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Study reveals how treatment-resistant prostate cancer provides its own hormonal fuel

Study reveals how treatment-resistant prostate cancer provides its own hormonal fuel

by Julia Evangelou Strait,Washington University in St. LouisThin slice of a human prostate tumor. The dark staining throughout reveals the presence of histone acetylation promoting cholesterol p

Study reveals how treatment-resistant prostate cancer provides its own hormonal fuel

by Julia Evangelou Strait,Washington University in St. LouisThin slice of a human prostate tumor. The dark staining throughout reveals the presence of histone acetylation promoting cholesterol p
Previously unidentified proteins suggest new way to diagnose ovarian cancer

Previously unidentified proteins suggest new way to diagnose ovarian cancer

by Nagoya UniversityExtracellular vesicles (EVs) are vesicles with lipid-bilayer structures (shown in center), and three proteins expressed on small EVs called exosomes (shown in red, green, blue

Previously unidentified proteins suggest new way to diagnose ovarian cancer

by Nagoya UniversityExtracellular vesicles (EVs) are vesicles with lipid-bilayer structures (shown in center), and three proteins expressed on small EVs called exosomes (shown in red, green, blue
Novel genomics tool enables more accurate identification of rare mutations in cancer cells

Novel genomics tool enables more accurate identification of rare mutations in cancer cells

by New York Genome CenterExample of colored de Bruijn graph rendered to represent genomic data for a short region of 400 base pairs using the Lancet genomics tool developed by New York Genome Center s

Novel genomics tool enables more accurate identification of rare mutations in cancer cells

by New York Genome CenterExample of colored de Bruijn graph rendered to represent genomic data for a short region of 400 base pairs using the Lancet genomics tool developed by New York Genome Center s
New marker could detect fatal breast cancer up to one year earlier than current methods

New marker could detect fatal breast cancer up to one year earlier than current methods

by BioMed CentralMammograms showing a normal breast (left) and a breast with cancer (right). Credit: Public DomainA new marker that could be used to diagnose fatal breast cancer up to one year ah

New marker could detect fatal breast cancer up to one year earlier than current methods

by BioMed CentralMammograms showing a normal breast (left) and a breast with cancer (right). Credit: Public DomainA new marker that could be used to diagnose fatal breast cancer up to one year ah
Loss of Y chromosome in men enables cancer to grow, finds new study

Loss of Y chromosome in men enables cancer to grow, finds new study

by Cedars-Sinai Medical CenterCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainAs men age, some of their cells lose the very thing that makes them biological males—the Y chromosome—and this loss hampers the body

Loss of Y chromosome in men enables cancer to grow, finds new study

by Cedars-Sinai Medical CenterCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainAs men age, some of their cells lose the very thing that makes them biological males—the Y chromosome—and this loss hampers the body
A novel method to better predict the outgrowth of ductal carcinoma in situ

A novel method to better predict the outgrowth of ductal carcinoma in situ

by Netherlands Cancer InstituteGraphical abstract. Credit:Cancer Cell(2023). DOI: 10.1016/j.ccell.2023.04.002An international team of researchers led by the Netherlands Cancer Institu

A novel method to better predict the outgrowth of ductal carcinoma in situ

by Netherlands Cancer InstituteGraphical abstract. Credit:Cancer Cell(2023). DOI: 10.1016/j.ccell.2023.04.002An international team of researchers led by the Netherlands Cancer Institu
Researchers suggest rethinking 'cancer' label for early-stage prostate changes

Researchers suggest rethinking 'cancer' label for early-stage prostate changes

byOxford University PressCredit: CC0 Public DomainA new paper in theJournal of the National Cancer Instituteindicates that patients may benefit if doctors stop calling certain early-

Researchers suggest rethinking 'cancer' label for early-stage prostate changes

byOxford University PressCredit: CC0 Public DomainA new paper in theJournal of the National Cancer Instituteindicates that patients may benefit if doctors stop calling certain early-
New screening tool to explore mechanisms behind cancer, autoimmunity and neurodegeneration

New screening tool to explore mechanisms behind cancer, autoimmunity and neurodegeneration

by Jelena Pupavac,Wellcome Trust Sanger InstituteA single-cell base editor screen tiling acrossJAK1is improved by coupling genotype with transcriptome.aUMAP of LoF and no

New screening tool to explore mechanisms behind cancer, autoimmunity and neurodegeneration

by Jelena Pupavac,Wellcome Trust Sanger InstituteA single-cell base editor screen tiling acrossJAK1is improved by coupling genotype with transcriptome.aUMAP of LoF and no
Peripheral surrogates of tumor burden to guide therapeutic strategies for HPV-associated malignancies

Peripheral surrogates of tumor burden to guide therapeutic strategies for HPV-associated malignancies

by Impact Journals LLCTumor intrinsic and extrinsic factors in the periphery that can serve as proxies of tumor burden. Credit:Oncotarget(2023). DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.28487A new review

Peripheral surrogates of tumor burden to guide therapeutic strategies for HPV-associated malignancies

by Impact Journals LLCTumor intrinsic and extrinsic factors in the periphery that can serve as proxies of tumor burden. Credit:Oncotarget(2023). DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.28487A new review
Researchers develop modular approach to engineering immune cells

Researchers develop modular approach to engineering immune cells

by Bara Badwan,Yale UniversityCredit: stock.adobe.comYale researchers have developed a new way to efficiently engineer immune cells, an advance which enhances the ability to fend off cancer and

Researchers develop modular approach to engineering immune cells

by Bara Badwan,Yale UniversityCredit: stock.adobe.comYale researchers have developed a new way to efficiently engineer immune cells, an advance which enhances the ability to fend off cancer and
Study illuminates precancerous 'clonal outgrowth' in blood cells

Study illuminates precancerous 'clonal outgrowth' in blood cells

byWeill Cornell Medical CollegeCredit: CC0 Public DomainA common, spontaneous mutation in blood stem cells, which has been linked to higher risks of blood cancer and cardiovascular disease, may

Study illuminates precancerous 'clonal outgrowth' in blood cells

byWeill Cornell Medical CollegeCredit: CC0 Public DomainA common, spontaneous mutation in blood stem cells, which has been linked to higher risks of blood cancer and cardiovascular disease, may
Depression linked to deadly inflammation in lung cancer patients

Depression linked to deadly inflammation in lung cancer patients

by Jeff Grabmeier,The Ohio State UniversityKaplan Meier survival curve for NSCLC patients stratified by NLR systemic inflammation, NLR < 5 and NLR ≥ 5 (n = 184), showing worse survival probab

Depression linked to deadly inflammation in lung cancer patients

by Jeff Grabmeier,The Ohio State UniversityKaplan Meier survival curve for NSCLC patients stratified by NLR systemic inflammation, NLR < 5 and NLR ≥ 5 (n = 184), showing worse survival probab