Oncology & Cancer
Scientists discover how the body's killer cells attack cancer
Scientists are on the verge of a cancer breakthrough after working out how the body's immune system targets cells devastated by the disease.
Aug 29, 2024
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News tagged with liver cancer cells
Oncology & Cancer
Study finds noncoding RNAs dysregulated in several human cancers
Northwestern Medicine scientists have discovered new insights into the production and regulation of a class of noncoding RNAs and how alterations in their signatures diversify and modulate the transcriptome of three major ...
Aug 5, 2024
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Oncology & Cancer
Liver cancer growth tied to tryptophan intake
Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have discovered that a diet free of the amino acid tryptophan can effectively halt the growth of liver cancer in mice. Their findings, published in Nature Communications, offer ...
Aug 1, 2024
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Gastroenterology
Study finds targeting inflammation may not help reduce liver fibrosis in metabolic-associated fatty liver disease
Researchers at UCLA Health uncovered new information about the role inflammation plays in mitigating liver fibrosis, which is associated with metabolic-associated fatty liver disease (MAFLD), one of the most common diseases ...
Jul 26, 2024
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Oncology & Cancer
Researchers uncover how colorectal cancer cells colonize the liver
In cases where cancer is fatal, 9 out of 10 times the culprit is metastasis. This is when the primary tumor has sent out cells, like seeds, and invaded other organs of the body. While medicine has made great progress in treating ...
Jul 24, 2024
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Oncology & Cancer
Targeted drug treatment leads tumor cells to imitate viral infection, researchers discover
A number of cancers, including certain brain and liver tumors, as well as myeloid leukemias, are driven by mutations in the enzyme isocitrate dehydrogenase 1, or IDH1. Drugs that block mutated IDH1 (mIDH1) have recently come ...
Jul 12, 2024
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Oncology & Cancer
Microproteins exclusively produced in liver tumors could lead to cancer vaccines
A study led by the Hospital del Mar Research Institute, with Cima University of Navarra and Pompeu Fabra University, has identified a group of small molecules exclusive to liver tumors that could be key to developing cancer ...
Jul 10, 2024
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Hepatitis B: 'Sleep timer' for immune cells discovered
In chronic hepatitis B, the liver contains immune cells that could destroy hepatitis B virus infected cells but are inactive. A team from the Technical University of Munich (TUM) has discovered that cells in blood vessels ...
Jul 10, 2024
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Oncology & Cancer
New predictors of metastasis in patients with early-stage pancreatic cancer
Researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine with an international team have used liver biopsies to identify cellular and molecular markers that can potentially be used to predict whether and when pancreatic cancer will spread to ...
Jun 28, 2024
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
New discovery explains why lean people are more likely to die from MAFLD
A world-first research discovery from the Storr Liver Center at The Westmead Institute for Medical Research (WIMR) has identified why lean people with metabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver disease (MAFLD) have higher ...
Jun 25, 2024
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