Haswitha Sabbineni has an idea that could lead to a targeted treatment for prostate cancer. To obtain the rare isotope she needed to test the treatment, she turned to the Department of Energy's (DOE) Oak Ridge National Laboratory ...
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Immunotherapy that targets tumor-associated macrophages, a type of immune cell in the tumor microenvironment, works only if the cells have a functional system of molecules that enables them to respond to the treatment. This ...
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Every year, lung cancer kills more than 100,000 people in the United States. Smoking is the leading risk factor for lung cancer, but other environmental exposures can also contribute to the disease.
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Researchers at Karolinska Institutet report in the Journal of Experimental & Clinical Cancer Research that sodium selenite not only can damage tumor cells but also influence characteristics linked to tumor aggressiveness ...
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Breast cancer is the most common form of cancer among women in Germany: Around 1 in 8 women will develop it during their lifetime. In around 5% to 10% of cases, the condition is caused by a hereditary predisposition. Thirteen ...
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Researchers at WashU Medicine have shown that cells originating in bone and best known for their role in bone formation are recruited to primary breast tumors, where they become cancer-associated fibroblasts, a type of cell ...
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The proportion of women with early breast cancer who receive chemotherapy varies significantly across different regions of Sweden. A study from Karolinska Institutet, published in the journal Breast Cancer Research, shows ...
Aug 13, 2026
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More than a decade ago, Dr. Matthew Hebb was treating patients with Parkinson's disease using deep brain stimulation by implanting tiny electrodes into the brain and delivering electrical signals to control tremors. He wondered ...
Aug 13, 2026
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Since its development at the University of Michigan more than two decades ago, histotripsy has progressed from an experimental method for mechanically destroying tissue to a US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)–cleared treatment ...
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Using a photochemically driven labeling technique, a Cornell-led research group has devised a strategy for capturing cancer-specific protein–protein interactions, which could one day lead to targeted therapies for prostate, ...
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