Surgery

US surgeons perform world's first whole eye transplant

A team of surgeons in New York has performed the world's first transplant of an entire eye in a procedure widely hailed as a medical breakthrough, although it isn't yet known whether the man will ever see through the donated ...

Oncology & Cancer

Researchers identify 'switch' to activate cancer cell death

A research team from the UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center has identified a crucial epitope (a protein section that can activate the larger protein) on the CD95 receptor that can cause cells to die. This new ability to ...

Oncology & Cancer

Drug mechanism opens door for new anti-cancer immunotherapies

Researchers have revealed a new mechanism of targeted drug treatment used against chronic lymphocytic leukemia, through the promotion of immune cell function, that could be exploited using new anti-cancer immunotherapies.

Medical research

Promising new options for treating aggressive prostate cancer

Cedars-Sinai Cancer investigators have identified two promising new treatment options for men with recurrent prostate cancer—both of which helped patients live longer without their disease progressing than the current standard ...

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