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Enzyme that helps protect us from stress linked to liver cancer growth

Enzyme that helps protect us from stress linked to liver cancer growth

by Medical College of Georgia at Augusta UniversityDr. Satya Ande, molecular biologist in the MCG Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Georgia Cancer Center and MCG postdoctoral f

Enzyme that helps protect us from stress linked to liver cancer growth

by Medical College of Georgia at Augusta UniversityDr. Satya Ande, molecular biologist in the MCG Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Georgia Cancer Center and MCG postdoctoral f
Study refines understanding of T cells' action in HIV immune response

Study refines understanding of T cells' action in HIV immune response

by Los Alamos National LaboratoryThe effect of M-T807R1 administration and RAL monotherapy on blood CD8+T cell dynamics. The effects of M-T807R1 on the dynamics of CD8 cells in individual m

Study refines understanding of T cells' action in HIV immune response

by Los Alamos National LaboratoryThe effect of M-T807R1 administration and RAL monotherapy on blood CD8+T cell dynamics. The effects of M-T807R1 on the dynamics of CD8 cells in individual m
New framework for using AI in health care considers medical knowledge, practices, procedures, values

New framework for using AI in health care considers medical knowledge, practices, procedures, values

by Carnegie Mellon UniversityCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainHealth care organizations are looking to artificial intelligence (AI) tools to improve patient care, but their translation into clini

New framework for using AI in health care considers medical knowledge, practices, procedures, values

by Carnegie Mellon UniversityCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainHealth care organizations are looking to artificial intelligence (AI) tools to improve patient care, but their translation into clini
Turncoat T cells: When exhausted, cancer-fighting T cells may switch sides

Turncoat T cells: When exhausted, cancer-fighting T cells may switch sides

byUniversity of PittsburghGreg Delgoffe, Ph.D., associate professor of immunology at Pitt’s School of Medicine and director of the Tumor Microenvironment Center at UPMC Hillman Cancer Center. Cr

Turncoat T cells: When exhausted, cancer-fighting T cells may switch sides

byUniversity of PittsburghGreg Delgoffe, Ph.D., associate professor of immunology at Pitt’s School of Medicine and director of the Tumor Microenvironment Center at UPMC Hillman Cancer Center. Cr
Activating a specific pathway in a subset of immune cells eradicates immunologically 'cold' tumors, study shows

Activating a specific pathway in a subset of immune cells eradicates immunologically 'cold' tumors, study shows

byUTSouthwestern Medical CenterThis illustration depicts a nanoparticle (purple) activating the stimulator of interferon genes (STING) proteins (yellow) in dendritic cells to recruit cytot

Activating a specific pathway in a subset of immune cells eradicates immunologically 'cold' tumors, study shows

byUTSouthwestern Medical CenterThis illustration depicts a nanoparticle (purple) activating the stimulator of interferon genes (STING) proteins (yellow) in dendritic cells to recruit cytot
Team develops AI model to improve patient response to cancer therapy

Team develops AI model to improve patient response to cancer therapy

byAustralian National UniversityDr. Danh-Tai Hoang. Credit: The Australian National University (ANU).A new artificial intelligence (AI) tool that can help physicians to select the most suitable

Team develops AI model to improve patient response to cancer therapy

byAustralian National UniversityDr. Danh-Tai Hoang. Credit: The Australian National University (ANU).A new artificial intelligence (AI) tool that can help physicians to select the most suitable
Discovery of a new tumor cell type in childhood cancer

Discovery of a new tumor cell type in childhood cancer

byKarolinska InstitutetMulti-omic CNV identification in single neuroblastoma cells reveal complex subclonal architectures and identify abnormal SCP-like populations carrying whole-chromosome gai

Discovery of a new tumor cell type in childhood cancer

byKarolinska InstitutetMulti-omic CNV identification in single neuroblastoma cells reveal complex subclonal architectures and identify abnormal SCP-like populations carrying whole-chromosome gai
Breast cancer recurrence rate not up with autologous fat transfer

Breast cancer recurrence rate not up with autologous fat transfer

(HealthDay)—For patients with breast cancer, reconstruction with autologous fat transfer (AFT) seems not to increase the rate of locoregional recurrence versus conventional breast reconstruction, acco

Breast cancer recurrence rate not up with autologous fat transfer

(HealthDay)—For patients with breast cancer, reconstruction with autologous fat transfer (AFT) seems not to increase the rate of locoregional recurrence versus conventional breast reconstruction, acco
Overall cancer mortality continues to decline, prostate cancer mortality has stabilized

Overall cancer mortality continues to decline, prostate cancer mortality has stabilized

by National Cancer InstituteCancer cell during cell division. Credit: National Institutes of HealthThe latest Annual Report to the Nation on the Status of Cancer finds that overall cancer death r

Overall cancer mortality continues to decline, prostate cancer mortality has stabilized

by National Cancer InstituteCancer cell during cell division. Credit: National Institutes of HealthThe latest Annual Report to the Nation on the Status of Cancer finds that overall cancer death r
Eliminating common bacterial infection significantly decreases gastric cancer risk

Eliminating common bacterial infection significantly decreases gastric cancer risk

by Perelman School of Medicine at the University of PennsylvaniaCredit: CC0 Public DomainWhile it is well known within the medical community that there is a link between the bacteria Helicobacter

Eliminating common bacterial infection significantly decreases gastric cancer risk

by Perelman School of Medicine at the University of PennsylvaniaCredit: CC0 Public DomainWhile it is well known within the medical community that there is a link between the bacteria Helicobacter
Novel AI blood test detects liver cancer

Novel AI blood test detects liver cancer

byJohns Hopkins University School of MedicineCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainA novel artificial intelligence blood testing technology developed and used by Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center re

Novel AI blood test detects liver cancer

byJohns Hopkins University School of MedicineCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainA novel artificial intelligence blood testing technology developed and used by Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center re
Doctor gets first US lung-liver transplant for advanced lung cancer

Doctor gets first US lung-liver transplant for advanced lung cancer

by Dennis ThompsonDr. Gary Gibbon didn't have long to live. A harsh cocktail of chemotherapy, radiation and immunotherapy for his advanced lung cancer had permanently destroyed his lungs and cause

Doctor gets first US lung-liver transplant for advanced lung cancer

by Dennis ThompsonDr. Gary Gibbon didn't have long to live. A harsh cocktail of chemotherapy, radiation and immunotherapy for his advanced lung cancer had permanently destroyed his lungs and cause