Oncology & Cancer
Discoveries detail role of stem cell in deadly gastric cancer
A Cornell study provides important new insights into a common and deadly type of gastric cancer.
Jan 8, 2020
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Oncology & Cancer
Two genes slow down the development of intestinal tumors
Benign intestinal tumors with mutations that delete or inactivate two particular tumor-suppressing genes develop more quickly towards cancerous forms, according to new research from the Crick.
Jan 6, 2020
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Oncology & Cancer
Scientists discover a new mechanism in childhood kidney cancer
As an embryo develops, its cells must learn what to do with the thousands of genes they've been equipped with. That's why each cell comes with a detailed gene-expression manual outlining exactly which genes should be switched ...
Dec 18, 2019
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Medical research
Targeting stem cells that drive aggressive blood cancer
Peter Mac scientists have found a way to target acute myeloid leukemia (AML) at its source—a discovery that could yield a more effective treatment for this aggressive and often incurable blood cancer.
Dec 12, 2019
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Microcapsules for targeted drug delivery to cancer cells
A team of scientists from Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University (SPbPU) together with their colleagues developed a method of targeted drug delivery to cancer cells. The discovery is based on the use of mesenchymal ...
Dec 9, 2019
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Medications
New math model could lead to more personalized cancer therapies
Researchers have found a new way to use math to better treat cancer and prevent its relapse.
Dec 4, 2019
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Oncology & Cancer
New technique visually depicts how cancer cells grow and spread in colon tissue
Duke Cancer Institute researchers have observed how stem cell mutations quietly arise and spread throughout a widening field of the colon until they eventually predominate and become a malignancy.
Dec 2, 2019
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Researchers identify protein that governs human blood stem cell self-renewal
UCLA scientists have discovered a link between a protein and the ability of human blood stem cells to self-renew. In a study published today in the journal Nature, the team reports that activating the protein causes blood ...
Nov 28, 2019
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Oncology & Cancer
Intestinal stem cell genes may link dietary fat and colon cancer
Two genes that appear to help stem cells in the intestine burn dietary fat may play a role in colon cancer, according to a Rutgers study.
Nov 25, 2019
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New cancer treatment not as toxic as others
A QIMR Berghofer study has identified how a newly approved blood cancer drug works and found the treatment is better than other drugs at targeting cancer stem cells while causing minimal damage to healthy cells.
Nov 20, 2019
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