Oncology & Cancer
Study identifies causes of cancer
A team of Yale-led researchers can now quantify the factors causing changes in the DNA that contribute most to cancer growth in tumors of most major tumor types.
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Oncology & Cancer
Scientists find bacteria in pancreatic tumors that metabolize a common drug
To the reasons that chemotherapy sometimes does not work, we can now add one more: bacteria. In a study published today in Science, researchers describe findings that certain bacteria can be found inside human pancreatic ...
Sep 15, 2017
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Medications
Common blood thinner may double as cancer therapy
Warfarin, a widely used blood thinner, appears to have potent anti-cancer properties, according to a study by Columbia University researchers. The study, conducted in human cells and in mice, found that warfarin stops tumors ...
Aug 4, 2023
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Oncology & Cancer
Study finds how diabetes drug metformin inhibits progression of pancreatic cancer
Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) investigators may have uncovered a novel mechanism behind the ability of the diabetes drug metformin to inhibit the progression of pancreatic cancer. In their report that has been published ...
Jan 14, 2016
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Medical research
Shape-shifting fat cells fuel breast cancer growth
Fat cells, or adipocytes, that grow in close proximity to breast cancers can shift into other cell types that promote tumor growth, a new study by UT Southwestern researchers suggests. The findings, published in Cell Reports, ...
Sep 23, 2022
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Genetics
Study links epigenetics, aging, mutations in nuclear proteins to better understand cancer, rare disorders
(Medical Xpress)—One way cells promote tumor suppression is through a process called senescence, an irreversible arrest of proliferation. Senescence is thought to be associated with normal aging, but is also a protective ...
Aug 30, 2013
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Medical research
At last, a reason why stress causes DNA damage
For years, researchers have published papers that associate chronic stress with chromosomal damage.
Aug 21, 2011
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Oncology & Cancer
Neutrons reveal how a common tropical plant preys on cancer, preserves healthy cells
A scientific instrument at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory could help create a noninvasive cancer treatment derived from a common tropical plant.
Mar 6, 2023
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Oncology & Cancer
Making melanoma immortal: Scientists discover key genetic step in cancer's race to live forever
Scientists at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine have discovered the missing puzzle piece in the mystery of how melanoma tumors control their mortality.
Nov 10, 2022
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Oncology & Cancer
Scientists block the siren call of two aggressive cancers
Aggressive cancers like glioblastoma and metastatic breast cancer have in common a siren call that beckons the bone marrow to send along whatever the tumors need to survive and thrive.
Jan 23, 2018
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