Cervical Cancer Breakthrough: Major New Clue to Better Understanding the Disease
As part of the biggest omics study of its type, researchers at the University College London and the University of Southampton discovered that cervical cancer…
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Most Effective Treatment Yet: New Radioactive Tumor Implant Obliterates Pancreatic Cancer
A combination of internal radiation and chemotherapy dissolves tumors in 80% of mice across multiple models. Duke University biomedical engineers have demonstrated the most effective…
New Yale Research Reveals Why Immunotherapy Doesn’t Work for Everybody
A Yale University study presents a new explanation for why immunotherapy only works for some cancer patients. Immunotherapy, a biotherapy that improves the immune system’s…
Cancer Weakness Discovered: New Method Pushes Cancer Cells Into Remission
Cancer cells delete DNA when they go to the dark side, so a team of doctors and engineers targeted the ‘backup plans’ that run essential cell…
Fighting Cancer With Magnetic Bacteria
Researchers are working to determine the best way for anti-cancer drugs to get to the tumors they are supposed to treat. One option is to…
Promising New Cancer Therapy Developed by Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Immune checkpoints are a normal part of the immune system. Their function is to prevent an immune response from being so powerful that it destroys…
Unexpected Result: COVID-19 Vaccination Improves Effectiveness of Cancer Treatment
Clinical study on nasopharyngeal cancer with an unexpected result. Patients with nasopharyngeal cancer are often treated with drugs that activate their immune system against the…
A Low-Cost Drug From the 1960s Could Help Treat Colon Cancer
Researchers from the University of Auckland have discovered that new combinations and formulations of older medicines are promising for the treatment of bowel cancer. According…
Scientists Discover a Link Between Mitochondria and Cancer
A multi-gene expression signature in tumors is associated with aggressive disease and poor patient outcomes, and it has the potential to become a genetic cancer…
Mayo Clinic Researchers Reveal Critical New Insight Into Cancer
The study provides key information about gliomas’ size and growth rate. An important new hint for preventing and treating brain tumors known as gliomas has…
Radical New System Lights Up Cancer Therapy
A new cancer treatment system Photodynamic therapy, which uses photo-uncaging systems to activate a cancer-fighting agent in situ at the tumor, is one method of…
New Imaging Technique in Animal Study Gives Insight Into Popular Supplement’s Potential Role in Cancer Progression
University of Missouri researchers made the discovery while using bioluminescent imaging technology to study how nicotinamide riboside supplements work inside the body. Commercial dietary supplements…
Experimental Cancer Vaccine Yields Promising Results: NIH Finds Significant Tumor Regression
NIH scientists find that IV administration improves tumor-fighting action. An experimental therapeutic cancer vaccine induced two distinct and desirable immune system responses that led to…
Stress Can Increase the Risk of Dying From Cancer
A recent study found that the wear and tear of chronic stress can increase cancer mortality. According to Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University…
Nanotechnology Breakthrough Makes Cancer Immunotherapy More Effective Against Solid Tumors
Preclinical study uses nanoparticles to attach immune-activating molecules to tumors, sensitizing them to immunotherapy. Scientists have developed a nanotechnology platform that can change the way…
A Stanford-Developed Device May Open Up Promising New Possibilities for the Treatment of Cancer
The new, wearable device monitors tumor size. A compact, autonomous device with a stretchable and flexible sensor has been developed by Stanford University engineers to…
Scientists Are Using the “Dark Matter” of the Human Genome To Help Cure Cancer
Scientists have identified new cancer treatment targets. In Switzerland, cancer is the second-leading cause of death. Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is the cancer form…
DNA Barcoding Reveals Cancer Cells’ Ability To Evade Immune System Defenses
Using DNA barcodes to track cancer cells through time, scientists show that cells within a cancer have diverse abilities to escape immune system defenses. According…
