A new study led by Yale Cancer Center researchers at Yale School of Medicine has revealed a significant increase in patients starting immunotherapy within one month of death. Using a national clinical database, the researchers ...
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In treating aggressive lymphomas and blood cancer (leukemia), chimeric antigen receptor T cells (CAR T cells) are increasingly being used. For this therapy, immune cells are taken from patients and programmed by means of ...
Feb 9, 2024
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It may be surprising to hear, but medically speaking, not all stress is bad. Healthy stress levels help build resilience, says Safia Debar, MBBS, a stress management expert at Mayo Clinic Healthcare in London. In this expert ...
Oct 26, 2023
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Researchers at The University of Texas at El Paso have identified a novel pharmaceutical compound that successfully kills leukemia and lymphoma cancer cells, potentially paving the way for new forms of therapy.
Jan 12, 2024
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E-cigarette users with a limited smoking history experience similar DNA changes to specific cheek cells as smokers, finds a new study led by researchers at UCL (University College London) and University of Innsbruck.
Mar 19, 2024
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New research from scientists at VCU Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center and the VCU Institute of Molecular Medicine (VIMM) determined that a particular gene—MDA-9/Syntenin-1/SDCBP—is the ringleader behind a molecular domino ...
Nov 6, 2023
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Two studies from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis focused on breast cancer and pancreatic cancer suggest that specific types of senescent cells—cells that have stopped dividing and drive inflammation—may ...
Jul 19, 2024
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Medical researchers have confirmed the role of a complex community of gut organisms in the effectiveness of cancer treatments and in reducing toxicity.
Nov 21, 2023
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A recent University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences uncovers a critical pathway involved in immune evasion by breast cancer cells.
Mar 12, 2024
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The coronavirus pandemic brought global renown to the mRNA technology that underpins vaccines from Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna, and on Monday earned a Nobel Prize for two scientists who have been key to its development.
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