Cancer therapies that target specific genetic abnormalities in tumors have revolutionized treatment possibilities over the past two decades. While quality of life and survival are improved with targeted therapies, relapse ...
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While photoactivated chemotherapy has received significant attention, the capacity to eradicate a deep tumor by using an external source that provides high penetration depth of tissue remains challenging. In a new report ...
Mutations in the KRAS gene are the major driver of pancreatic cancer. The resulting protein controls multiple signaling pathways involved in cell growth and survival. In cancer, the gene is mutated to be permanently "on," ...
Jun 29, 2023
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A new editorial paper titled "Decoding the mechanism behind MCL-1 inhibitors: A pathway to understanding MCL-1 protein stability" has been published in Oncotarget.
Jun 28, 2023
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A multidisciplinary team from the University of Geneva (UNIGE) and the Geneva University Hospitals (HUG) has for the first-time used bacteriophages to successfully treat a patient suffering from an antibiotic-resistant chronic ...
Jun 27, 2023
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With malaria becoming increasingly drug-resistant, a team of UCF researchers is looking to use cancer drugs to accelerate the discovery of new life-saving therapies for the disease.
Jun 21, 2023
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Aging is closely related to redox stress. The free radical theory of aging believes that free radicals cause aging by oxidative damage to macromolecules. However, the clinical application of antioxidants to anti-aging is ...
Jun 21, 2023
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Back in the 1920s, researchers discovered that cancer patients had sweet-smelling urine. First, the doctors were puzzled, but they soon realized that it was a result of elevated blood sugar levels.
Jun 20, 2023
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Breastfeeding can improve the number of insulin-producing cells in the pancreas and increase insulin sensitivity in mothers, helping to protect them against type 2 diabetes in later years, suggests a mice study presented ...
Jun 15, 2023
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Entry of the SARS-CoV-2 virus into human tissues depends on the activity of a host gene that regulates production of a key viral receptor, according to a study publishing June 13 in the open access journal PLOS Biology by ...
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