A recent review paper published in the journal Cancers highlights the important role of the growth factor progranulin in the initiation and progression of cancer.
Mar 31, 2023
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Researchers at Oregon State University have created a means of speeding up and improving the evaluation process for drugs used to combat cervical cancer.
Mar 31, 2023
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In recent years, innovative cancer drugs that target specific molecular drivers of the disease have been embraced as the treatment of choice for many types of cancer. But despite significant advances, there is still a lack ...
Mar 29, 2023
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Cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) are key factors in the tumor microenvironment, which have been implicated in cancer cell progression. It has also been reported that vesicles called exosomes produced by these CAFs play ...
Mar 28, 2023
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Fibroblasts build and maintain the extracellular matrix, or physical scaffolding for cells, in the connective tissues within the body. It is believed that cancerous tumors can recruit nearby fibroblasts and use them to promote ...
Mar 28, 2023
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Researchers with the Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine and collaborators have shown that immature natural killer (NK) cells are present in patients with triple-negative ...
Mar 28, 2023
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A symposium aiming to provide a better understanding of the tumor microenvironment, immune tolerogenic niches at cancer initiation, and novel immunotherapeutic strategies in head and neck cancer patients was featured at the ...
Mar 19, 2023
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Most immunotherapies, which aim to boost T cell activity, work poorly in treating estrogen receptor-positive (ER+) breast cancer. Targeting a different type of immune cell called macrophages could be a more effective approach, ...
Mar 16, 2023
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When our bodies become infected, various immune responses are triggered, starting with a release of granulocytes, white blood cells containing special enzymes that make up about half or more of all human white blood cells.
Mar 9, 2023
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A tumor's necrotic core contains factors that appear to promote metastasis, or the seeding of tumors cells throughout the body, according to a new study in rats by researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center.
Feb 28, 2023
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