The search to discover why 'outliers' survive deadliest cancers
When Herve found out he had glioblastoma—the most aggressive form of brain cancer—at the age of 40, he made a deal with himself.
Mar 20, 2024
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When Herve found out he had glioblastoma—the most aggressive form of brain cancer—at the age of 40, he made a deal with himself.
Mar 20, 2024
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Jonathan Chen, MD, Ph.D., an investigator in the Department of Pathology at Massachusetts General Hospital, and Nir Hacohen, Ph.D., director of the Center of Cancer Immunology at Massachusetts General Hospital, are co-authors ...
Mar 19, 2024
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Small cell lung cancer (SCLC) is a highly aggressive tumor of the lung that occurs especially in heavy smokers. Due to the rapid spread of this tumor type, most patients can only be treated with chemotherapy with remarkable ...
Mar 13, 2024
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Lung cancer cells survive better and exhibit less cell damage when exposed to cigarette smoke in cell culture experiments compared to non-cancerous lung cells. New research by a team of undergraduate students led by a Penn ...
Mar 6, 2024
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Blocking the formation of filaments—multi-enzyme structures that fuel cancer activity—may offer new ways to control cancer cell proliferation, according to a new study led by Cornell researchers.
Mar 5, 2024
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Drug discovery can be a frustrating process of trial and error. Scientists using fragment-based drug discovery link fragments of different molecules together to create a more potent drug but may not know whether a compound ...
Feb 28, 2024
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In a new editorial paper published in Oncoscience titled, "A very long and winding road: developing novel therapeutics for metastatic tumors," researcher Paul Dent from the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology ...
Feb 26, 2024
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Lung cancer is not the most common form of cancer, but it is by far among the deadliest. Despite treatments such as surgery, radiation therapy, and chemotherapy, only about a quarter of all people with the disease will live ...
Feb 23, 2024
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A new study identified a set of 140 genes that may help predict enhanced disease-free survival in patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) treated with a combination of immunotherapy and low-dose radiation. The results, ...
Feb 23, 2024
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A research project supported by the National Institutes of Health has developed a tool to rapidly and inexpensively diagnose sarcoidosis, a chronic inflammatory disease marked by the growth of tiny lumps called granulomas ...
Feb 22, 2024
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