An odor-based test that sniffs out vapors emanating from blood samples was able to distinguish between benign and pancreatic and ovarian cancer cells with up to 95 percent accuracy, according to a new study from researchers ...
Jun 1, 2021
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Antibodies aren't the only immune cells needed to fight off COVID-19—T cells are equally important and can step up to do the job when antibodies are depleted, suggests a new Penn Medicine study of blood cancer patients ...
May 27, 2021
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The Lundquist Institute spinoff start-up company Vitalex Biosciences, founded by researcher Dr. Ashraf Ibrahim, is producing an antibody that stems the spread of mucormycosis, a deadly fungal infection with an overall mortality ...
May 17, 2021
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A new study with zebrafish shows that a deadly form of skin cancer—melanoma—alters the metabolism of healthy tissues elsewhere in the body. The research from Washington University in St. Louis suggests that these other ...
May 13, 2021
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A study designed to enroll an equal number of Black and white men with advanced prostate cancer confirms key findings that have been evident in retrospective analyses and suggest potential new avenues for treating Black patients ...
May 6, 2021
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The National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) announced today the publication of new NCCN Guidelines for Patients: Anemia and Neutropenia, Low Red and White Blood Cell Counts funded by the NCCN Foundation and endorsed ...
May 3, 2021
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New prostate cancer urine test shows how aggressive disease is and could reduce invasive biopsies
Apr 27, 2021
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A single dose of a COVID-19 vaccine triggers an immune response in around 70% of patients with myeloma—suggesting that it does provide protection against the virus.
Apr 20, 2021
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For patients with some hard-to-treat blood cancers, a simple "off-the-shelf" immunotherapy is achieving promising results.
Apr 7, 2021
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Most people with cancer who are infected by the novel coronavirus produce antibodies at a rate comparable to the rest of the population—but their ability to do so depends on their type of cancer and the treatments they've ...
Mar 22, 2021
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