Researchers lead statewide effort to reduce cancer risk for firefighters
Inside the hazard simulation lab at Iowa State University, Guowen Song watches a column of engineered smoke curl upward from a controlled burn.
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Tumor response to immunochemotherapy may spare some head and neck cancer patients radical surgery
Patients with locally advanced head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) whose tumors responded to neoadjuvant immunochemotherapy (ICT) and who underwent less extensive surgery had high disease-free survival and organ ...
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Economic tool could help cities prioritize public health in urban development
Senior urban development decision-makers have revealed there is currently little incentive to consider public health impacts when shaping towns and cities, according to a new study published in Evidence & Policy that highlights ...
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Protein-based MRI agent detects lung cancer and hidden metastases earlier than current scans
A multi-institutional research team led by Georgia State University Regents' Professor Emerita of Biochemistry and Biophysical Chemistry Jenny J. Yang has developed a new class of protein-based MRI contrast agents that detect ...
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Most patients with appendix cancer may avoid chemotherapy after surgery, study suggests
Most patients with localized appendix cancer may be able to safely avoid chemotherapy after surgery, according to a new study from researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.
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Triple-negative breast cancer: Tumor metabolite aids cancer's escape from immune system
Cancer cell metabolism may play a key role in tumors' ability to evade the immune system. In a study published in the Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer, researchers from GIGA demonstrate that methylglyoxal, a byproduct ...
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Cancer's protective shield: Blocking a signaling pathway could make small cell lung tumors visible to T cells
An international research team led by Dr. Lucia Torres Fernández from the working groups of Professor Dr. Julie George and Professor Dr. Roman Thomas at the University of Cologne has identified a critical dependency in small ...
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Preclinical antibody approach aims to treat type 1 diabetes at its immune source
Seven years ago, Johns Hopkins researchers and their collaborators announced they had found the X cell, a novel immune cell that plays a key role in the development of type 1 diabetes.
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A microscopic obstacle course hints at how disorder may prime tumor cells for invasion
In 2024, malignant tumors caused more than 21,300 deaths in Austria, 4.7% more than in 2014. Faced with a similarly pressing global challenge, scientists are striving to better understand what drives cancer cells to grow, ...
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Blood test could monitor bone metastasis in medullary thyroid cancer
Researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have uncovered a possible reason why metastatic medullary thyroid cancer causes abnormal bone growth, pointing to a new opportunity to detect and monitor bone ...
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