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June 26, 2025

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Novel Biomarker: Potential to Predict and Treat Skin Cancer Metastasis

May 30, 2025 — Researchers have identified C5aR1 as a novel biomarker for metastasis risk and poor prognosis in patients with cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (cSCC), the most common type of metastatic skin cancer. The new study's findings in The American Journal ...

First Vascularized Model of Stem Cell Islet Cells

May 23, 2025 — Researchers have developed a vascularized organoid model of hormone secreting cells in the pancreas. The advance promises to improve diabetes research and cell-based ...

'Barcodes' Written Into Our DNA Reveal How Blood Ages

May 22, 2025 — A study explains how age reshapes the blood system. In both humans and mice, a few stem cells out-compete their neighbors and gradually take over blood production. The loss of diversity results in a blood system that has a preference for producing ...

New Genetic Test Can Diagnose Brain Tumors in as Little as Two Hours

May 21, 2025 — Scientists and medics have developed an ultra-rapid method of genetically diagnosing brain tumors that will cut the time it takes to classify them from 6-8 weeks, to as little as two hours.The team utilized the new approach during 50 brain tumor ...

Engineered Bacteria Can Deliver Antiviral Therapies, Vaccines

May 21, 2025 — New research demonstrates how specially engineered bacteria taken orally can operate as a delivery system for vaccines and antiviral ...

People With Lupus Who Have Certain Antibodies Are More Likely to Experience Blood Clots, Researchers Find

May 15, 2025 — Some patients with lupus who possess specific antibodies are at a higher risk of thrombotic events such as a blood clot, stroke or heart attack, a new study shows. The finding might help clinicians ...

Biologists Identify Targets for New Pancreatic Cancer Treatments

May 8, 2025 — Cryptic peptides, which are expressed in pancreatic cancer cells, could be promising targets for T-cell therapies that attack pancreatic tumors, according to a new ...

Scientists Develop Super Strong Antibodies for New Cancer Treatment

May 4, 2025 — Cancer scientists engineer a new type of antibody which could be used to boost the immune systems of patients fighting ...

Apr. 25, 2025 — Researchers have discovered that expansion of mutant blood cells, a phenomenon linked to aging, can be found in cancerous tumors, and this is associated with worse outcomes for ...

Blocking a Surprising Master Regulator of Immunity Eradicates Liver Tumors in Mice

Apr. 25, 2025 — 'Cold' tumors are resistant to common immunotherapies. Researchers have uncovered a master regulator that can be manipulated to prevent tumor growth in ...

Empowering Antibodies to Better Activate the Immune System

Apr. 22, 2025 — Antibodies are best known for their ability to latch onto and neutralize bacteria, viruses and other pathogens. But these immune proteins can do more than that: They also activate other components of the immune system, which then go to work to clear ...

Drug-Delivering Aptamers Target Leukemia Stem Cells for One-Two Knockout Punch

Apr. 3, 2025 — Drug-carrying DNA aptamers can deliver a one-two punch to leukemia by precisely targeting the elusive cancer stem cells that seed cancer relapses, researchers report. The aptamers -- short ...

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In Pancreatic Cancer, a Race Against Time

Apr. 2, 2025 — Scientists have found a way to 'intercept' pancreatic cancer. By inhibiting the cancer gene FGFR2, they were able to slow tumor formation. By targeting the FGFR2 and EGFR proteins, they were able to ...

Engineering Antibodies With a Novel Fusion Protein

Mar. 25, 2025 — Even with significant expansion in the global market for antibodies used in clinical care and research, scientists recognize that there is still untapped potential for finding new antibodies. Many ...

Shaping the Future of Diabetes Treatment With 3D Bioprinting Technology

Mar. 20, 2025 — An innovative platform replicates pancreatic functions, transforming diabetes ...

Efficient Development of Drugs With Fewer Mice

Mar. 18, 2025 — New active ingredients such as antibodies are usually tested individually in laboratory animals. Researchers have now developed a technology that can be used to test around 25 antibodies ...

New Antibody Reduces Tumor Growth in Treatment-Resistant Breast and Ovarian Cancers

Mar. 15, 2025 — A new type of antibody which stimulates the immune system to target cancer cells slows tumour growth, according to new ...

Genes Combined With Immune Response to Epstein-Barr Virus Increase MS Risk

Mar. 10, 2025 — In multiple sclerosis (MS), antibodies to the common Epstein-Barr virus can accidentally attack a protein in the brain and spinal cord. New research shows that the combination of certain viral ...

FLIpping the Switch: Boosting Stem Cell Numbers for Therapies

Mar. 10, 2025 — A single molecular switch is essential for blood stem cells to enter an activated, regenerative state in which they produce new blood cells, according to a preclinical study. The discovery could lead ...

Scientists Discover How Aspirin Could Prevent Some Cancers from Spreading

Mar. 5, 2025 — Scientists have uncovered the mechanism behind how aspirin could reduce the metastasis of some cancers by stimulating the immune system. The scientists say that discovering the mechanism will support ...

New Antibodies Show Potential to Defeat All SARS-CoV-2 Variants

Mar. 5, 2025 — A team has found two antibodies that can work together to neutralize the virus that causes COVID-19 in all its current known variations in a laboratory environment. More research is needed, but the ...

Research Challenges Our Understanding of Cancer Predisposition

Feb. 25, 2025 — New findings question assumptions of cancer formation in individuals with the cancer-predisposition syndrome, neurofibromatosis type 1, and offer hope for a personalized approach to early cancer ...

Toward Improved Early Detection of Pancreatic Cancer

Feb. 18, 2025 — Pancreatic cancer (PC) is the worst prognosis cancer globally, with just 13% of patients who are diagnosed with PC surviving for 5 years or more after initial diagnosis. Early detection of PC is the ...

New Blood-Clotting Disorder Identified

Feb. 12, 2025 — Researchers have made a groundbreaking discovery in the field of hematology, providing an explanation for spontaneous and unusual blood-clotting that continues to occur despite treatment with ...

New Blood Test Identifies Hard-to-Detect Pancreatic Cancer With 85% Accuracy

Feb. 12, 2025 — A new blood test could help doctors detect pancreatic cancer earlier, potentially improving survival rates for one of the deadliest ...

Breast Cancers Broadly Defined by Their Genome Architecture

Feb. 10, 2025 — Breast cancers at all stages are defined by the structure of their genomes, researchers find. Targeting these processes early is likely to offer unexpected therapeutic ...

Co-Located Cell Types Help Drive Aggressive Brain Tumors

Feb. 7, 2025 — A type of aggressive, treatment-resistant brain tumor has a distinct population of immune cells that support its growth, according to new ...

Pancreatic Cancer Immune Map Provides Clues for Precision Treatment Targeting

Feb. 7, 2025 — Pancreatic cancer patients may benefit from future precision treatments as a new study shows how some tumors may potentially be more susceptible to macrophage-based therapies, and clues behind why ...

Research Discovery Halts Childhood Brain Tumor Before It Forms

Feb. 4, 2025 — A research team has identified a critical event driving tumor growth in a type of medulloblastoma -- and a way to block ...

Routine Brain MRI Screening in Asymptomatic Late Stage Breast Cancer Patients

Jan. 28, 2025 — A new study shows that asymptomatic brain metastasis is more common in stage 4 breast cancer patients than previously believed. The study suggests that doctors may need to rethink current screening ...

Predicting How Childhood Kidney Cancers Develop

Jan. 23, 2025 — New research looked at how cancers arise in children who are predisposed to developing the childhood kidney cancer, Wilms tumor, which could help anticipate the development of tumors before they ...

New Study Paves Way for Immunotherapies Tailored for Childhood Cancers

Jan. 20, 2025 — Researchers have determined how children's immune systems react to different kinds of cancer depending on their age. The study reveals significant differences between the immune response of ...

A Chain Reaction: HIV Vaccines Can Lead to Antibodies Against Antibodies

Jan. 17, 2025 — Many vaccines work by introducing a protein to the body that resembles part of a virus. Ideally, the immune system will produce long-lasting antibodies recognizing that specific virus, thereby ...

Immunotherapy Against Cancer: How Therapeutic Antibodies Do Their Job

Jan. 10, 2025 — A look at cancer cells: Thanks to an innovative method of super-resolution microscopy, researchers observed with molecular resolution in 3D how therapeutic antibodies attack and alter B cells, ...

T Cells' Capability to Fully Prevent Acute Viral Infections Opens New Avenues for Vaccine Development

Jan. 10, 2025 — Scientists have discovered that T cells -- white blood cells that can destroy harmful pathogens -- can completely prevent viral infection, to an extent previously thought only possible due to ...

Scientists Identify Genes Driving Cancer Spread

Jan. 9, 2025 — Cancer metastasis -- the spread of cancer to other organs -- is the leading cause of death among cancer patients. Researchers have now uncovered a 'genetic signature' of 177 genes shared ...

Scientists Develop Scans That Light-Up Aggressive Cancer Tumors for Better Treatment

Dec. 17, 2024 — Researchers have used a chemical compound to light up treatment-resistant cancers on imaging scans, in a breakthrough that could help medical professionals better target and treat ...

Light-Induced Gene Therapy Disables Cancer Cells' Energy Center

Dec. 13, 2024 — Researchers are shining a light on cancer cells' energy centers -- literally -- to damage these power sources and trigger widespread cancer cell death. In a new study, scientists combined ...

The Maternal Microbiome During Pregnancy Impacts Offspring's Stem Cells in Mice

Dec. 11, 2024 — Gut microbiome composition during pregnancy has long-term effects on offspring stem cell growth and development, researchers report. Treating pregnant mice with a common gut microbe resulted in ...

Scientists Transform Ubiquitous Skin Bacterium Into a Topical Vaccine

Dec. 11, 2024 — Scientists' findings in mice could translate into a radical, needle-free vaccination approach that would also eliminate reactions including fever, swelling and ...

Researchers Discover a Genetic Disposition Increasing the Risk of Breast Cancer Metastasis

Dec. 9, 2024 — Metastasis is responsible for 90 percent of cancer deaths. Researchers have found that the mutations driving it may stem from a commonly inherited variant of the PCSK9 ...

Scientists Discover New Receptor for Nerve Growth Factor--a Promising Target for Treating Pain

Dec. 5, 2024 — Researchers have found a new receptor for nerve growth factor that plays an important role in pain signaling, even though it does not signal on its own, according to a new study. The findings hold ...