Cancer immunotherapy primes a patient's immune system to better find and destroy cancer cells, improving upon the body's natural ability to fight tumors. Contemporary immunotherapy approaches aim to stimulate immune cells ...
Dec 11, 2023
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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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Scientists at The Wistar Institute have discovered a potential target for gastric cancers associated with Epstein-Barr Virus, and their study results are published in the journal mBio.
Aug 22, 2023
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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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Researchers at the UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center have confirmed that a large number of genetic variants of unknown significance are in fact verified mutations that predispose patients to a rare hereditary syndrome ...
Jul 13, 2023
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A new research perspective titled "Using cancer proteomics data to identify gene candidates for therapeutic targeting" has been published in Oncotarget.
May 10, 2023
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The p53 gene is one of the most important in the human genome: the only role of the p53 protein that this gene encodes is to sense when a tumor is forming and to kill it. While the gene was discovered more than four decades ...
May 4, 2023
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Having that second cup may actually be good for coffee drinkers, according to a discussion of coffee's preventive and therapeutic benefits to human health in a recent review paper by Texas A&M University researchers.
Apr 28, 2023
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Researchers at Cleveland Clinic have taken an important step in predicting which treatment will work for individual cancer patients. Using a gene signature developed from cell lines and human tissue, the research team demonstrated ...
Apr 20, 2023
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In our body, we have both an innate immune system and an immune system that is developed throughout life. Part of the innate immune system consists of so-called NK cells. This is a type of immune cell that specializes in ...
Jan 20, 2023
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