Moving the needle on monitoring skin cancer

by Benjamin Boettner,Harvard UniversityThe team engineered a strategy for monitoring the immunological responses to a newly devised, locally applied immunotherapy against melanoma. The therapy a

Updated on: February 01,2024

Moving the needle on monitoring skin cancer

by Benjamin Boettner,Harvard UniversityThe team engineered a strategy for monitoring the immunological responses to a newly devised, locally applied immunotherapy against melanoma. The therapy a

Updated on:February 01,2024

A type of immune cell gives possible explanation for sex differences in pancreatic cancer

by Karolinska InstitutetPancreatic cancer cells (blue) growing as a sphere encased in membranes (red). Credit: National Cancer InstituteImmunotherapy is an effective form of therapy for different

Updated on: January 30,2024

A type of immune cell gives possible explanation for sex differences in pancreatic cancer

by Karolinska InstitutetPancreatic cancer cells (blue) growing as a sphere encased in membranes (red). Credit: National Cancer InstituteImmunotherapy is an effective form of therapy for different

Updated on:January 30,2024

New imaging technology for diagnosing and treating bowel cancer patients

byUniversity of GlasgowRepresentative transverse PET images from each mouse model and tracer. Credit:Clinical Cancer Research(2024). DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-23-1063Biopsies are cu

Updated on: March 30,2024

New imaging technology for diagnosing and treating bowel cancer patients

byUniversity of GlasgowRepresentative transverse PET images from each mouse model and tracer. Credit:Clinical Cancer Research(2024). DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-23-1063Biopsies are cu

Updated on:March 30,2024

A novel network computer model to find co-occurring mutations—researchers improve search for cancer drivers

by Tina Hilding,Washington State UniversityNumber of mutations by variant type (A) before filtering and (B) after filtering. (C) Number of genes and their role in cancer. (D) Pie chart showing t

Updated on: September 28,2024

A novel network computer model to find co-occurring mutations—researchers improve search for cancer drivers

by Tina Hilding,Washington State UniversityNumber of mutations by variant type (A) before filtering and (B) after filtering. (C) Number of genes and their role in cancer. (D) Pie chart showing t

Updated on:September 28,2024

Adcetris FDA approval expanded to include later-stage Hodgkin's

(HealthDay)—U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval of Adcetris (brentuximab vedotin) has been expanded to include adults with untreated stage III or IV classical Hodgkin's lymphoma, the agency

Updated on: March 30,2024

Adcetris FDA approval expanded to include later-stage Hodgkin's

(HealthDay)—U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval of Adcetris (brentuximab vedotin) has been expanded to include adults with untreated stage III or IV classical Hodgkin's lymphoma, the agency

Updated on:March 30,2024

A machine learning-based algorithm to predict which cancer patients benefit from immunotherapy

by Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona)Credit: CC0 Public DomainScientists at the Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona), in collaboration with the Centre for Geno

Updated on: May 20,2024

A machine learning-based algorithm to predict which cancer patients benefit from immunotherapy

by Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona)Credit: CC0 Public DomainScientists at the Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona), in collaboration with the Centre for Geno

Updated on:May 20,2024

ASCO: Low-fat dietary pattern cuts breast cancer deaths

(HealthDay)—A low-fat dietary intervention is associated with reductions in deaths after breast cancer and deaths from breast cancer among postmenopausal women after long-term follow-up, according to

Updated on: March 30,2024

ASCO: Low-fat dietary pattern cuts breast cancer deaths

(HealthDay)—A low-fat dietary intervention is associated with reductions in deaths after breast cancer and deaths from breast cancer among postmenopausal women after long-term follow-up, according to

Updated on:March 30,2024

Pathology and social interactions—safety in numbers

by CNRSTumor cells, expressing green fluorescent protein, in digestive tract of the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster. A dense tumor (left) is visible in the anterior midgut. Credit: © Andreu Cas

Updated on: March 01,2024

Pathology and social interactions—safety in numbers

by CNRSTumor cells, expressing green fluorescent protein, in digestive tract of the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster. A dense tumor (left) is visible in the anterior midgut. Credit: © Andreu Cas

Updated on:March 01,2024

New cancer drug candidate targets immune system 'brakes'

by Sarah C.P. Williams,University of ChicagoDesign and synthesis of stapled alpha-helical peptides targeting FOXP3. (A) Human FOXP3 sequence. Residues F214–K263 represent the entirety of a helix

Updated on: January 12,2024

New cancer drug candidate targets immune system 'brakes'

by Sarah C.P. Williams,University of ChicagoDesign and synthesis of stapled alpha-helical peptides targeting FOXP3. (A) Human FOXP3 sequence. Residues F214–K263 represent the entirety of a helix

Updated on:January 12,2024

Colorectal cancer: New approach for better efficacy of immunotherapies

byMedical University of ViennaSingle-cell RNA- and TCR sequencing reveal favored Vδ1+ usage with expanded CDR3 identity patterns in γδ T cells of MSS CRC. Credit:Nature Communications&nbsp

Updated on: September 07,2024

Colorectal cancer: New approach for better efficacy of immunotherapies

byMedical University of ViennaSingle-cell RNA- and TCR sequencing reveal favored Vδ1+ usage with expanded CDR3 identity patterns in γδ T cells of MSS CRC. Credit:Nature Communications&nbsp

Updated on:September 07,2024

Researchers clarify role of mutations in glioblastoma

by University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of MedicineLaboratory models with a mutated PIK3CA gene showed characteristics of gliomas. Credit: McNeill, RS, et al.,PLOS ONE.Researc

Updated on: June 24,2024

Researchers clarify role of mutations in glioblastoma

by University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of MedicineLaboratory models with a mutated PIK3CA gene showed characteristics of gliomas. Credit: McNeill, RS, et al.,PLOS ONE.Researc

Updated on:June 24,2024

New promising targeted drug for a rare leukemia

by University of HelsinkiBCL-2 family gene expression in blasts across AML types at single cell resolution. (A) UMAP plot of scRNA-seq data of blasts from AML with megakaryoblastic differentiatio

Updated on: February 18,2024

New promising targeted drug for a rare leukemia

by University of HelsinkiBCL-2 family gene expression in blasts across AML types at single cell resolution. (A) UMAP plot of scRNA-seq data of blasts from AML with megakaryoblastic differentiatio

Updated on:February 18,2024