Cancer News
May 1, 2024
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May 1, 2024 — A novel combination of two cancer drugs has shown great potential as a future treatment for patients with acute myeloid leukaemia (AML), one of the most common types of blood cancers. A new study has revealed the combination of two existing drugs ...
Apr. 29, 2024 — A new study examining the role of aspirin in breast cancer treatment reveals critical issues related to health equity and aging that have broad implications for cancer and other disease intervention ...
Apr. 26, 2024 — Rates of breast cancer in women under the age of 50 are rising in Canada according to a study which showed an increase in breast cancer diagnoses among females in their twenties, thirties, and ...
Apr. 25, 2024 — Researchers have found that vitamin D encourages the growth of a type of gut bacteria in mice which improves immunity to ...
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Apr. 30, 2024 — Scientists report significant progress in cultivating nephron progenitor cells (NPCs), the cells destined to form the kidney's filtration system, the ...
Apr. 29, 2024 — A recently completed study indicates that circulatory protein levels can provide important information for increasingly accurate diagnoses and personalised care in patients with aggressive B-cell ...
Apr. 8, 2024 — One of the remaining mysteries of the human immune system is why a certain cell, called a B cell, which retains a memory for past infections -- ensuring we fight off diseases we have experienced ...
Apr. 26, 2024 — Adding a pre-ketone supplement -- a component of a high-fat, low-carb ketogenic diet -- to a type of cancer therapy in a laboratory setting was highly effective for treating prostate cancer, ...
Physical Activity in Nature Helps Prevent Several Diseases, Including Depression and Type 2 Diabetes
Apr. 25, 2024 — Physical activity in natural environments prevent almost 13,000 cases of non-communicable diseases a year in England and save treatment costs of more ...
Apr. 24, 2024 — In a breakthrough for cancer research, scientists have created lab-grown mini-colons that can accurately mimic the development of colorectal tumors, offering a powerful new tool for studying and ...
Apr. 24, 2024 — Cleveland Clinic researchers developed an artficial intelligence (AI) model that can determine the best combination and timeline to use when prescribing drugs to treat a bacterial infection, based ...
Apr. 25, 2024 — Researchers discovered that more than 300 liver genes are under circadian control: Circadian variations affect how much of a drug is available and how effectively the body can break it ...
Apr. 24, 2024 — A new study has discovered how a lipid molecule found at high levels within tumors undermines the anti-cancer immune response and compromises a ...
Apr. 24, 2024 — A research team has discovered that cancer, one of the leading causes of death worldwide, can be caused entirely by epigenetic changes, in other words, changes that contribute to how gene expression ...
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Apr. 24, 2024 — Tumors actively prevent the formation of immune responses by so-called cytotoxic T cells, which are essential in combating cancer. Researchers have now uncovered for the first time how this exactly ...
Apr. 24, 2024 — Researchers have published results of a phase I clinical trial of a novel immunotherapy for high-risk ...
Apr. 23, 2024 — A study has sampled single live cancer cells and measured the fatty lipid compounds inside them. The team saw how those cells transformed in response to changes in their ...
Apr. 23, 2024 — Learn how ancestry changes genetic risk variants' impact on type 2 diabetes in childhood cancer survivors & alkylating agent exposure magnifies diabetes risk. Learn how ancestry changes ...
Apr. 23, 2024 — A new study highlights the lasting financial impact of a cancer diagnosis for many working-age adults and their families in the United States. It shows a cancer diagnosis and the time required for ...
Apr. 23, 2024 — As a malignant disease of the liver cells, hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the main causes of cancer-related deaths. While the treatment options for this aggressive type of cancer remain ...
Apr. 22, 2024 — Plant-derived nanoparticles have demonstrated significant anticancer effects. Researchers recently developed rice bran-derived nanoparticles (rbNPs) that efficiently suppressed cell proliferation and ...
Apr. 22, 2024 — Scientists are developing and validating a patent-pending novel immunotherapy to be used against glioblastoma brain tumors. Glioblastomas are almost always lethal with a median survival time of 14 ...
Apr. 19, 2024 — Researchers explore a cancer immunotherapy treatment that involves activating the immune cells in the body and reprogramming them to attack and destroy cancer cells. This therapeutic method ...
Apr. 19, 2024 — Researchers have designed a new method for developing immunotherapy drugs using engineered peptides to elicit a natural immune response inside the ...
Apr. 18, 2024 — Despite progress in defining functional elements of noncoding DNA, it is still not fully understood. Researchers, using an experiment that elucidated the function of tens of thousands of noncoding ...
Apr. 18, 2024 — Most cancer patients do not benefit from early targeted therapies. Scientists now describe a new computational pipeline to systematically predict patient response to cancer drugs at single-cell ...
Apr. 18, 2024 — Two siblings who have the only known mutations in a key gene anywhere in the world have helped scientists gain new insights that could help progress the search for new treatments in type 1 ...
Apr. 18, 2024 — Researchers have developed a new urine-based test that addresses a major problem in prostate cancer: how to separate the slow-growing form of the disease unlikely to cause harm from more aggressive ...
Apr. 17, 2024 — Researchers have discovered a DNA repair mechanism that advances understanding of how human cells stay healthy, and which could lead to new treatments for cancer and premature ...
Apr. 16, 2024 — Researchers have created a urine-based test that detects pieces of DNA fragments released by head and neck tumors. The test could potentially facilitate early detection of this cancer type, which ...
Apr. 16, 2024 — A recent breakthrough study has shown potential to improve therapeutic outcomes for patients suffering from lung ...
Apr. 16, 2024 — New research explains why metastatic uveal melanoma is resistant to conventional immunotherapies and how adoptive therapy, which involves growing a patient's T cells outside the body before ...
Apr. 15, 2024 — Researchers found that a new activator called L687 induces cancer cells to accept delivery of antisense oligonucleotide (ASO) drugs. These drugs can treat cancer by blocking the transfer of messages ...
Apr. 15, 2024 — Researchers have discovered that an FDA-approved epilepsy drug can prevent or slow the growth of NF1-linked optic gliomas in mice, laying the groundwork for a clinical ...
Wednesday, April 24, 2024
- Tumor Cells Evade the Immune System Early On: Newly Discovered Mechanism Could Significantly Improve Cancer Immunotherapies
- CAR T Cell Therapy Targeting HER2 Antigen Shows Promise Against Advanced Sarcoma in Phase I Trial
Tuesday, April 23, 2024
- Researching Cancer by Studying Lipids Cell by Cell
- Genetics Predict Type 2 Diabetes Risk and Disparities in Childhood Cancer Survivors
- New Study Uncovers Lasting Financial Hardship Associated With Cancer Diagnosis for Working-Age Adults in the U.S.
- Liver Cancer: Molecular Signaling Pathway of Tumor Development Decoded
Monday, April 22, 2024
- Breakthrough Rice Bran Nanoparticles Show Promise as Affordable and Targeted Anticancer Agent
- Genetically Engineering a Treatment for Incurable Brain Tumors
Friday, April 19, 2024
- Researchers Develop a New Way to Safely Boost Immune Cells to Fight Cancer
- Study Opens New Avenue for Immunotherapy Drug Development
Thursday, April 18, 2024
- Mutations in Noncoding DNA Become Functional in Some Cancer-Driving Genes
- AI Tool Predicts Responses to Cancer Therapy Using Information from Each Cell of the Tumor
- Siblings With Unique Genetic Change Help Scientists Progress Drug Search for Type 1 Diabetes
- New Urine-Based Test Detects High-Grade Prostate Cancer, Helping Men Avoid Unnecessary Biopsies
Wednesday, April 17, 2024
Tuesday, April 16, 2024
- Researchers Discover Urine-Based Test to Detect Head and Neck Cancer
- Nanoparticle Delivery of FZD4 to Lung Endothelial Cells Inhibits Lung Cancer Progression and Metastases
- New Insights Could Unlock Immunotherapy for Rare, Deadly Eye Cancer
Monday, April 15, 2024
- Next-Generation Treatments Hitch a Ride Into Cancer Cells
- Epilepsy Drug Prevents Brain Tumors in Mice With NF1
- New Study Sheds Light on the Mechanisms Underlying the Development of Malignant Pediatric Brain Tumors
Friday, April 12, 2024
- Melanomas Resist Drugs by 'breaking' Genes
- Scientists Uncover a Missing Link Between Poor Diet and Higher Cancer Risk
Thursday, April 11, 2024
- Researchers Identify New Genetic Risk Factors for Persistent HPV Infections
- Colorless, Odorless Gas Likely Linked to Alarming Rise in Non-Smoking Lung Cancer
- Scientists Uncover Key Resistance Mechanism to Wnt Inhibitors in Pancreatic and Colorectal Cancers
- Study Lays the Basis for New Knowledge on Gastrointestinal Diseases
Wednesday, April 10, 2024
- Researchers Identify Protein That Controls CAR T Cell Longevity
- New Insight Into Combating Drug-Resistant Prostate Cancer
- A Promising Target for New RNA Therapeutics Now Accessible
- A New Screening Protocol Can Detect Aggressive Prostate Cancers More Selectively
- AI-Assisted Breast-Cancer Screening May Reduce Unnecessary Testing
Tuesday, April 9, 2024
- Targeting RAS Proteins May Prevent Relapse in Acute Myeloid Leukemia
- Bacteria in Cancer Unmasked
- Periostin Shows Promise to Help Fight a Common Form of Esophageal Cancer
- Research Could Unlock More Precise Prognoses and Targeted Treatments for Children With Cancer
Monday, April 8, 2024
- The Surprising Connection Between Male Infertility and Family Cancer Risk
- Targeting Vulnerability in B-Cell Development Leads to Novel Drug Combination for Leukemia
- Opening a New Front Against Pancreatic Cancer
Thursday, April 4, 2024
- Less Extensive Breast Cancer Surgery Results in Fewer Swollen Arms
- Microbial Signature of Colorectal Cancer-Associated Mutations Identified in New Study
- Study Finds Less Invasive, Safer Option for Removing Benign Pancreatic Tumors
Tuesday, April 2, 2024
Monday, April 1, 2024
- New Antibiotic Class Effective Against Multidrug-Resistant Bacteria
- Exposure to Common Environmental Carcinogens Linked to Decreased Lifespan Happiness
Thursday, March 28, 2024
- Genomic Research May Help Explain Cancer Resistance in Tasmanian Devils
- Cell Division Quality Control 'stopwatch' Uncovered
- 'Exhausted' Immune Cells in Healthy Women Could Be Target for Breast Cancer Prevention
Wednesday, March 27, 2024
- A Combination of Approved Drugs Enhances the Delivery of Anti-Bacterial Medications to Treat Tuberculosis
- Combining Epigenetic Cancer Medications May Have Benefit for Colorectal Cancers and Other Tumor Types
- Researchers Turn Back the Clock on Cancer Cells to Offer New Treatment Paradigm
- New Technique for Predicting Protein Dynamics May Prove Big Breakthrough for Drug Discovery
- Researchers Create Biocompatible Nanoparticles to Enhance Systemic Delivery of Cancer Immunotherapy
- Researchers Discover a Mechanism That Could Improve Platinum-Based Cancer Therapy
- Accelerating CAR T Cell Therapy: Lipid Nanoparticles Speed Up Manufacturing
- Beating by Overheating: New Strategy to Combat Cancer
Tuesday, March 26, 2024
Monday, March 25, 2024
- Cancer Therapies Show Promise in Combating Tuberculosis
- Promising Drug Combination for Multiple Myeloma Treatment
Thursday, March 21, 2024
Wednesday, March 20, 2024
- Bacteria Subtype Linked to Growth in Up to 50% of Human Colorectal Cancers
- In the Fight Against Breast Cancer, Researchers Identify Malignancy Hibernation as the Next Battleground
Tuesday, March 19, 2024
- Researchers Develop Deep Learning Model to Predict Breast Cancer
- Empty 'backpacks' Activate the Immune System Against Cancer
- Role of Key Enzymes That Drive Cancer Mutations Discovered
Monday, March 18, 2024
Friday, March 15, 2024
- Researchers Identify a Signaling Molecule in Neuroblastoma Immunosuppression and Aggressiveness
- Key Metabolic Process Responsible for Rapid Immune Responses Discovered
- Why Killer T Cells Lose Energy Inside of Solid Tumors
- DNA Origami-Based Vaccines Toward Safe and Highly-Effective Precision Cancer Immunotherapy
- Machine Learning Classifier Accelerates the Development of Cellular Immunotherapies
- Breakthrough Could Make Automated Dosing Systems Universal
Thursday, March 14, 2024
- A Pioneering Way to Target the Culprit Behind a Deadly Liver Cancer
- Protein Discovery Sparks Treatment Hope for Aggressive Cancer
Wednesday, March 13, 2024
- 'Junk DNA' No More: New Method to Identify Cancers from Repeat Elements of Genetic Code
- Water Droplet Spun by Sound Screens for Colon Cancer
- Steroid Drugs Used for HRT Can Combat E. Coli and MRSA
- 'Dual-Target' Cell Therapy Appears to Shrink Brain Tumors, Research Finds
- New Computational Strategy Boosts the Ability of Drug Designers to Target Proteins Inside the Membrane
- RNA-Based Therapy Shows Promise Against Aggressive Childhood Brain Tumors in Mice
- Sting Operation out of Gas
Tuesday, March 12, 2024
- Scientists Find Weak Points on Epstein-Barr Virus
- How a Natural Compound from Sea Squirts Combats Cancer
- Scientists Develop a Rapid Gene-Editing Screen to Find Effects of Cancer Mutations
- Maternal Obesity May Promote Liver Cancer
Monday, March 11, 2024
- GPS Nanoparticle Platform Precisely Delivers Therapeutic Payload to Cancer Cells
- AI May Predict Spread of Lung Cancer to Brain
Friday, March 8, 2024
- 'Double Life' Of Key Immune Protein Reveals New Strategies for Treating Cancer and Autoimmune Diseases
- Zika Virus Vaccine Emerges as an Unlikely Hero in Battling Brain Cancer
Thursday, March 7, 2024
Wednesday, March 6, 2024
- Micro And Nanoplastics in the Body Are Passed on During Cell Division
- A Step Towards Clinic-Ready Patient-Derived Organoids
- Nanosurgical Tool Could Be Key to Cancer Breakthrough
Tuesday, March 5, 2024
- A Smart Molecule Beats the Mutation Behind Most Pancreatic Cancer
- 'Like a Lab in Your Pocket' -- New Test Strips Raise Game in Gene-Based Diagnostics
- Robotic-Assisted Surgery for Gallbladder Cancer as Effective as Traditional Surgery