Oncology & Cancer
Blood tests could offer smarter treatment for children's cancer
A simple blood test could help guide the treatment of children with the cancer rhabdomyosarcoma, a new study reports.
Oct 21, 2022
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Medical research
Image analysis based on machine learning reliably identifies haematological malignancies
Myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) is a disease of the stem cells in the bone marrow, which disturbs the maturing and differentiation of blood cells. Annually, some 200 Finns are diagnosed with MDS, which can develop into acute ...
Mar 22, 2021
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Oncology & Cancer
Cell lines deserve unique considerations when creating research protections, researchers say
New rules recently went into effect, seeking to protect patients who donate tissue samples for research in the age of genetic sequencing. But this rule could have unintended consequences for certain critical types of biospecimens.
Jan 31, 2019
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Parkinson's & Movement disorders
Prospect of blood test for Parkinson's disease
A research team at the Faculty of Medicine at Kiel University has developed a method that reliably detects protein changes in blood that are typical of Parkinson's disease.
Jun 23, 2022
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Medical research
Investigators discover a 'double life' for a key Parkinson's disease protein
One of the hallmarks of Parkinson's disease (PD) is the accumulation in the brain of a protein known as alpha-synuclein. For more than two decades, alpha-synuclein has been a focal point of attention for researchers, clinicians ...
Jun 9, 2022
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Medical research
Researchers identify a possible cause and treatment for inflammatory bowel disease
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a category of refractory inflammatory disease, of which ulcerative colitis (UC) and Crohn's disease (CD) are the main types.
Jan 21, 2020
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Medical research
Organovo announces ability to print 3D human liver tissue
(Medical Xpress)—Organovo Holdings, Inc., a company that designs and creates functional human tissue has announced at this year's Experimental Biology Conference that it has developed a 3D printing technique that is able ...
Oncology & Cancer
'Junk DNA' no more: Investigators develop method of identifying cancers from repeat elements of genetic code
Repeats of DNA sequences, often referred to as "junk DNA" or "dark matter," that are found in chromosomes and could contribute to cancer or other diseases have been challenging to identify and characterize.
Mar 13, 2024
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Oncology & Cancer
New 3-D imaging technique reveals how pancreatic cancers start
A new technique to study tissue samples in 3-D has revealed that pancreatic cancers can start and grow in two distinct ways, solving a decades-old mystery of how tumours form.
Jan 30, 2019
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Oncology & Cancer
The fine line between breast cancer and normal tissues
Up to 40 percent of patients undergoing breast cancer surgery require additional operations because surgeons may fail to remove all the cancerous tissue in the initial operation. However, researchers at Brigham and Women's ...
Sep 22, 2014
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