Oncology & Cancer
An ancient anti-cancer mechanism: DISE
A new editorial paper titled "DISE, an ancient anti-cancer mechanism that senses mutational load in cancerous cells?" has been published in Oncotarget.
Oct 3, 2023
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News tagged with cancer cell division
Medications
Ranitidine study finds no elevated risk of cancer... despite finding elevated cancer rates
Research led by Seng Chan You, MD, at the Yonsei University College of Medicine, Korea, has investigated the risk of cancer associated with use of the drug ranitidine compared to other histamine-2 receptor antagonists (H2RAs) ...
Oncology & Cancer
Discovery could lead to 'kinder' treatment for childhood neuroblastoma
Children with neuroblastoma—responsible for 15% of cancer deaths in this age group—could in future be given treatments with fewer side-effects than those associated with the current chemotherapy, thanks to a discovery ...
Sep 20, 2023
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Oncology & Cancer
First-in-class targeted microRNA therapy slows cancer tumor growth
A new cancer therapy developed by Purdue University researchers attacks tumors by tricking cancer cells into absorbing a snippet of RNA that naturally blocks cell division. As reported in Oncogene, tumors treated with the ...
Sep 4, 2023
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Oncology & Cancer
Topography of the genome influences where cancer mutations thrive, study shows
Researchers at the University of California San Diego have uncovered a connection between the topography of the human genome and the presence of mutations in human cancer. They found that certain regions of the genome, which ...
Aug 24, 2023
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Oncology & Cancer
New research shows how cancer rewires a key immune pathway to spread
A study led by researchers at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) and Weill Cornell Medicine discovered a new relationship between cancer cells and the immune system, and shows how cancer can selfishly hijack a normally ...
Aug 23, 2023
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Oncology & Cancer
Research raises hopes for new treatment of fusion-driven cancer
A new study presents a promising treatment method for so-called fusion-driven cancers, which are currently often difficult to cure. These fusion-driven cancers are caused by an error in cell division that creates a fusion ...
Aug 11, 2023
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Oncology & Cancer
Researchers unravel metabolic regulation in aneuploid tumor cells
A research team led by Prof. Yang Zhenye from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), in collaboration with Guo Jing from the First Affiliated Hospital of USTC, has made ...
Jul 14, 2023
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Medications
Existing cancer drug ponatinib could be repurposed to fight certain aggressive cancers
A team of scientists led by Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) has found that an existing cancer drug could be repurposed to target a subset of cancers that currently lack targeted treatment options ...
Jul 10, 2023
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Oncology & Cancer
Cancer's origin story features predictable plot line, researchers find
Cancer cells-to-be accumulate a series of specific genetic changes in a predictable and sequential way years before they are identifiable as pre-malignancies, researchers at Stanford Medicine have found. Many of these changes ...
Jul 8, 2023
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