Oncology & Cancer
Study identifies causes of cancer
A team of Yale-led researchers can now quantify the factors causing changes in the DNA that contribute most to cancer growth in tumors of most major tumor types.
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Oncology & Cancer
Scientists show commonly prescribed painkiller slows cancer growth
Scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have found that one of the most widely prescribed pain and anti-inflammation drugs slows the growth rate of a specific kind of cancer in animal models ...
May 25, 2016
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Oncology & Cancer
Scientists discover molecule that kills pancreatic cancer cells
A research team led by scientists at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center has discovered a molecule that inhibits the growth and metastasis of pancreatic cancer cells through the iron metabolism pathway. Their findings, ...
Mar 3, 2022
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Oncology & Cancer
Scientists solve a 100-year-old mystery about cancer
The year 2021 marks the 100th anniversary of a fundamental discovery that's taught in every biochemistry textbook. In 1921, German physician Otto Warburg observed that cancer cells harvest energy from glucose sugar in a strangely ...
Jan 22, 2021
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Medical research
Natural compound found in broccoli reawakens the function of potent tumor suppressor
Your mother was right: Broccoli is good for you. Long associated with decreased risk of cancer, broccoli and other cruciferous vegetables—the family of plants that also includes cauliflower, cabbage, collard greens, Brussels ...
May 16, 2019
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Oncology & Cancer
Amino acids in diet could be key to starving cancer
Cutting out certain amino acids—the building blocks of proteins—from the diet of mice slows tumour growth and prolongs survival, according to new research published in Nature.
Apr 19, 2017
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Oncology & Cancer
Researchers find a way to 'starve' cancer
Researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) have demonstrated for the first time that it is possible to starve a tumor and stop its growth with a newly discovered small compound that blocks uptake of the vital ...
Jan 18, 2018
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Medications
Researchers discover treatment that suppresses liver cancer
Researchers from the University of Missouri School of Medicine have discovered a treatment combination that significantly reduces tumor growth and extends the life span of mice with liver cancer. This discovery provides a ...
Dec 8, 2020
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Oncology & Cancer
Researchers unlock cancer cells' feeding mechanism, central to tumor growth
An international team led by researchers from the University of Cincinnati and Japan's Keio and Hiroshima universities has discovered the energy production mechanism of cancerous cells that drives the growth of the nucleolus ...
Aug 1, 2019
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Oncology & Cancer
Researchers find protein promotes cancer, suppresses anti-tumor immunity
Researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have found that a protein involved in immune response to microbes also can fuel cancer development and suppress immune response to the disease.
Dec 2, 2019
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