Ebola-Like Virus Safely Destroys Brain Tumors
New research from Yale University details how scientists used a novel chimeric virus (VSV-LASV-GPC) containing genes from both Lassa and VSV to target and completely…
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Gold Nanoparticles Intensify Cancer-Killing Radiation
Using gold nanoparticles tethered to acid-seeking compounds called pHLIPs, a team of researchers has demonstrated a more precise method for targeting cancer cells with radiation….
New Approach Halts the Growth of a Very Aggressive Form of Melanoma
By stimulating both major branches of the immune system, researchers from MIT were able to halt the growth of a very aggressive form of melanoma…
Study Shows Link between Muscle-Building Supplements and Cancer
New research shows that men taking muscle-building supplements with creatine or androstenedione are more likely to develop testicular cancer. Providence, Rhode Island (Brown University) —…
Biologists Identify Vulnerability in Brain Cancer Cells
Researchers from MIT and the Whitehead Institute have discovered a vulnerability of brain cancer cells that could offer a new target for treatment of glioblastoma….
Biologists Map the Habits of Cancer Cells
Yale University researchers are mapping the habits of cancer cells, determining which cues cause cancer cells to disperse and metastasize, how these cues are combined…
DNA Mutations Can Be Good in Brain Tumors
New research from Yale University reveals that it may be possible to develop personalized treatments for more aggressive forms of brain cancer. DNA mutations can…
New Nanodevice Defeats Drug Resistance By Turning Off Drug-Resistance Genes
Researchers from MIT have developed a new nanodevice that can defeat drug resistance by turning off the drug resistant gene and then releasing cancer drugs…
Yale Develops a Faster and Less Expensive Way to Analyze Gene Activity
A newly published study details a method called modular, early-tagged amplification (META) RNA profiling that can quantify a broad panel of microRNAs or mRNAs simultaneously…
A Real-Time Blood Test for Cancer Tumors
A newly published study from Yale University shows that liquid biopsies offer a real-time blood test for solid lung cancer tumors. In the rapidly changing…
3D Vaccine Spontaneously Assembles to Fight Cancer, Infectious Diseases
Researchers have developed a new 3D vaccine that spontaneously assembles to provide a more effective way to harness the immune system to fight cancer as…
Ultrasound Can Detect Cancers Missed by Mammography
New research shows that a supplementary screening with ultrasound can detect cancers missed by mammography, and reveals that women with dense breast tissue can benefit…
How Cancer Uses Notch Signaling to Promote Metastasis
A new computational study shows how cancer cells take advantage of the system by which cells communicate with their neighbors as they pass messages to…
Study Shows Vitamin D Protects Against Colorectal Cancer
A newly published study from the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute reveals that vitamin D can protect some people with colorectal cancer by perking up the immune…
A Link between Inflammation and Cancer
New research from MIT reveals a link between inflammation and cancer, showing that the timing of inflammation determines whether potentially cancerous mutations may arise. A…
New Study Shows Suppressing a Protein Reduces Cancer Spread in Mice
A newly published study from Brown University shows that blocking a specific protein called “chitinase 3-like-1” appears to be a key in reducing the spread…
New Drug Combination Delays Breast Cancer Progression
Research presented at the 2014 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium reveals that a new drug combination for advanced breast cancer delays disease progression. A new…
Injectable, Spontaneously Assembling Vaccines Could Fight Cancer
A newly published study from the Wyss Institute and Harvard’s School of Engineering and Applied Sciences shows that programmable biomaterials can be delivered using needle…