Delay from breast cancer diagnosis to chemotherapy after an operation may shorten survival
National Cancer Database researchers find a worse survival rate regardless of type of cancer operation if time from cancer diagnosis ...
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Children’s Hospital Los Angeles receives $1.7M to study how GI tract repairs after injury
Chemotherapy and radiation target cancer cells but these treatments produce unwanted side effects on healthy tissue. The intestines are particularly ...
New, high-resolution images reveal clues to improve anti-nausea drugs for cancer patients
Credit: Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine A new study using a special type of electron microscope using samples ...
Encephalitis identified as rare toxicity of immunotherapy treatment
After a cancer patient receiving an immunotherapy developed encephalitis and died 18 months into treatment, researchers at Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center ...
Molecular sensor scouts DNA damage and supervises repair
Credit: Jang et al. (2019) Nature Structural and Molecular Biology PITTSBURGH, July 22, 2019 - In the time it takes ...
Targeting old bottleneck reveals new anticancer drug strategy
Hot target SIRT2 regulates ribonucleotide reductase The enzyme ribonucleotide reductase is a bottleneck for cancer cell growth. Scientists at Winship ...
Scientists develop promising drug for treating ovarian, pancreatic cancers
Houston Methodist, MD Anderson file joint patent for new monoclonal antibodyCredit: Houston Methodist Known as two of the most lethal ...
Unique hybrid implant first installed to a cat
Credit: © Sergey Gnuskov/NUST MISIS Scientific team of a small innovative enterprise Biomimetix, based on the National University of Science ...
New technique helps create more personalized therapies for people with advanced cancers
UCLA RESEARCH ALERT FINDINGS Being able to identify targets for adoptive cell therapies is one of the first steps in ...
More colorectal cancer cases are being diagnosed in younger patients
The incidence of colorectal cancer in adults younger than 50 years of age has increased in the United States since ...
Study reveals genetic similarities of osteosarcoma between dogs and children
TGen and Tufts University novel findings for this deadly bone cancer could lead to better treatments for people and pets ...
Probiotic research paves way for microbe ‘microbreweries’ to benefit human health
Credit: Dan Addison | UVA Health System A young scientist at the University of Virginia School of Medicine has received ...
Many of the deadliest cancers receive the least amount of research funding
'Embarrassing' or stigmatized cancers like lung and liver are underfundedCredit: Northwestern University Poorly funded cancers: colon, endometrial, liver and bile ...
New research identifies gene that hides cancer cells from immunotherapy
Findings in Developmental Cell show that expression of an early developmental gene prevents the immune system from identifying and attacking ...
Discovery shows how difficult-to-treat prostate cancer evades immune system
Study reports pre-clinical development of novel treatment and potential for combination use with immunotherapy drugsCredit: MD Anderson Cancer Center Researchers ...
TGen-led study finds link between gene and severe liver damage
Expression of AEBP1 correlates with severity of liver fibrosis; may provide therapeutic target PHOENIX, Ariz. -- July 18, 2019 -- ...
Researchers confirm the validity of xenographic models for studies of methylation
The new study identifies patterns of DNA methylation associated with breast cancer subtypes and response to docetaxel using PDX modelsCredit: ...
Women report skipping scientific conferences because of child care
A survey of early career oncologists suggests onsite child care could open scientific meetings to more women attendeesCredit: University of ...
Study finds key metabolic changes in patients with chemotherapy-associated cardiotoxicity
Comprehensive metabolite profiling may help identify patients at risk for cancer treatment-related heart toxicity BOSTON - More and more patients ...
A dynamic genetic code based on DNA shape
Codons and fliponsCredit: Alan Herbert DNA has many different forms. Normally the two strands of DNA wind around each other ...
