Using advanced imaging technology that allowed them to spy on interactions among cells in the lymph nodes of living mice, a research team led by UCSF scientists has identified a cell that is a key player in mounting the immune ...
Jul 15, 2016
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The microenvironment of tumors is a mix of cell types, mostly comprised of inflammatory cells. White blood cells, recruited from the blood and bone marrow, represent a significant portion of these inflammatory cells and influence ...
Jul 14, 2016
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When adults develop blood cancer, they are frequently diagnosed with what is referred to as acute myeloid leukemia. The disease is triggered by pathological alterations of bone marrow cells, in which, in addition, an important ...
Jul 14, 2016
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Fasting is known to increase positive outcomes during cancer treatment, and now two independent studies in mice show that fasting, either through diet or drugs, during chemotherapy helps increase the presence of cancer-killing ...
Jul 11, 2016
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Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) is a serious hepatic condition that precedes hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and is currently untreatable. A study conducted at the Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO) shows ...
Jul 11, 2016
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Scientists have previously identified a series of genetic errors that commonly occur inside cancerous blood cells, but it hasn't been clear exactly how those genetic malfunctions create immature blood cells that overpopulate, ...
Jun 23, 2016
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A new study headed by a research group from Aarhus University Hospital and Aarhus University in Denmark has found new molecular sub-groups in early stages of bladder cancer. This improves the understanding of why some tumours ...
Jun 17, 2016
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Cancer immunotherapies—drugs that work by making a patient's immune system better at spotting and destroying tumor cells—are increasingly generating headlines. A number of these drugs are now being used for the treatment ...
Jun 2, 2016
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Eye cancer took the life of author and neurologist Oliver Sacks last year, bringing attention to the rare and deadly disease. Scientists have tried to develop precision treatments against cancers like this one, but the mutations ...
Jun 2, 2016
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Cancer researchers in Würzburg, in cooperation with the international Cancer Genome Atlas Research Network, have identified new genetic drivers of adrenal cancer. Würzburg was the center of coordination of the European ...
May 30, 2016
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