Study shows older age and smoking most important risk factors for developing any cancer

byAmerican Cancer SocietyCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainA new large study led by researchers at the American Cancer Society (ACS) shows older age and smoking are the two most important risk f

Updated on: December 18,2023

Study shows older age and smoking most important risk factors for developing any cancer

byAmerican Cancer SocietyCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainA new large study led by researchers at the American Cancer Society (ACS) shows older age and smoking are the two most important risk f

Updated on:December 18,2023

New link between fatal muscle wasting disease gene and cancer discovered

byUniversity of PortsmouthCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainMutations of the gene encoding dystrophins have long been known to cause the debilitating muscle-wasting disease Duchenne muscular dys

Updated on: December 22,2023

New link between fatal muscle wasting disease gene and cancer discovered

byUniversity of PortsmouthCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainMutations of the gene encoding dystrophins have long been known to cause the debilitating muscle-wasting disease Duchenne muscular dys

Updated on:December 22,2023

Vitamin B6, leukemia's deadly addiction

by Brian Stallard,Cold Spring Harbor LaboratoryThe PDXK enzyme manages the activity of B6, activating it when it is time for cells to divide. In AML, cancerous cells (green) can take advantage o

Updated on: December 22,2023

Vitamin B6, leukemia's deadly addiction

by Brian Stallard,Cold Spring Harbor LaboratoryThe PDXK enzyme manages the activity of B6, activating it when it is time for cells to divide. In AML, cancerous cells (green) can take advantage o

Updated on:December 22,2023

Gene activation linked to severity of a rare lung cancer

byUniversity of CologneERT expression and telomerase activity in pulmonary carcinoids. Credit:Journal of Clinical Oncology(2024). DOI: 10.1200/JCO.23.02708Pulmonary carcinoids are ra

Updated on: October 24,2024

Gene activation linked to severity of a rare lung cancer

byUniversity of CologneERT expression and telomerase activity in pulmonary carcinoids. Credit:Journal of Clinical Oncology(2024). DOI: 10.1200/JCO.23.02708Pulmonary carcinoids are ra

Updated on:October 24,2024

Women seeking help for unmet needs often overdue for cervical cancer screenings

by Diane Duke Williams,Washington University School of Medicine in St. LouisCredit: CC0 Public DomainMore than half of cervical cancer cases in the United States occur in women who have not had

Updated on: May 06,2024

Women seeking help for unmet needs often overdue for cervical cancer screenings

by Diane Duke Williams,Washington University School of Medicine in St. LouisCredit: CC0 Public DomainMore than half of cervical cancer cases in the United States occur in women who have not had

Updated on:May 06,2024

Study reveals how stem cells respond to environmental signals, with implications for IBD and colorectal cancer

byThe Hospital for Sick ChildrenModel for PIEZO mechanosensing of the ISC niche. Credit:Science(2024). DOI: 10.1126/science.adj7615A new study from The Hospital for Sick Children (Si

Updated on: December 10,2024

Study reveals how stem cells respond to environmental signals, with implications for IBD and colorectal cancer

byThe Hospital for Sick ChildrenModel for PIEZO mechanosensing of the ISC niche. Credit:Science(2024). DOI: 10.1126/science.adj7615A new study from The Hospital for Sick Children (Si

Updated on:December 10,2024

Screening catches only one in seven cancers: Report

by Lori Solomon HealthDay ReporterOnly 14% of cancers diagnosed in the United States are diagnosed after the patient had a recommended screening test, according to a report released Dec. 14 by NORC at

Updated on: December 19,2023

Screening catches only one in seven cancers: Report

by Lori Solomon HealthDay ReporterOnly 14% of cancers diagnosed in the United States are diagnosed after the patient had a recommended screening test, according to a report released Dec. 14 by NORC at

Updated on:December 19,2023

The architectural role of p53: Early 3D chromatin remodeling to trigger cellular stress response

byJosep Carreras Leukaemia Research InstituteTAD dynamics along p53 activation. Credit:Nature Communications(2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-46666-1The simplest explanation of cancer

Updated on: April 28,2024

The architectural role of p53: Early 3D chromatin remodeling to trigger cellular stress response

byJosep Carreras Leukaemia Research InstituteTAD dynamics along p53 activation. Credit:Nature Communications(2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-46666-1The simplest explanation of cancer

Updated on:April 28,2024

An oncologist explains why some cancer patients receive both chemotherapy and surgery

by Alexander Olawaiye,The ConversationCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainWhen Kate Middleton, the princess of Wales,announced in March 2024that she was receiving "preventive chemo

Updated on: March 30,2024

An oncologist explains why some cancer patients receive both chemotherapy and surgery

by Alexander Olawaiye,The ConversationCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainWhen Kate Middleton, the princess of Wales,announced in March 2024that she was receiving "preventive chemo

Updated on:March 30,2024

New therapeutic approach for the treatment of sarcoidosis

by Medical University of ViennaImmunofluorescence staining makes granulomas glow red with a green border (macrophages with fibroblasts). Credit: MedUni Vienna/Anna RedlA research team led by Geor

Updated on: April 02,2024

New therapeutic approach for the treatment of sarcoidosis

by Medical University of ViennaImmunofluorescence staining makes granulomas glow red with a green border (macrophages with fibroblasts). Credit: MedUni Vienna/Anna RedlA research team led by Geor

Updated on:April 02,2024

Investigational drug may improve stem cell transplantation for multiple myeloma patients

Investigational drug may improve stem cell transplantation for multiple myeloma patientsby Julia Evangelou Strait,Washington University School of MedicineShown are multiple myeloma cells from a

Updated on: October 29,2023

Investigational drug may improve stem cell transplantation for multiple myeloma patients

Investigational drug may improve stem cell transplantation for multiple myeloma patientsby Julia Evangelou Strait,Washington University School of MedicineShown are multiple myeloma cells from a

Updated on:October 29,2023

World-first use of base-edited CAR T cells to treat resistant leukemia

byUniversity College LondonCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainA patient with relapsed T cell leukaemia has been given base-edited T-cells in a world-first use of a base-edited cell therapy, in a

Updated on: January 04,2024

World-first use of base-edited CAR T cells to treat resistant leukemia

byUniversity College LondonCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainA patient with relapsed T cell leukaemia has been given base-edited T-cells in a world-first use of a base-edited cell therapy, in a

Updated on:January 04,2024