Cancer cells appear to hijack a genetic pathway involved in DNA repair to drive malignancy and overcome treatment, a study led by UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers shows. Their findings, published in Cell, explain ...
Sep 10, 2024
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Research from Purdue University in collaboration with the National Institutes of Health (NIH) reveals that, thanks to a new computational tool, a cancer drug dismissed by traditional testing methods may be effective in treating ...
Sep 9, 2024
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A study presented today at the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer 2024 World Conference on Lung Cancer demonstrates a promising pathway toward developing predictive biomarkers for immune checkpoint inhibitors.
Sep 7, 2024
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Understanding the mechanisms behind cell death and survival is crucial when it comes to conditions like heart failure, which affects millions of people worldwide. Now, researchers from Japan have identified a mechanism which ...
Sep 5, 2024
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Northwestern Medicine investigators have identified distinct T-cell responses associated with patient outcomes in unvaccinated individuals with severe SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia, according to findings published in Nature Immunology.
Sep 4, 2024
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Cancer cells have voracious appetites. And there are certain nutrients they can't live without. Scientists have long hoped they might stop tumors in their tracks by cutting off an essential part of cancer cells' diet. But ...
Aug 28, 2024
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Recent research published in the journal Diabetes sheds new light on the cellular mechanisms causing insulin resistance in type 2 diabetes, a disease affecting more than 1.2 million people in Quebec alone.
Aug 26, 2024
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A Ludwig Cancer Research study has identified a metabolic switch in the immune system's T cells that is essential to the generation of memory T cells—which confer lasting immunity to previously encountered pathogens—and ...
Aug 24, 2024
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Multiple myeloma (MM) is a complex hematological malignancy with significant unmet needs. While conventional therapies have significantly improved patient survival, the disease remains incurable. A review, led by Qizhong ...
Aug 20, 2024
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Inherited diseases of metabolism and immunity have more in common than previously recognized, according to a new study published in the journal Science Immunology. The findings point to a new set of metabolic genes that are ...
Aug 17, 2024
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