Oncology & Cancer
Supercharged natural killer cells may hold promise for cancer
A type of 'supercharged' immune cell could be mass-produced to help fight cancer.
Oct 9, 2018
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Oncology & Cancer
Cancer hijacks the microbiome to glut itself on glucose
Cancer needs energy to drive its out-of-control growth. It gets energy in the form of glucose, in fact consuming so much glucose that one method for imaging cancer simply looks for areas of extreme glucose consumption—where ...
Sep 28, 2018
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Oncology & Cancer
Researchers unlock secret of deadly brain cancer's 'immortality'
UC San Francisco researchers have discovered how a mutation in a gene regulator called the TERT promoter—the third most common mutation among all human cancers and the most common mutation in the deadly brain cancer glioblastoma—confers ...
Sep 10, 2018
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Oncology & Cancer
Study identifies an unexpected cell population key to blood cancer relapse
McMaster University researchers have provided evidence of new cancerous cells they have termed cancer regenerating cells, which are responsible for the return of acute myeloid leukemia after remission.
Sep 10, 2018
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Oncology & Cancer
A master switch controls aggressive breast cancer
A team at the Salk Institute has identified a master switch that appears to control the dynamic behavior of tumor cells that makes some aggressive cancers so difficult to treat. The gene Sox10 directly controls the growth ...
Aug 31, 2018
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Oncology & Cancer
Innovative CRISPR study recreates genetic steps required for benign moles to turn malignant
UC San Francisco researchers have identified the sequence of genetic changes that transform benign moles into malignant melanoma in a large cohort of human skin cancer patients and have used CRISPR gene editing to recreate ...
Jul 9, 2018
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Oncology & Cancer
Loss of cilia leads to melanoma
Most cells in the human body have a cilium, a slender cell protuberance that picks up signals from the cell's external environment. Researchers at the University of Zurich have now shown that these fine sensory antennae play ...
Jul 2, 2018
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Oncology & Cancer
Dying cancer cells make remaining glioblastoma cells more aggressive and therapy-resistant
A surprising form of cell-to-cell communication in glioblastoma promotes global changes in recipient cells, including aggressiveness, motility, and resistance to radiation or chemotherapy.
Jun 21, 2018
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Oncology & Cancer
Discovery adds to evidence that some children are predisposed to develop leukemia
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital researchers have made a discovery that expands the list of genes to include when screening individuals for possible increased susceptibility to childhood leukemia. The finding is reported ...
Apr 19, 2018
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Oncology & Cancer
Discovery of four subtypes of melanoma points to new treatment approaches
Melanoma, a relatively rare but deadly skin cancer, has been shown to switch differentiation states—that is, to regress to an earlier stage of development—which can lead it to become resistant to treatment. Now, UCLA ...
Apr 12, 2018
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