Oncology & Cancer
Molecular 'rabble-rouser' fuels pancreatic cancer growth
A type of molecular 'rabble-rouser' that triggers pancreatic cancer to become aggressive and spread around the body has been identified by scientists.
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Medical research
Tissue-engineered human pancreatic cells successfully treat diabetic mice
Researchers tissue-engineered human pancreatic islets in a laboratory that develop a circulatory system, secrete hormones like insulin and successfully treat sudden-onset type 1 diabetes in transplanted mice.
May 8, 2018
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Oncology & Cancer
Studies show promise of immunotherapy combinations, including CAR T
As immunotherapies continue to make up a larger share of new cancer drugs, researchers are looking for the most effective ways to use these cutting edge treatments in combination with each or with other pre-existing options. ...
Apr 17, 2018
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Diabetes
Risk of type 1 diabetes climbs when one population of T cells falls
In autoimmune diseases such as type 1 diabetes, some of the immune system's T cells mistakenly attack the body's own cells, while protective T regulatory cells try to defend against that attack. Scientists at Joslin Diabetes ...
Apr 5, 2018
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Diabetes
The relevance of GABA for diabetes highlighted in two new studies
Dynamic interactions between the nervous system, hormones and the immune system are normally ongoing, but in diabetes the balance is disturbed. Two studies published in EBioMedicine by an international research team from ...
Apr 5, 2018
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Diabetes
Genes can help predict children's risk of type 1 diabetes
A type 1 diabetes genetic score can identify infants at risk for pre-symptomatic type 1 diabetes and could be used to enroll children into type 1 diabetes prevention trials, according to a study published this week in PLOS ...
Apr 3, 2018
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Immunology
Bystander T cells can steal the show in resolving inflammation
In Type 1 diabetes the immune system mistakenly attacks and destroys insulin-producing pancreatic cells, leaving patients dependent on lifelong insulin injections. The putative perpetrators of the attack—which are called ...
Mar 23, 2018
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Genetics
Study reveals startlingly different tissue sensitivities to cancer-driving genes
New research led by Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital has unmasked hundreds of cancer-driving genes and revealed that different tissue types have shockingly variable sensitivities to those genes.
Mar 22, 2018
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Oncology & Cancer
Gut bacteria determine speed of tumor growth in pancreatic cancer
The population of bacteria in the pancreas increases more than a thousand fold in patients with pancreatic cancer, and becomes dominated by species that prevent the immune system from attacking tumor cells.
Mar 22, 2018
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Cardiology
Unlocking a cell's potential to regenerate the heart
Some organisms have a remarkable capacity for regenerating tissue. If a fish or salamander suffers heart damage, for instance, their cells are able to divide and successfully repair the injured organ. Imagine if you could ...
Mar 1, 2018
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