Oncology & Cancer
Leukemia treatment breakthrough for babies
Babies with leukemia could get an array of new treatments after scientists used genetic engineering to reproduce a gene defect found in the disease.
Oct 7, 2022
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Oncology & Cancer
Cancerous tumors: How likely are they to metastasize?
An aggressive type of cancer has provided a team of researchers supported by the Swiss National Science Foundation with an answer to the question of which tumor cells are at risk of spreading.
Jul 14, 2021
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Health
Being overweight in life, not just childhood, increases risk of heart disease and diabetes
The association between childhood obesity and increased risk of coronary artery disease and type 2 diabetes is due to individual's remaining overweight into adulthood, finds a new University of Bristol study. The research, ...
May 6, 2020
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Oncology & Cancer
Breaking down proteins: How starving cancer cells switch food sources
Cancer cells often grow in environments that are low in nutrients, and they cope with this challenge by switching their metabolism to using proteins as alternative "food". Building on genetic screens, an international team ...
Sep 9, 2022
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Oncology & Cancer
International team discovers unique pathway for treating deadly children's brain cancer
An international team of researchers led by Yale University, University of Iowa, and the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen), an affiliate of City of Hope, has discovered a new pathway that may improve success ...
Aug 23, 2019
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Oncology & Cancer
Head injuries could be a risk factor for developing brain cancer
Researchers from the UCL Cancer Institute have provided important molecular understanding of how injury may contribute to the development of a relatively rare but often aggressive form of brain tumor called a glioma.
Feb 24, 2023
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Oncology & Cancer
A machine learning-based algorithm to predict which cancer patients benefit from immunotherapy
Scientists at the Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona), in collaboration with the Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG) and Radboud University, have developed an algorithm that can predict which cancer patients ...
Oct 30, 2019
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Oncology & Cancer
Researchers discover therapeutic target of melanoma
Researchers have identified a biomarker and a possible new therapy for melanoma.
Mar 25, 2019
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Oncology & Cancer
Prostate cancer: "Liquid biopsies" allow non-invasive diagnosis of metastatic cancers
In future, newly identified biomarkers could be used alongside imaging techniques for the non-invasive diagnosis of patients with advanced prostate cancer. A research team from the Medical University of Vienna and the Ludwig ...
Jan 21, 2022
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Oncology & Cancer
Study reveals patient age not so important in determining colorectal cancer growth
A new paper soon to be released in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute indicates that early-onset colorectal cancer is likely not a different disease from average-onset colorectal cancer.
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