Promising new treatment for rare pregnancy cancer leads to remission in patients

by Maxine Myers,Imperial College LondonCredit: Imperial College LondonAn immunotherapy drug can be used to cure women of a rare type of cancer arising from pregnancy when existing treatments hav

Updated on: May 07,2024

Promising new treatment for rare pregnancy cancer leads to remission in patients

by Maxine Myers,Imperial College LondonCredit: Imperial College LondonAn immunotherapy drug can be used to cure women of a rare type of cancer arising from pregnancy when existing treatments hav

Updated on:May 07,2024

Ethical issues abound in adoption of AI in cancer care

by Lori SolomonThere may be ethical barriers to the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) into cancer care, according to a studypublishedonline March 28 inJAMA Network Open.Andrew

Updated on: April 06,2024

Ethical issues abound in adoption of AI in cancer care

by Lori SolomonThere may be ethical barriers to the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) into cancer care, according to a studypublishedonline March 28 inJAMA Network Open.Andrew

Updated on:April 06,2024

Targeted drug treatment leads tumor cells to imitate viral infection, researchers discover

by Ari Navetta,Broad Institute of MIT and HarvardmIDH1 inhibition restores immune surveillance. Credit:Science(2024). DOI: 10.1126/science.adl6173A number of cancers, including certa

Updated on: July 17,2024

Targeted drug treatment leads tumor cells to imitate viral infection, researchers discover

by Ari Navetta,Broad Institute of MIT and HarvardmIDH1 inhibition restores immune surveillance. Credit:Science(2024). DOI: 10.1126/science.adl6173A number of cancers, including certa

Updated on:July 17,2024

Tracking quality of life during prostate cancer treatment

by Anna Williams,Northwestern UniversityKiller T cells surround a cancer cell. Credit: NIHPatients with advanced prostate cancer who received more intensive treatment experienced worse quality o

Updated on: April 01,2024

Tracking quality of life during prostate cancer treatment

by Anna Williams,Northwestern UniversityKiller T cells surround a cancer cell. Credit: NIHPatients with advanced prostate cancer who received more intensive treatment experienced worse quality o

Updated on:April 01,2024

A curiosity-driven genetic discovery that should impact cancer treatments

by Trinity College DublinKiller T cells surround a cancer cell. Credit: NIHA team of geneticists with a desire to understand the inner workings of genes implicated in cellular identity has discov

Updated on: May 23,2024

A curiosity-driven genetic discovery that should impact cancer treatments

by Trinity College DublinKiller T cells surround a cancer cell. Credit: NIHA team of geneticists with a desire to understand the inner workings of genes implicated in cellular identity has discov

Updated on:May 23,2024

Engineering a cancer-fighting virus

by Hokkaido UniversityComparison of cancer cells and normal cells after being infected with the dl355 adenovirus. The top four cell types listed on the left (HeLa, C33A, A549, and H1299) are canc

Updated on: March 06,2024

Engineering a cancer-fighting virus

by Hokkaido UniversityComparison of cancer cells and normal cells after being infected with the dl355 adenovirus. The top four cell types listed on the left (HeLa, C33A, A549, and H1299) are canc

Updated on:March 06,2024

What do you know about these three rare childhood cancers?

by Laurel KellyCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainChildhood cancer rates have been rising slightly for the past few decades, and about 10,470 children in the U.S. under the age of 15 will be diagnosed

Updated on: January 02,2024

What do you know about these three rare childhood cancers?

by Laurel KellyCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainChildhood cancer rates have been rising slightly for the past few decades, and about 10,470 children in the U.S. under the age of 15 will be diagnosed

Updated on:January 02,2024

The virtual cancer patient

by Technische Universitat DarmstadtIn the laboratory: Professor Heinz Koeppl (left) and his research associate Jascha Diemer. Credit: Katrin BinnerNo two cancers are the same. Each type of leukae

Updated on: March 01,2024

The virtual cancer patient

by Technische Universitat DarmstadtIn the laboratory: Professor Heinz Koeppl (left) and his research associate Jascha Diemer. Credit: Katrin BinnerNo two cancers are the same. Each type of leukae

Updated on:March 01,2024

Nutritional cues regulate pancreatic tumor's 'cell drinking'

by Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery InstituteCosimo Commisso, Ph.D., assistant professor in Sanford Burnham Prebys' NCI-designated Cancer Center. Credit: Sanford Burnham PrebysDespera

Updated on: May 11,2024

Nutritional cues regulate pancreatic tumor's 'cell drinking'

by Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery InstituteCosimo Commisso, Ph.D., assistant professor in Sanford Burnham Prebys' NCI-designated Cancer Center. Credit: Sanford Burnham PrebysDespera

Updated on:May 11,2024

Blocking glycogen, a key energy source, could slow or prevent ovarian cancer spread

by University of Chicago Medical CenterPathways of early (proliferation) and late (proliferation, invasion and widespread) metastasis. Credit: Study authors working withCell MetabolismIn ne

Updated on: April 01,2024

Blocking glycogen, a key energy source, could slow or prevent ovarian cancer spread

by University of Chicago Medical CenterPathways of early (proliferation) and late (proliferation, invasion and widespread) metastasis. Credit: Study authors working withCell MetabolismIn ne

Updated on:April 01,2024

Sex differences identified in deadly brain tumors

by Washington University School of MedicineGlioblastoma (histology slide). Credit: Wikipedia/CC BY-SA 3.0For decades, scientists have recognized that more males get cancer and die of the disease

Updated on: April 20,2024

Sex differences identified in deadly brain tumors

by Washington University School of MedicineGlioblastoma (histology slide). Credit: Wikipedia/CC BY-SA 3.0For decades, scientists have recognized that more males get cancer and die of the disease

Updated on:April 20,2024

Researchers combine CRISPR gene-editing technology with drug discovery to understand why cancer treatment works

by Caitlin Mcdermott-Murphy,Harvard UniversityCancerous cells (dark purple) start to spread in a patient's bone marrow. Mutated genes often spark rampant AML cancer growth. Credit: The Armed

Updated on: June 15,2024

Researchers combine CRISPR gene-editing technology with drug discovery to understand why cancer treatment works

by Caitlin Mcdermott-Murphy,Harvard UniversityCancerous cells (dark purple) start to spread in a patient's bone marrow. Mutated genes often spark rampant AML cancer growth. Credit: The Armed

Updated on:June 15,2024