Biologists Close In On Cells That Drive Immune Response To Cancer
Immunotherapy, using the body’s own immune system to target and destroy cancer cells, is one of the most promising frontiers in cancer research, but many…
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Chemists Discover Unexpected Synergy Between Two Cancer Drugs
A class of cancer drugs called protein kinase inhibitors is one of the most effective treatments for melanoma. However, in many cases, tumors eventually become…
Study Shows Tiny DNA Modification Has Big Impact on Tumors
A simple modification of a DNA base in small areas of the genome may explain why glioblastoma tumors are so deadly, researchers at Yale and…
Mathematical Relationship Sheds Light on the Rate at Which Cancer Cells Mutate
Researchers at the Yale School of Public Health have discovered a mathematical relationship that sheds new light on the rate at which cancer cells mutate…
New Molecular Details of Cancer Cells Could Lead to Improved Treatment
Uncovered details of a molecular pathway in cancer cells could lead to improved treatment. Targeting a pathway that controls the movement of mitochondria, the powerhouses…
Beer Consumption Linked to Higher Prostate Cancer Risk
Many men suffering from advanced-stage prostate cancer appear to share at least one thing in common: they are now or have been heavy drinkers of…
Scientists Close In On Mystery Surrounding Dangerous Blood Syndromes
Scientists may be on the road to solving the mystery of a group of mostly incurable blood diseases called myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS), which cause people…
New Test Helps Identify People at Risk for Five Deadly Diseases
A research team at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), and Harvard Medical School (HMS) reports a new kind of…
Molecular Switch Serves as New Target Point for Cancer and Diabetes Therapies
If certain signaling cascades are misregulated, diseases like cancer, obesity and diabetes may occur. A mechanism recently discovered by scientists at the Leibniz- Forschungsinstitut für…
Artificial Intelligence Uses “Self-Learning” to Make Cancer Treatment Less Toxic
Machine-learning system determines the fewest, smallest doses that could still shrink brain tumors. MIT researchers are employing novel machine-learning techniques to improve the quality of…
Hydrogen Peroxide-Sensing Molecule Helps Select Effective Cancer Therapy
MIT chemical engineers have developed a new sensor that lets them see inside cancer cells and determine whether the cells are responding to a particular…
Johns Hopkins Researchers Discover Cellular Defense Against Breast Cancer
Johns Hopkins researchers report they have demonstrated in mouse tissue grown in the lab that the cell layer surrounding breast milk ducts reaches out to…
Scientists Study “Magical” Royal Jelly for Clues to Control Cancer
Royal jelly, or milky-white “bee milk,” has long been known for its mysterious growth effects on future queen honey bees, while also hailed by some…
Artificially Sweetened Beverage Intake Linked to Lower Disease Recurrence
Drinking artificially sweetened beverages is associated with a significantly lower risk of colon cancer recurrence and cancer death, a team of investigators led by a…
Scientists Suggest New Treatment for Rare Inherited Cancers
Studying two rare inherited cancer syndromes, Yale Cancer Center (YCC) scientists have found the cancers are driven by a breakdown in how cells repair their…
MIT Engineered Nanoparticles Boost Immune Cells
Programming the body’s immune system to attack cancer cells has had promising results for treating blood cancers such as lymphoma and leukemia. This tactic has…
Scientists See the Inner Workings of the Enzyme Telomerase for the First Time
Cancer, aging-related diseases and other illnesses are closely tied to an important enzyme called “telomerase.” UCLA researchers report in the journal Cell the deepest scientific…
Scientists Discover How Obesity Drives Colon Cancer in Mice
Obesity, which is on the rise worldwide, has been linked to colon cancer but the mechanism has been a mystery. In a new study, Yale…