Study suggests a way to re-energize tired T cells when treating cancer, viral infections

by Ohio State University Medical CenterScanning electron micrograph of a human T lymphocyte (also called a T cell) from the immune system of a healthy donor. Credit: NIAIDA new study by researche

Updated on: February 20,2024

Study suggests a way to re-energize tired T cells when treating cancer, viral infections

by Ohio State University Medical CenterScanning electron micrograph of a human T lymphocyte (also called a T cell) from the immune system of a healthy donor. Credit: NIAIDA new study by researche

Updated on:February 20,2024

Advanced ovarian cancer drug gets initial 'no' for NHS in England

by Cancer Research UKCC0 Public domainA targeted drug with potential to slow the progress of ovarian cancer has been rejected for use on the NHS in England.In making its provisional decision on r

Updated on: March 06,2024

Advanced ovarian cancer drug gets initial 'no' for NHS in England

by Cancer Research UKCC0 Public domainA targeted drug with potential to slow the progress of ovarian cancer has been rejected for use on the NHS in England.In making its provisional decision on r

Updated on:March 06,2024

Merck, Moderna detail potential skin cancer vaccine progress

by Tom MurphyA sign marks an entrance to a Moderna building in Cambridge, Mass., on Monday, May 18, 2020. Shares of Merck and Moderna jumped early Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2022, after the drugmakers said a p

Updated on: January 02,2024

Merck, Moderna detail potential skin cancer vaccine progress

by Tom MurphyA sign marks an entrance to a Moderna building in Cambridge, Mass., on Monday, May 18, 2020. Shares of Merck and Moderna jumped early Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2022, after the drugmakers said a p

Updated on:January 02,2024

Researchers to investigate screening for prostate cancer using MRI—potentially replacing the PSA test

by Medical Research CouncilCredit: Medical Research CouncilA new clinical study will test for the first time if MRI scans can be used for population screening to detect prostate cancer more accur

Updated on: March 06,2024

Researchers to investigate screening for prostate cancer using MRI—potentially replacing the PSA test

by Medical Research CouncilCredit: Medical Research CouncilA new clinical study will test for the first time if MRI scans can be used for population screening to detect prostate cancer more accur

Updated on:March 06,2024

11 percent of cancers detected via emergency visit

About 11 percent of cancers are diagnosed following an emergency department visit, according to a study presented at the 12th AACR Conference on The Science of Cancer Health Disparities in Racial/Ethn

Updated on: March 14,2024

11 percent of cancers detected via emergency visit

About 11 percent of cancers are diagnosed following an emergency department visit, according to a study presented at the 12th AACR Conference on The Science of Cancer Health Disparities in Racial/Ethn

Updated on:March 14,2024

Brain tumor clinical trial: Failed Alzheimer's drug that boosts effect of radiotherapy to be tested in humans this year

by Worldwide Cancer ResearchFlow chart with the design of a clinical trial with azeliragon in combination with radiotherapy in patients with brain metastases from non-small-cell lung cancer, breast ca

Updated on: January 02,2024

Brain tumor clinical trial: Failed Alzheimer's drug that boosts effect of radiotherapy to be tested in humans this year

by Worldwide Cancer ResearchFlow chart with the design of a clinical trial with azeliragon in combination with radiotherapy in patients with brain metastases from non-small-cell lung cancer, breast ca

Updated on:January 02,2024

Discovery of pancreatic neuroendocrine subtypes could help predict likelihood of recurrence

by Dana-Farber Cancer InstituteCredit: CC0 Public DomainResearchers have discovered two distinct subtypes of pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors—known as pNETs—that have dramatically different risks

Updated on: May 13,2024

Discovery of pancreatic neuroendocrine subtypes could help predict likelihood of recurrence

by Dana-Farber Cancer InstituteCredit: CC0 Public DomainResearchers have discovered two distinct subtypes of pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors—known as pNETs—that have dramatically different risks

Updated on:May 13,2024

Pancreatic cancer discovery reveals how the aggressive cancer fuels its growth

by University of VirginiaThe new discovery represents the fulfillment of years of work for David F. Kashatus, Ph.D., who first proposed the research project while interviewing at UVA in 2012. Cre

Updated on: May 13,2024

Pancreatic cancer discovery reveals how the aggressive cancer fuels its growth

by University of VirginiaThe new discovery represents the fulfillment of years of work for David F. Kashatus, Ph.D., who first proposed the research project while interviewing at UVA in 2012. Cre

Updated on:May 13,2024

Chemotherapy in the afternoon dramatically improves treatment outcomes in female lymphoma patients: Study

by Institute for Basic ScienceThe daily fluctuation of proliferative activity of bone marrow is larger in females than in males, and it becomes higher in the morning (left). Thus, chemotherapy in

Updated on: February 01,2024

Chemotherapy in the afternoon dramatically improves treatment outcomes in female lymphoma patients: Study

by Institute for Basic ScienceThe daily fluctuation of proliferative activity of bone marrow is larger in females than in males, and it becomes higher in the morning (left). Thus, chemotherapy in

Updated on:February 01,2024

Immunotherapy was meant to defeat cancer—what happened to the great promise?

by Jonathan Fisher,The ConversationCredit: Ivan Samkov from PexelsIn 1893, theAmerican Journal of the Medical Sciencesreported on 10 patients whose large and hitherto incurable cance

Updated on: November 10,2024

Immunotherapy was meant to defeat cancer—what happened to the great promise?

by Jonathan Fisher,The ConversationCredit: Ivan Samkov from PexelsIn 1893, theAmerican Journal of the Medical Sciencesreported on 10 patients whose large and hitherto incurable cance

Updated on:November 10,2024

Team discovers broken 'brake' of cancer mutation machine

by UT Southwestern Medical CenterCredit:Cancer Cell(2023). DOI: 10.1016/j.ccell.2023.06.010Loss of a gene known as SYNCRIP in prostate cancer tumors unleashes cellular machinery that

Updated on: February 03,2024

Team discovers broken 'brake' of cancer mutation machine

by UT Southwestern Medical CenterCredit:Cancer Cell(2023). DOI: 10.1016/j.ccell.2023.06.010Loss of a gene known as SYNCRIP in prostate cancer tumors unleashes cellular machinery that

Updated on:February 03,2024

Novel therapeutic strategy against melanoma: Combined targeting of hedgehog signaling and BRD4

by Impact Journals LLCCombined targeting of SMO and BRD4 as a potential therapeutic strategy against melanoma. Credit:Oncotarget(2023). DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.28441A new editorial paper

Updated on: January 11,2024

Novel therapeutic strategy against melanoma: Combined targeting of hedgehog signaling and BRD4

by Impact Journals LLCCombined targeting of SMO and BRD4 as a potential therapeutic strategy against melanoma. Credit:Oncotarget(2023). DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.28441A new editorial paper

Updated on:January 11,2024