Finding genetic cancer risks
EMBL scientists describe how our genetic background influences cancer developmentCredit: Rayne Zaayman-Gallant/EMBL Germline variants are present in every single cell ...
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First comprehensive survey of virus DNA found within cancer cells
Credit: Pan-Cancer Analysis of Whole Genomes Researchers from the University of East Anglia have helped to carry out the first ...
Tumor secreted ANGPTL2 facilitates recruitment of neutrophils to the lung to promote lung pre-metastatic niche formation and targeting ANGPTL2 signaling affects metastatic disease
Oncotarget Volume 11, Issue 5: The authors determined that tumor-derived ANGPTL2 stimulates lung epithelial cells, which is essential for primary ...
Targeting the cancer microenvironment
Researchers discover a novel checkpoint in immune cells with the potential to treat the cancer cell microenvironmentCredit: © Wolfram Weckwerth ...
DNA-based nanorobot to fight cancer: New concept proposed by ITMO University researchers
This is the first ever nanorobot to combine two functions: cancer diagnostics and treatment. Made of DNA fragments, the nano-sized ...
Clostridium perfringens enterotoxin induces claudin-4 to activate YAP in oral squamous cell
'Moreover, it was revealed that the complex of YAP1, CLDN4, and zona occludens-2 was formed by CPE treatment, further suppressing ...
Putting precision oncology into practice
Credit: Rush Production Group Rush University Medical Center is the first health care organization to launch medical record company Epic's ...
Cold plasma patch could make immunotherapy more effective for treating melanoma
The patch significantly prolonged survival, inhibited growth of tumors in miceCredit: Zhen Gu Lab/UCLA Los Angeles - An interdisciplinary team ...
Designing an emergency stop switch for immunotherapies
Credit: © Alain Herzog 2020 EPFL Immunotherapy, unlike chemotherapy and radiotherapy, arms the body's immune system to attack cancer cells. ...
Study demonstrates liquid biopsy as effective predictor of stage III melanoma relapse and treatment
Assessment of circulating tumor cells at first clinic visit predicted relapse within 6 months; may help identify patients likely to ...
Bringing the ‘sticky’ back to pancreatic cancer
Credit: Tohoku University A multidisciplinary team of researchers at Japan's Tohoku University has found that a gene regulator, called BACH1, ...
Cancer cell reversion may offer a new approach to colorectal cancer treatment
Credit: KAIST A novel approach to reverse the progression of healthy cells to malignant ones may offer a more effective ...
Assessing ‘stickiness’ of tumor cells could improve cancer prognosis
Credit: David Baillot/UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering A team of researchers led by the University of California San ...
How the immune system becomes blind to cancer cells
Credit: Illustration: CIBSS/University of Freiburg, Michal Roessler T cells play a huge role in our immune system's fight against modified ...
Anti-carcinoembryonic antigen-related cell adhesion molecule antibody for fluorescence visualization
Oncotarget Volume 11, Issue 4Credit: Correspondence to: Michael Bouvet, email: [email protected] Oncotarget Volume 11, Issue 4: The research team's aim ...
Characterization of unique PMEPA1 gene splice variants (isoforms d and e) from RNA Seq profiling pro
The cover for issue 4 of Oncotarget features Figure 8, 'Model for biological function categorization of PMEPA1 isoforms (c, d, ...
Choice of anesthesia may affect breast cancer metastases
Credit: Stony Brook University STONY BROOK, NY, January 29, 2020 - A new study led by Stony Brook University Cancer ...
Why a single molecule called CD166 could unlock new cancer therapies
IU Simon Cancer Center researchers receive $3 million in NIH grantsCredit: IU School of Medicine More than $3 million from ...
Less chemotherapy may have more benefit in rectal cancer
Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center Chemotherapy used to shrink a tumor before surgery, called neoadjuvant chemotherapy, is becoming more ...
Double trouble: A drug for alcoholism can also treat cancer by targeting macrophages
New research presents a first-of-its-kind cancer treatment strategy that targets a pro-tumor protein FROUNT and suppresses tumor-associated macrophagesCredit: Tokyo University ...
