Researchers at UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center and colleagues have determined that a specific type of immune cell—type II innate lymphoid cells (ILC2s)—can change its characteristics and functions after a cancer ...
Jul 25, 2024
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A study on live tissue cells is the first to reveal how channels that allow sodium to enter into breast cancer cells enable tumors to grow and spread.
Jul 25, 2024
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Receptor protein tyrosine phosphatases are cell membrane-localized proteins. They are regulators of cell-cell contacts and are also considered likely to be tumor suppressors, but the specifics of how they function are unknown. ...
Jul 24, 2024
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A simple blood test that measures the number of lymphocytes, a type of white blood cell in the body, may predict whether people who have relapsed multiple myeloma are going to respond well to CAR-T immunotherapy, according ...
Jul 24, 2024
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Scientists have discovered that some cancer cells pretend to be "super fit" to fool normal healthy cells into giving them their nutrients, allowing them to expand and spread around the body.
Jul 24, 2024
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In cases where cancer is fatal, 9 out of 10 times the culprit is metastasis. This is when the primary tumor has sent out cells, like seeds, and invaded other organs of the body. While medicine has made great progress in treating ...
Jul 24, 2024
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As part of a breast cancer diagnosis, pathologists take cells from a biopsy and check them under a microscope. Most cancerous cells form roundish clumps, known as no special type, or invasive ductal carcinoma (IDC). In fewer ...
Jul 24, 2024
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A team of researchers at NYU Abu Dhabi, led by Professor Sehamuddin Galadari, has discovered that the tumor suppressor protein Prostate apoptosis response-4 (Par-4) can cause a unique type of cell death called ferroptosis ...
Jul 23, 2024
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A team of researchers from Henan University of Science and Technology have introduced a novel method for improving drug testing for esophageal cancer (EC) using advanced three-dimensional (3D) cell culture technology. The ...
Jul 22, 2024
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Ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) is a type of preinvasive tumor that sometimes progresses to a highly deadly form of breast cancer. It accounts for about 25% of all breast cancer diagnoses.
Jul 22, 2024
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