Study shows how cancer gene tricks immune cells

by Krista Conger,Stanford UniversityMYC regulated St6galnac4 promotes display of the glycan disialyl-T. (A) Murine T-ALL cell surface sialic acids were quantified at various time points after do

Updated on: February 20,2024

Study shows how cancer gene tricks immune cells

by Krista Conger,Stanford UniversityMYC regulated St6galnac4 promotes display of the glycan disialyl-T. (A) Murine T-ALL cell surface sialic acids were quantified at various time points after do

Updated on:February 20,2024

Tumor suppressor gene variants identified as cancer 'double whammy' for leukemia patients

by St. Jude Children's Research HospitalJun J. Yang, Ph.D., identified 22 high-risk germline variations associated with high-risk acute lymphoblastic leukemia that increases risk of relapse o

Updated on: April 07,2024

Tumor suppressor gene variants identified as cancer 'double whammy' for leukemia patients

by St. Jude Children's Research HospitalJun J. Yang, Ph.D., identified 22 high-risk germline variations associated with high-risk acute lymphoblastic leukemia that increases risk of relapse o

Updated on:April 07,2024

Policies favoring high-volume hospitals may disadvantage rural cancer patients

by University of PittsburghCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainPatients with cancer who live in rural Pennsylvania counties appear to know that they may have better outcomes if they receive their ca

Updated on: February 03,2024

Policies favoring high-volume hospitals may disadvantage rural cancer patients

by University of PittsburghCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainPatients with cancer who live in rural Pennsylvania counties appear to know that they may have better outcomes if they receive their ca

Updated on:February 03,2024

The search to discover why 'outliers' survive deadliest cancers

by Isabelle TOURNÉThe biotech start-up Cure51 is working on the first global molecular database of exceptional survivors of cancer.When Herve found out he had glioblastoma—the most aggressive form of

Updated on: March 30,2024

The search to discover why 'outliers' survive deadliest cancers

by Isabelle TOURNÉThe biotech start-up Cure51 is working on the first global molecular database of exceptional survivors of cancer.When Herve found out he had glioblastoma—the most aggressive form of

Updated on:March 30,2024

Researchers find a 'critical need' for whole genome sequencing of young cancer patients

by St. Jude Children's Research HospitalSt. Jude investigators (from left) Michael Rusch, Sheila Shurtleff, Ph.D., Jinghui Zhang, Ph.D., and Scott Newman, Ph.D. Credit: St. Jude Children'

Updated on: June 22,2024

Researchers find a 'critical need' for whole genome sequencing of young cancer patients

by St. Jude Children's Research HospitalSt. Jude investigators (from left) Michael Rusch, Sheila Shurtleff, Ph.D., Jinghui Zhang, Ph.D., and Scott Newman, Ph.D. Credit: St. Jude Children'

Updated on:June 22,2024

Skin cancer-related mutations higher in the UK than Singapore, new study shows

by Wellcome Trust Sanger InstituteA representation of protein-altering mutations in 1 square centimeter of skin from donors of the UK and Singapore. The UK square contains many more circles. Cred

Updated on: February 23,2024

Skin cancer-related mutations higher in the UK than Singapore, new study shows

by Wellcome Trust Sanger InstituteA representation of protein-altering mutations in 1 square centimeter of skin from donors of the UK and Singapore. The UK square contains many more circles. Cred

Updated on:February 23,2024

Drugmaker GSK says EU to review womb cancer treatment

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainBritish pharmaceutical giant GSK said on Tuesday that the EU's drug watchdog will study a new treatment for a common type of womb cancer for potential approval in

Updated on: January 30,2024

Drugmaker GSK says EU to review womb cancer treatment

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainBritish pharmaceutical giant GSK said on Tuesday that the EU's drug watchdog will study a new treatment for a common type of womb cancer for potential approval in

Updated on:January 30,2024

New regulator in aggressive breast cancer cells discovered

by Leibniz Institute on AgingThe protein TRPS1 controls the activity of the YAP protein in breast cancer. If YAP activity is downregulated, the survival prognosis for patients is reduced. If TRPS1 is

Updated on: April 22,2024

New regulator in aggressive breast cancer cells discovered

by Leibniz Institute on AgingThe protein TRPS1 controls the activity of the YAP protein in breast cancer. If YAP activity is downregulated, the survival prognosis for patients is reduced. If TRPS1 is

Updated on:April 22,2024

Researchers identify drug characteristics that make cancer metastasis therapy more effective

by Tohoku UniversityOptimal osmotic pressure and viscosity ranges for anticancer drug solvents used in lymphatic delivery (blue area). It is applicable to all types of cancer. Credit: Tohoku Univ

Updated on: February 03,2024

Researchers identify drug characteristics that make cancer metastasis therapy more effective

by Tohoku UniversityOptimal osmotic pressure and viscosity ranges for anticancer drug solvents used in lymphatic delivery (blue area). It is applicable to all types of cancer. Credit: Tohoku Univ

Updated on:February 03,2024

Research quantifies effect of chronic diseases on racial disparity in COVID-associated hospitalizations

by Louisiana State UniversityCredit: CC0 Public DomainLSU Health New Orleans conducted the first research using disease surveillance data to quantify the effect of chronic diseases on racial disp

Updated on: June 28,2024

Research quantifies effect of chronic diseases on racial disparity in COVID-associated hospitalizations

by Louisiana State UniversityCredit: CC0 Public DomainLSU Health New Orleans conducted the first research using disease surveillance data to quantify the effect of chronic diseases on racial disp

Updated on:June 28,2024

Researcher helps define subtypes of ovarian cancer

by The City University of New YorkCredit: CC0 Public DomainIn a new paper published in the journalClinical Cancer Research, CUNY SPH Associate Professor Levi Waldron and colleagues resolved

Updated on: March 06,2024

Researcher helps define subtypes of ovarian cancer

by The City University of New YorkCredit: CC0 Public DomainIn a new paper published in the journalClinical Cancer Research, CUNY SPH Associate Professor Levi Waldron and colleagues resolved

Updated on:March 06,2024

Types of bacteria vary widely in tumors of people with early vs. late-onset colorectal cancer

by Georgetown University Medical CenterCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainResearchers at Georgetown University's Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center studied the microbiome of people with color

Updated on: January 30,2024

Types of bacteria vary widely in tumors of people with early vs. late-onset colorectal cancer

by Georgetown University Medical CenterCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainResearchers at Georgetown University's Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center studied the microbiome of people with color

Updated on:January 30,2024