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…
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Completely Changing Current Ways of Thinking – New Breakthrough Could Lead to Better Cancer Treatments
The research improves our understanding of how cancer spreads. Scientists funded by Cancer Research UK have found that cancer cells ‘hijack’ a process used by healthy…
Breakthrough in Tiny DNA “Nanotransporters” Chemically Programmed To Treat Cancer
A new class of drug transporters made of DNA that are 20,000 times smaller than a human hair and that could improve how cancers and…
Stanford Researchers Make a Cancer Breakthrough – Clever Synthesis of Rare Cancer-Fighting Compound
A new and improved way to produce an acclaimed cancer-fighting compound. Researchers at Stanford University have found a rapid and sustainable approach to synthesizing a…
A New More Effective Cancer Treatment
A Tohuku University research team has created a more effective lymphatic cancer treatment. Lymph node metastasis is a sign that things are going from bad…
What Happens if Your Body Clock Is Out of Whack? Disrupted Circadian Rhythms Linked to Cancer
An important molecular link between lung tumor growth and disrupted circadian rhythms has been uncovered by scientists. The discovery is presented in a new paper…
Innovative Biotechnology Fuses Targeted and Immune Therapies To Kill Treatment-Resistant Cancer Cells
Targeted therapies specifically attach to and inhibit cancer-causing proteins, but cancer cells can swiftly evolve to counter their action. Immunotherapies, a second drug class, harnesses…
Elevated Levels of a Certain Protein Increase Risk of Diabetes and Cancer Death
A Swedish investigation of nearly 4,000 individuals over 22 years found that those with prostasin blood levels in the top quartile were 76% more likely…
Antibiotics Can Worsen Skin Cancer
According to a new study, antibiotic use may worsen melanoma by damaging the gut microbiome. According to a recent study by researchers at Emory University…
A Forgotten Cancer – Current Levels of Awareness Are “Very Worrying”
Experts warn awareness of bladder cancer is worryingly low. According to a recent survey from the European Association of Urology (EAU), Europe has some of…
Diets High in Processed Fiber May Increase Cancer Risk
The study found that men who had high fiber intake and high blood bile acid levels had a 40% higher risk of liver cancer. Fiber-enriched…
Promising Anti-Cancer Drug Could Also Help With COVID
According to research conducted by Johns Hopkins Medicine, multiple variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus can be blocked from replicating by the small molecule inhibitor RK-33. An…
Groundbreaking Method “Starves” Highly-Lethal Cancer Tumors of Energy, Eradicating Them
New breakthrough in treating glioblastoma, a currently incurable type of cancer. Ground-breaking research at Tel Aviv University successfully eradicated glioblastoma, a deadly form of brain…
Ancestral Heritage and Cancer: New Connection Discovered
The study also identified a new prostate cancer taxonomy. Two groundbreaking studies recently published in the journals Nature and Genome Medicine found genetic signatures that explain ethnic…
A New Source of a Key Cancer Drug in Low Supply: Genetically Modified Yeast
An international team of researchers has demonstrated that engineered yeast cells can produce the crucial cancer medication vinblastine synthetically. Some cancer patients’ treatments were interrupted…
“Liquid Biopsy” – Cost-Effective Early-Cancer Detection From Cell-Free DNA in Blood Samples
Research led by UCLA’s Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center tests a cost-effective approach to early-cancer detection from cell-free DNA in blood samples. Early detection remains paramount…
Long-Lasting Effects: Spaceflight Linked to an Increased Risk of Cancer and Heart Disease
Spaceflight was also found to be linked to DNA mutations. A groundbreaking study from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai found that astronauts…
Startling – Cancer Rates Are Dramatically Rising for Adults Under 50
Researchers have identified trends and risk factors contributing to an increase in the prevalence of early-onset cancers worldwide. Adults under the age of 50 have…
