Research discovers how some cancers resist treatment

by Louisiana State UniversityCredit: CC0 Public DomainAn international team of researchers led by Lucio Miele, MD, PhD, Professor and Chair of Genetics at LSU Health New Orleans School of Medicin

Updated on: July 04,2024

Research discovers how some cancers resist treatment

by Louisiana State UniversityCredit: CC0 Public DomainAn international team of researchers led by Lucio Miele, MD, PhD, Professor and Chair of Genetics at LSU Health New Orleans School of Medicin

Updated on:July 04,2024

Anticancer immunity through tumor antigen identification and conversion to DNA vaccines

by The Wistar InstituteCredit: CC0 Public DomainWistar scientists and collaborators demonstrated the utility of an optimized synthetic DNA vaccine platform for rapidly inducing immunity against u

Updated on: March 12,2024

Anticancer immunity through tumor antigen identification and conversion to DNA vaccines

by The Wistar InstituteCredit: CC0 Public DomainWistar scientists and collaborators demonstrated the utility of an optimized synthetic DNA vaccine platform for rapidly inducing immunity against u

Updated on:March 12,2024

New study illuminates why cancers caused by BRCA mutations recur

byPerelman School of Medicine at the University of PennsylvaniaThree-dimensional culture of human breast cancer cells, with DNA stained blue and a protein in the cell surface membrane stained gr

Updated on: January 12,2024

New study illuminates why cancers caused by BRCA mutations recur

byPerelman School of Medicine at the University of PennsylvaniaThree-dimensional culture of human breast cancer cells, with DNA stained blue and a protein in the cell surface membrane stained gr

Updated on:January 12,2024

A 'dirty bomb' battles cancer metastasis

by Northwestern UniversityMetarrestin treatment markedly reduced the number of metastatic tumors in the liver and lung of mice with pancreatic cancer. Credit: K.J. Frankowski et al., Science Translati

Updated on: May 21,2024

A 'dirty bomb' battles cancer metastasis

by Northwestern UniversityMetarrestin treatment markedly reduced the number of metastatic tumors in the liver and lung of mice with pancreatic cancer. Credit: K.J. Frankowski et al., Science Translati

Updated on:May 21,2024

Spiritual themes, distrust may factor into Black patients' reluctance to participate in cancer clinical trials

byAmerican Society for Radiation OncologyCredit: CC0 Public DomainSpiritual beliefs and a historically-based distrust of clinical research may factor into Black patients' decisions about whe

Updated on: October 22,2024

Spiritual themes, distrust may factor into Black patients' reluctance to participate in cancer clinical trials

byAmerican Society for Radiation OncologyCredit: CC0 Public DomainSpiritual beliefs and a historically-based distrust of clinical research may factor into Black patients' decisions about whe

Updated on:October 22,2024

Treatment found to reduce progression of rare blood cancer by 74%

Credit: Wikimedia CommonsA treatment that involves genetically modifying the body's own immune cells has been found to cut the risk of disease progression by 74 percent in people with a rare type

Updated on: January 29,2024

Treatment found to reduce progression of rare blood cancer by 74%

Credit: Wikimedia CommonsA treatment that involves genetically modifying the body's own immune cells has been found to cut the risk of disease progression by 74 percent in people with a rare type

Updated on:January 29,2024

Finances need to be a bigger part of our conversation about cancer, researchers say

by Maddie Massy-Westropp,University of New South WalesCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainWhen Jessie Oldfield was experiencing some bleeding at 23 weeks pregnant, she was worried that she had pre

Updated on: February 18,2024

Finances need to be a bigger part of our conversation about cancer, researchers say

by Maddie Massy-Westropp,University of New South WalesCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainWhen Jessie Oldfield was experiencing some bleeding at 23 weeks pregnant, she was worried that she had pre

Updated on:February 18,2024

Access to genomic medicine illustrates precision medicine's delicate future

byOsaka UniversityTest Availability of Multigene Panel Tests in Japan and SwitzerlandCC BY, Nakasato K, Manz C and Kato K (2024) Access, autonomy, and affordability: ethical and human rights iss

Updated on: April 28,2024

Access to genomic medicine illustrates precision medicine's delicate future

byOsaka UniversityTest Availability of Multigene Panel Tests in Japan and SwitzerlandCC BY, Nakasato K, Manz C and Kato K (2024) Access, autonomy, and affordability: ethical and human rights iss

Updated on:April 28,2024

Mass spectrometry can monitor treatment response in multiple myeloma

by Elana GotkineFor patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma (MM), mass spectrometry (MS) can monitor treatment response, according to a study published online Jan. 4 inBlood Cancer Journa

Updated on: February 23,2024

Mass spectrometry can monitor treatment response in multiple myeloma

by Elana GotkineFor patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma (MM), mass spectrometry (MS) can monitor treatment response, according to a study published online Jan. 4 inBlood Cancer Journa

Updated on:February 23,2024

Tracking down microRNA candidates that can contribute to disease

by Ana María Rodríguez, Ph.d.,Baylor College of MedicineMicroRNA and mRNA visualization in differentiating C1C12 cells. Credit: Ryan Jeffs/WikipediaWhat started as Ninad Oak's side project t

Updated on: April 01,2024

Tracking down microRNA candidates that can contribute to disease

by Ana María Rodríguez, Ph.d.,Baylor College of MedicineMicroRNA and mRNA visualization in differentiating C1C12 cells. Credit: Ryan Jeffs/WikipediaWhat started as Ninad Oak's side project t

Updated on:April 01,2024

How immune cells detect and respond to mutations in cancer cells

byUniversity of California, Los AngelesScanning electron micrograph of a human T lymphocyte (also called a T cell) from the immune system of a healthy donor. Credit: NIAIDFor the first time, a r

Updated on: January 02,2024

How immune cells detect and respond to mutations in cancer cells

byUniversity of California, Los AngelesScanning electron micrograph of a human T lymphocyte (also called a T cell) from the immune system of a healthy donor. Credit: NIAIDFor the first time, a r

Updated on:January 02,2024

Investigating racial differences in multiple myeloma

by Melissa Rohman,Northwestern UniversityGenome-wide profiling of 5hmC from cfDNA derived from EA and AA patients with MM and its precursors. Genome-wide 5hmC was profiled in patient-derived pla

Updated on: January 22,2024

Investigating racial differences in multiple myeloma

by Melissa Rohman,Northwestern UniversityGenome-wide profiling of 5hmC from cfDNA derived from EA and AA patients with MM and its precursors. Genome-wide 5hmC was profiled in patient-derived pla

Updated on:January 22,2024