Oncology & Cancer
Mitochondria come together to kill cancer cells
Targeting a pathway that controls the movement of mitochondria, the powerhouses of all cells, could reduce cancer invasiveness and resistance to radiotherapy.
Sep 12, 2018
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Oncology & Cancer
Deadly cancers show early, detectable differences from benign tumors
Do metastatic cancer tumors "break bad" or are they "born bad"?
May 14, 2018
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Medications
Cholesterol-lowering drugs may fight infectious disease
That statin you've been taking to lower your risk of heart attack or stroke may one day pull double duty, providing protection against a whole host of infectious diseases, including typhoid fever, chlamydia, and malaria.
Aug 21, 2017
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Oncology & Cancer
At last, a clue to where cancer metastases are born
Even in remission, cancer looms. Former cancer patients and their doctors are always on alert for metastatic tumors. Now scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have discovered why some cancers may reoccur after ...
May 2, 2017
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Study reveals non-invasive prenatal genetic test is accurate five weeks into pregnancy
The latest developments in prenatal technology conceived by scientists at the Wayne State University School of Medicine that make it possible to test for genetic disorders a little more than one month into pregnancy were ...
Nov 3, 2016
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Oncology & Cancer
Genetic link confirmed between DCIS and development of invasive breast cancer
Scientists funded by Breast Cancer Now have confirmed inherited genetic links between non-invasive cancerous changes found in the milk ducts – known as ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) – and the development of invasive ...
Apr 12, 2016
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Oncology & Cancer
Disrupting cancer pathway could enhance new immunotherapies
Understanding how to overrule a signaling pathway that can cause treatments to fail in metastatic melanoma patients should help physicians extend the benefits of recently approved immunity-boosting drugs known as checkpoint ...
May 11, 2015
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Oncology & Cancer
Harnessing the clinical potential of microvesicles released from cancer cells
Over the past few years, extracellular vesicles, or membrane sacs secreted from cells, have emerged as important mediators by which cells communicate with their surroundings to regulate a diverse range of biological processes. ...
Apr 22, 2015
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Oncology & Cancer
New molecular imaging technology could improve bladder cancer detection
Researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine have developed a new strategy that they say could detect bladder cancer with more accuracy and sensitivity than standard endoscopy methods. Endoscopy refers to a procedure ...
Oct 29, 2014
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Oncology & Cancer
Study identifies how signals trigger cancer cells to spread
Researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have discovered a signaling pathway in cancer cells that controls their ability to invade nearby tissues in a finely orchestrated manner. The findings ...
May 25, 2014
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