Discovered a new process of antitumor response of NK cells in myeloma
Credit: Beatriz Martín NK cells mean Natural Killer cells. They are part of the innate immune system. They are known ...
Tag: cancer
Achilles heel of tumor cells
Credit: Image: Armin Wiegering / University of Wuerzburg In 90 percent of all cases of colon cancer, the tumour cells ...
EMBL spins the Sleeping Beauty transposase
New possibilities for gene therapiesCredit: Scienseed The team, comprising researchers from the European Molecular Biology Laboratory, the Universitätsklinikum Würzburg and ...
Published a clinical guide for the genomic diagnosis of Myelodysplastic Syndromes and Chronic Myelomonocytic leukaemia
Credit: Helena Díaz. Josep Carreras Leukaemia Research Institute In Spain, a workgroup of more than 400 researchers, the Spanish Group ...
CNIO researchers describe a molecular strategy that helps prevent tumour formation in mice
Credit: CNIO The body's process for manufacturing fatty acids is regulated by the enzyme FASN. In normal cells, this is ...
Chemotherapy sometimes set the stage for drug-resistant leukemia at relapse
An international collaboration has identified therapy-induced, drug-resistance mutations in children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia who relapseCredit: St. Jude Children's Research ...
Black and elderly patients less likely to receive lung cancer treatments
Credit: ATS Nov. 1, 2019--Only about 6 in 10 lung cancer patients in the United States receive the minimal lung ...
Three UCLA scientists receive grants totaling more than $18 million
Funds from state's stem cell agency will support research on a blinding eye disease, cancer and an immune disorderCredit: Broad ...
Dynamic transition of the blood-brain barrier in the development of non-small cell lung cancer brain
The cover for issue 59 of Oncotarget features Figure 9, 'A schematic representation of the blood-brain barrier (BBB), brain around ...
Mutated form of DNA repair protein may shed light on its role in preventing cancer
Credit: Clemson College of Science CLEMSON, South Carolina -- Two trillion times each day, the cells in a typical human ...
Cocktail proves toxic to leukemia cells
Rice University, MD Anderson research points toward better personalized therapyCredit: Kirienko Lab/Rice University HOUSTON - (Oct. 31, 2019) - A ...
Study finds racial disparities in culturally competent cancer care
Credit: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute BOSTON -- Many non-white minority cancer survivors place importance on seeing doctors who share or understand ...
It takes more than a catchy headline for health awareness campaigns to inspire action
A comparison of the Pinktober and Movember movements reveals that reach and engagement do not always lead people to research ...
Study gives Ontario men access to advanced prostate cancer imaging
Credit: Lawson Health Research Institute LONDON, ON - Led by researchers at Lawson Health Research Institute, a multi-centre registry trial ...
Key gene in familial Alzheimer’s disease regulates neuronal development
Credit: Author: INc-UAB Age is the most important factor in the development of neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's and cancer. ...
Blood test can predict prognosis in deadly brain cancer
Penn study points to clinical utility of liquid biopsy in glioblastomaCredit: Penn Medicine PHILADELPHIA - A blood test that measures ...
News about drug delivery
Credit: (Picture: Ann-Christin Pöppler) Nanocapsules and other containers can transport drugs through a patient's body directly to the origin of ...
Harmful emissions from traffic, trucks, SUVs: New national air pollution report
Study of near-road air pollution in Canadian cities raises questions about health risks to one-third of population living near a ...
Breast cancer: AI predicts which pre-malignant breast lesions will progress to advanced cancer
Advances understanding of which 'stage 0' breast cancer patients are most likely to progress to advanced cancer and who may ...
MIB2 enhances inflammation by degradation of CYLD
E3 ubiquitin ligase MIB2 enhances inflammation by degrading the deubiquitinating enzyme CYLDCredit: Ehime University The tumor suppressor CYLD lysine 63 ...
