Oncology & Cancer
Animal-based protein recommended for people being treated for cancer
If you're being treated for cancer, don't leave meat, fish and dairy off your plate, University of Alberta experts advise.
Feb 10, 2022
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Oncology & Cancer
Suppressing the spread of tumors
Why some patients develop metastases and others do not is largely unclear. Researchers around ISTA professor Daria Siekhaus are now contributing to a better understanding of the process in certain types of cancer. They took ...
Feb 8, 2022
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Scientists delineate process which drives tumor formation by Kras oncogenes
Cancerous tumors are made up of rapidly growing, abnormally shaped, cells that can infiltrate and destroy healthy tissues, travel to other parts of the body, and form additional tumors. In part because of its rapid and invasive ...
Feb 7, 2022
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RNA 'heroes' can disarm bad-actor proteins in leukemia: study
Scientists at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio) believe it may be possible to prevent DNA changes driven by two proteins highly active in leukemia and other cancers. They ...
Feb 4, 2022
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Novel biomarkers help decode metastatic breast cancer
Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women worldwide, yet despite medical advances, a cure for the tumors that spread locally and especially to the distant sites remains out of reach.
Feb 3, 2022
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Stem cell discoveries hold potential to improve cancer treatment
Two recent discoveries by stem cell scientists at Cedars-Sinai may help make cancer treatment more efficient and shorten the time it takes for people to recover from radiation and chemotherapy.
Jan 25, 2022
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Newly discovered DNA repair mechanisms point to potential therapy targets for cancer and neurodegenerative diseases
The DNA that lies tightly coiled in nearly every human cell is subjected to thousands of insults and injuries from within and without daily, which is why the human body has evolved multiple highly effective mechanisms for ...
Jan 20, 2022
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Scientists find potential diagnostic and therapeutic target for lung cancer
Chinese scientists recently reported the key role in tumor survival played by a histone-acetylation-regulated long noncoding RNA called lysosome cell death regulator (LCDR), providing a potential diagnostic and therapeutic ...
Jan 17, 2022
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Immunotherapy combination may benefit patients with non-small cell lung cancer resistant to single immunotherapy
A combination of two drugs that open the floodgates to an immune system attack on cancer curtailed tumor growth in some patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) that was resistant to a single immunotherapy agent, ...
Jan 17, 2022
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Researchers identify a disordered region of Src protein that regulates its oncogenic capacity
The Src protein takes part in the regulation of many physiological processes such as the survival, migration or cell adhesion as a response to stimuli received from several receptors of the membrane. Although it is demonstrated ...
Jan 12, 2022
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