Genetics
Clues to aging found in stem cells' genomes
Little hints of immortality are lurking in fruit flies' stem cells.
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Oncology & Cancer
Researchers uncover how cancer stem cells drive triple-negative breast cancer
Cleveland Clinic researchers have published findings in Nature Communications on a new stem cell pathway that allows a highly aggressive form of breast cancer - triple-negative breast cancer - to thrive.
Feb 8, 2018
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Medical research
Researchers identify new target to reduce risk of GVHD
Stem cell transplants can cure patients with high-risk leukemia or lymphoma. Graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) is a potentially life-threatening side effect that occurs when the donor's immune cells attack the recipient's ...
Feb 5, 2018
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Oncology & Cancer
Study could explain link between high-cholesterol diet and colon cancer
New UCLA research could help explain the link between a high-cholesterol diet and an elevated risk for colon cancer.
Jan 25, 2018
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Oncology & Cancer
Modular gene enhancer promotes leukemia and regulates effectiveness of chemotherapy
Every day, billions of new blood cells are generated in the bone marrow. The gene Myc is known to play an important role in this process, and is also known to play a role in cancer. Scientists from the German Cancer Research ...
Jan 18, 2018
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Oncology & Cancer
New research shows how alcohol damages DNA and increases cancer risk
Scientists have shown how alcohol damages DNA in stem cells, helping to explain why drinking increases your risk of cancer, according to research part-funded by Cancer Research UK and published in Nature today.
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Oncology & Cancer
Cancer cells that escape from senescence found to have an enhanced capacity to drive tumor growth
An international team of researchers has found that cancer cells that escape from senescence due to use of chemotherapy have an enhanced capacity to drive tumor growth. In their paper published in the journal Nature, the ...
Oncology & Cancer
Researchers repurpose immune-activating cytokine to fight breast cancer
The most lethal form of breast cancer could have a new treatment option, according to new research out of the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. In the Proceedings of the ...
Dec 18, 2017
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Oncology & Cancer
Stem cells in intestinal lining may shed light on behavior of cancer cells
The lining of the intestines - the epithelium - does more than absorb nutrients from your lunch. It grows, shrinks, and adjusts the very makeup of its cells in response to whatever you just ate. And understanding that process ...
Nov 27, 2017
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Oncology & Cancer
Misregulated protein breakdown promotes leukemias and brain cancer
An enzyme that is responsible for the breakdown of specific amino acids in food plays a key role in the development of leukemias and brain cancer, according to scientists from the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) in Heidelberg. ...
Nov 9, 2017
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