Medications
Immunotherapy drug can beat back early-stage lung cancer
An immunotherapy drug is the first to significantly reduce the risk of cancer recurrence or death in people with early-stage lung cancer, researchers report.
May 20, 2021
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News tagged with malignant cells
Immunology
Chronic attack on the aging nervous system
Aging is the biggest risk factor for perturbation of the nervous system, even in the absence of distinct disease or trauma. For yet unknown reasons, the impulse conducting, myelinated projections and synaptic connections ...
May 4, 2021
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Oncology & Cancer
Aryl hydrocarbon receptor suppresses immunity to oral cancer through immune checkpoint regulation
A new Boston University School of Public Health (BUSPH) study has identified for the first time how the aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR), an environmental chemical receptor, drives immunosuppression in oral squamous cell carcinoma ...
May 4, 2021
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Oncology & Cancer
Gel loaded with cancer-fighting cells keeps tumors in check after surgery in mice
A new, biodegradable gel filled with a cocktail of immune-boosting cytokines and cancer-fighting cells staved off the growth of lingering cancer cells in mice after tumors were surgically removed.
Apr 27, 2021
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Oncology & Cancer
Radiation may contribute to personalized cancer vaccine
Radiation therapy appears to increase the expression of genes with mutations that induce an immune response to malignant cells, according to preclinical research by Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian investigators. ...
Mar 31, 2021
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Medical research
One drop of blood brings progression of multiple myeloma into better view
A new method makes it much easier to follow the progression of multiple myeloma, a form of blood cancer. With a single drop of blood, it is possible to very accurately show whether the number of cancerous cells in the bone ...
Mar 26, 2021
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Oncology & Cancer
Scientists identify new biomarkers in patients with malignant melanoma, which could help in its diagnosis and prognosis
A team of researchers has studied the molecular profile of small "messenger" vesicles called exosomes, produced by cancer stem cells (CSCs), which play a key role in the process of carcinogenesis and metastasis in the blood ...
Mar 25, 2021
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Oncology & Cancer
Reversing pancreatic cancer's gluttony
In new findings published online March 18, 2021 in the journal Cancer Cell, an international team of researchers, led by scientists at University of California San Diego School of Medicine and Moores Cancer Center, describe ...
Mar 18, 2021
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Oncology & Cancer
Single cell sequencing opens new avenues for eradicating leukemia at its source
A new method, described in a study published today in the journal Nature Communications, has the potential to boost international research efforts to find drugs that eradicate cancer at its source.
Mar 1, 2021
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Oncology & Cancer
3-D biopsies to better understand brain tumors
Researchers at the Institut de Neurociències of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (INc-UAB) obtained a highly accurate recreation of human glioblastoma's features using a novel 3-D microscopy analysis. The study, published ...
Feb 19, 2021
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