Tag: cancer

A combination of chemotherapy drugs during brain cancer surgery using a biodegradable paste, leads to long-term survival, researchers at the ...

Low doses of radiation promote cancer-capable cells

New research in mice helps to understand the risks around exposure to low doses of radiation, such as CT scans ...

Genetic differences between strains of Epstein-Barr virus can alter its activity

Genetic differences between the two main strains of the blood cancer-triggering virus have been shown to change the way the ...

‘Trojan horse’ anticancer drug disguises itself as fat

Promising system delivers chemo drug straight into tumors with fewer side effectsCredit: Nathan Gianneschi/Northwestern University EVANSTON, Ill. -- A stealthy ...

Machine learning platform guides pancreatic cyst management in patients

Credit: S. Springer et al., Science Translational Medicine (2019) Researchers have created a comprehensive test based on machine learning algorithms ...

Test shown to improve accuracy in identifying precancerous pancreatic cysts

Credit: Johns Hopkins Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center study coauthors Anne Marie Lennon, Simeon Springer, Marco Dal Molin, Christopher Wolfgang ...

Making cancer stem cells visible to the immune system

New results may enable innovative treatment concept against leukemia Leukemia stem cells protect themselves against the immune defense by suppressing ...

Crunching the numbers of cancer metastasis

While revealing that metastatic breast cancer cells alter their shape to spread to other regions of the body, researchers develop ...

A study demonstrates that p38 protein regulates the formation of new blood vessels

Credit: Raquel Batlle, IRB Barcelona A study performed at the Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona) and published in ...

CUNY SPH professor awarded NIH grant to study the role of the microbiome in cancer

CUNY SPH Associate Professor Levi Waldron was awarded a U01 collaborative agreement by the National Cancer Institute of the National ...

Lifetime Achievement Award tops decades of work with patients and cancer groups

Credit: National Breast Cancer Foundation DALLAS - July 16, 2019 - Dr. Phil Evans is so deeply involved in nonprofit ...

Cancer device created at rutgers to see if targeted chemotherapy is working

Artificial intelligence and biosensors can rapidly detect if live cancer cells remain after treatmentCredit: Zhongtian Lin Rutgers researchers have created ...

Researchers wirelessly hack ‘boss’ gene, a step toward reprogramming the human genome

The advancement, made possible by tiny photonic implants, could lead to new treatments for cancer, mental disordersCredit: University at Buffalo ...

CNIO researchers find a method to select for mammalian cells with half the number of chromosomes

This innovative method might facilitate genetic research in complex organisms like mammals, humans included, in a fast, efficient wayCredit: CNIO ...

Hurricane disasters associated with poorer outcomes for radiotherapy patients

Report says transferring treatment; eliminating out-of-network insurance charges should be considered Lung cancer patients who had a hurricane disaster declared ...

Heart drug could increase survival rates for children with aggressive form of brain tumor

Researchers at the University of Nottingham have discovered that repurposing a heart drug could significantly increase the survival rate for ...

Four young pediatric cancer research fellows earn nearly $1 million in awards

Damon Runyon and The Sohn Conference Foundations partner to cure cancers in children and young adults New York, NY (July ...

Anti-Angiogenesis Drug Discovery and Development, now in its 4th edition

Bentham Science ongoing book series continues to bring more updates anti-angiogenesis drug targets. This volume brings together 7 reviews on ...

Bentham Science publishes 5th volume of Frontiers in Clinical Drug Research — Anti Infectives

The series brings more updates on anti-infective medicine for readers The scope of the book series covers a range of ...

Study identifies potential markers of lung cancer