed those recommended by the ...

NCCN releases recommendations for standardizing quality measurement in oncology

NCCN Quality and Outcomes Committee's endorsements of impactful and feasible quality and outcomes measures offer opportunities to advance the quality ...

NorthShore neurosurgeon first in Illinois to offer new targeted therapy for brain tumors

Credit: GT Medical, Inc. NorthShore University HealthSystem (NorthShore) neurosurgeon, Julian Bailes, MD, is the first in Illinois to begin offering ...

Arming the body’s immune cells

UC scientists have uncovered a mechanism that could lead to new immunotherapies for patients with head and neck cancersCredit: Colleen ...

Tracking down false parkers in cancer cells