Medical research

Scientists identify new therapeutic target for metastatic cancer

In a recent study led by Lei Jiang, Ph.D., an assistant professor of molecular and cellular endocrinology, a team of researchers from City of Hope and the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, found a potential ...

Oncology & Cancer

Rethinking the protein inhibitor approach to cancer therapy

A new method than enables researchers to dial up or tone down the amount of a certain metastatic protein inhibitor (BACH1) within a cell could provide a new path in cancer research that reassesses the effectiveness of protein ...

Oncology & Cancer

Researchers develop CAR T cells that fight prostate cancer in bone

Prostate cancer frequently metastasizes to the bone and is incurable. Moffitt Cancer Center researchers are working to identify new treatment options for this subset of patients. In a new article published today in Science ...

Oncology & Cancer

Can lymph nodes boost the success of cancer immunotherapy?

Cancer treatment routinely involves taking out lymph nodes near the tumor in case they contain metastatic cancer cells. But new findings from a clinical trial by researchers at UC San Francisco and Gladstone Institutes shows ...

Oncology & Cancer

How immune cells detect and respond to mutations in cancer cells

For the first time, a research team has identified and analyzed the steps by which immune cells "see" and respond to cancer cells, providing insights into reasons some treatments may be effective for certain patients but ...

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