Recent research suggests that the winding paths of blood vessels might trigger the development of metastatic cancers, a topic gaining considerable attention in academia. A collaborative team utilized 3D bioprinting technology ...
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Tumors constantly shed DNA from dying cells, which briefly circulates in the patient's bloodstream before it is quickly broken down. Many companies have created blood tests that can pick out this tumor DNA, potentially helping ...
Jan 18, 2024
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A Ludwig Cancer Research study has generated a granular portrait of how the cellular and molecular components of the blood vessels that feed brain metastases of melanoma and lung and breast cancers differ from those of healthy ...
Jan 18, 2024
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Like a criminal entering a witness protection program, cancer cells can shed their past and take on a new identity. Detecting such an identity switch is particularly challenging when metastatic castration-resistant prostate ...
Jan 10, 2024
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Children who develop neuroblastomas, a rare form of cancer which develops in nerve cells, may benefit from receiving certain anti-tumor drugs as well as chemotherapy, a new trial has found.
Jan 9, 2024
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Thirty years ago, Gail Sonenshein was studying cancer in immune cells when she read an article in the New York Times that would shape the rest of her career. The article described a new residency program in women's health, ...
Jan 9, 2024
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Scientists have created a new treatment for traumatic brain injury (TBI) that shrank brain lesions by 56% and significantly reduced local inflammation levels in pigs. The new approach leverages macrophages, a type of white ...
Jan 9, 2024
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Endocrine resistance—a major cause of breast cancer deaths—can be underpinned by an epigenetic change called DNA methylation, researchers at the Garvan Institute of Medical Research have discovered. The team successfully ...
Jan 9, 2024
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When asked, "How old are you?" Most people measure by how many birthdays they've had. But scientists have developed epigenetic clocks to measure how "old" your body really is. At the forefront of aging research, these clocks ...
Jan 8, 2024
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Cancer arises when multiple mutations result in relentless, inappropriate cell growth. But these mutations don't act in isolation. Instead, mutations can influence each other in ways that affect cancer evolution. Researchers ...
Jan 2, 2024
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