Oncology & Cancer
Pancreatic cancer: Less toxic, more enduring drug may improve therapy
Unlike many other cancers, most pancreatic tumors are rock hard.
Aug 8, 2019
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Oncology & Cancer
Unhealthy gut promotes spread of breast cancer, study finds
An unhealthy, inflamed gut causes breast cancer to become much more invasive and spread more quickly to other parts of the body, new research from the University of Virginia Cancer Center suggests.
Jun 10, 2019
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Video: Cancer research using mini-organs from tumors and healthy tissue
Hans Clevers (Hubrecht Institute) and David Tuveson (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), experts in the field of stem cells and organoids, have written a review that summarizes the use of organoids in cancer research and shines ...
Jun 6, 2019
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New study reveals an unexpected survival mechanism of a subset of cancer cells
Embedded at the ends of chromosomes are structures called telomeres, which in normal cells become shorter as cells divide. Progressive shortening triggers cell proliferation arrest or death. Cancer cells adopt different strategies ...
May 28, 2019
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Researchers putting the brakes on lethal childhood cancer
Malignant rhabdoid tumor (MRT) is one of the most aggressive and lethal childhood cancers.
May 2, 2019
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Oncology & Cancer
Here's how cancer hijacks wound healing to create its own blood supply
Researchers at the University of Virginia School of Medicine have shed light on how cancers hijack the body's natural wound-healing response to grow and spread.
May 1, 2019
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Oncology & Cancer
Pushing MYC inhibition closer to the clinic
Cutting-edge sequencing technology has revolutionized cancer diagnosis and since identified several so-called cancer driver genomic aberrations. This has led to the development of an extensive and powerful arsenal of anti-cancer ...
Mar 20, 2019
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Oncology & Cancer
Reprograming T cells to attack solid tumors
An attractive approach to liver cancer treatment is to bolster the body's own immune defenses. Now an international team involving A*STAR researchers has genetically engineered human T cells to endow them with both specificity ...
Mar 18, 2019
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Researchers may have discovered why some tumors grow back aggressively after radiation, chemotherapy
Many of the commonly used cancer treatments, such as radiation or chemotherapy, kill tumor cells. But sometimes, after those cells have died and been cleared away, a tumor will respond by growing faster and more aggressively. ...
Feb 25, 2019
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Oncology & Cancer
A hidden route for fatty acids can make cancers resistant to therapy
Fatty acid metabolism is an essential process in tumor growth and proliferation. Despite attempts to block fatty acid metabolism as a therapeutic strategy to reduce tumor size and growth, the outcome has not always been positive. ...
Feb 6, 2019
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