3D body mapping could identify, treat organs, cells damaged from medical conditions
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Medical advancements can come at a physical cost. Often following diagnosis and treatment for cancer and ...
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Vaccination programs substantially reduce HPV infections and precancerous cervical lesions
Human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccination programs have substantially reduced the number of infections and precancerous cervical lesions caused by the ...
Researchers reach milestone in use of nanoparticles to kill cancer with heat
Credit: Tetiana Korzun CORVALLIS, Ore. - Researchers at Oregon State University have developed an improved technique for using magnetic nanoclusters ...
Tool dearches EHR data to find child leukemia patients for clinical studies
CHOP researcher: Algorithm could improve large-scale clinical researchCredit: Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Researchers who analyzed data in the electronic health ...
University at Buffalo scientist receives federal grant for “Jewels in Our Genes” follow up
Study seeks to identify genes that are unique to breast cancer in African American womenCredit: University at Buffalo BUFFALO, N.Y. ...
Genetically modified virus combats prostate cancer
In a study with mice, a gene therapy developed in Brazil kills cancer cells and avoids adverse side effects when ...
Childhood leukemia cannot hide from the immune system
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital scientists found that despite having few mutations, pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia does not escape immune ...
Reversing t cells’ misunderstood rep in responding to a pediatric leukemia
Credit: Anthony Zamora A study of pediatric patients with leukemia demonstrates that they were able to generate T cells against ...
Confining cell-killing treatments to tumors
Attaching a Velcro-like molecule may prevent immune proteins called cytokines from leaking out of cancerous tissue after injection Cytokines, small ...
Immune damage may explain ineffectiveness of high-dose radiation against lung cancer
Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center When it comes to using radiation against lung cancer, preliminary clinical studies were pretty ...
Newly defined cancer driver is fast, furious and loud
Researchers characterize 3 ways in which the gene FOXA1 mutates to trigger prostate cancerCredit: University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center ...
Infrared imaging technology being developed to better detect breast cancer
Non-invasive technology developed through RIT and Rochester Regional Health partnership may provide complementary testing options to reveal tumors hidden behind ...
Mechanism of tumor metastasis and tumor-suppressive role of UDP-glucose revealed
Credit: DICP and SIBCB Scientists from Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics (DICP) and Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology ...
Uridine diphosphate glucose found to dampen lung cancer metastasis
Credit: Image by the research groups In a study published online in Nature on June 26, research teams led by ...
Does likelihood of survival differ between patients with single vs. multiple primary melanomas?
Bottom Line: Patients with multiple primary melanomas had a higher likelihood of dying than those with a single primary melanoma ...
Immunological discovery opens new possibilities for using antibodies
Credit: Ruth Fair-Mäkelä Many of the immune defence reactions are launched in the lymph nodes. For instance, small, foreign molecules ...
SNMMI Image of the Year: Novel radiotracer detects 28 cancer types
Credit: Image created with contributions from Clemens Kratochwil, Paul Flechsig, Thomas Lindner, Labidi Abderrahim, Annette Altmann, Walter Mier, Sebastian Adeberg, ...
Frontline heroes hailed in the war against devil cancers
Residents of Tasmania's D'Entrecasteaux Channel Peninsula, Kingborough and Huon Valley communities are being hailed as the frontline heroes in the ...
Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists announces 2019 National Laureates
An ecologist from Stony Brook University, a theoretical physicist from University of Colorado Boulder and a chemical biologist from Harvard ...
From simple tools to high-level buy-in, how doctors can help cancer patients quit tobacco
Penn study shows Moonshot-funded program is making an impact PHILADELPHIA - A simple set of decision-support tools combined with institutional ...
