Researchers Develop New Method for Making “Blood Biopsies”
A team of scientists at the Broad Institute, the Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, and Massachusetts General Hospital have developed a…
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MIT Develops a Synthetic Gene Circuit to Trigger Immune System Attack on Cancer
MIT researchers have developed a synthetic gene circuit that triggers the body’s immune system to attack cancers when it detects signs of the disease. The…
Crystallizing Discovery Indicates Potential for New Types of Cancer Drugs
Researchers from Yale University have made a fundamental discovery about EGFR signaling that may open the potential for new types of cancer drugs. Many approved…
Researchers Discover a New Compound That Makes Cancer Cells Self-Destruct
A team of researchers at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine reveals the first compound that directly makes cancer cells commit suicide while sparing healthy…
Researchers Pinpoint Molecular Mechanism Behind Breast Cancer Risk
More than 20 years after scientists revealed that mutations in the BRCA1 gene predispose women to breast cancer, Yale scientists have pinpointed the molecular mechanism…
MIT Scientists Reveal New Target for Treating “Undruggable” Lung Cancer
New research from MIT shows that mutations in the KEAP1 gene could point the way to treating an aggressive form of lung cancer that is…
MIT Researchers Reveal a New Strategy for Halting Brain Tumors
By cutting off a process that cancerous cells rely, researchers from MIT have identified a possible new strategy for halting brain tumors. MIT biologists have…
Could Stem Cells be the Link Between Bacteria and Cancer?
New research shows that the bacterium sends stem cell renewal in the stomach into overdrive – and stem cell turnover has been suspected by many…
New Yale Study Shows Paraoxonase 2 Facilitates Pancreatic Cancer Growth
New research from Yale University reveals that pancreatic cancer cells use glucose to survive and also to spread to other organs. Pancreatic cancer is a…
MIT Biologists Discover Key Step in Lung Cancer Evolution
A team of researchers from MIT has discovered a major switch that occurs as adenomas transition to adenocarcinomas in lung cancer. They’ve also discovered that…
MIT Develops New Model To Speed Up Colon Cancer Research
By delivering RNA encapsulated in lipid nanoparticles to the colon, scientists at MIT have developed a fast and accurate way to speed up colon cancer…
New Breath Test Provides Non‐Invasive Lung Cancer Diagnosis
Researchers at the Max Planck Institute have developed a method that can detect the disease at an early stage. New research on healthy volunteers and…
Scientists Reveal Four Genes Linked to Cystic Diseases of the Kidney and Liver
New research from Yale University reveals four genes linked to cystic diseases of the liver and kidney. These findings provide a more complete definition of…
New Microfluidic Device Isolates Plasma Cells from Blood Instead of Bone Marrow
A team of scientists at MIT has developed a microfluidic device that isolates plasma cells from blood rather than from bone marrow. The new technique…
DNA2 Molecule Helps Repair Chromosome Rearrangements Linked to Cancer
Researchers from Yale University have identified how the molecule DNA2 helps begin the complex process of repairing breaks in DNA that can cause chromosome rearrangements…
Tethered Nanoparticles Improve the Performance of Immune-Based Drugs
A team of researchers from MIT has developed a way to make tumor cells more susceptible to certain types of cancer treatment by coating the…
UCLA Study Shows DNA Patterns Can Unlock How Glucose Metabolism Drives Cancer
A UCLA led study reveals that DNA patterns can unlock how glucose metabolism drives cancer. FINDINGS A UCLA-led study of DNA patterns in tumor cells…
Yale Research Provides New Clues to How Cancer Cells Spread
New research from Yale University shows how a melanoma cell and a white blood cell can fuse to form a hybrid with the ability to…
