Cancer
Study: Firms “underinvest” in long-term cancer research
Pharmaceutical firms “underinvest” in long-term research to develop new cancer-fighting drugs due to the greater time and cost required to...
Identifying a key growth factor in cell proliferation
Mitochondria are well known for their role as powerhouses in our cells, using respiration to release the energy in the...
Real-time data for cancer therapy
In the battle against cancer, which kills nearly 8 million people worldwide each year, doctors have in their arsenal many...
How chronic inflammation can lead to cancer
Chronic inflammation caused by disease or exposure to dangerous chemicals has long been linked to cancer, but exactly how this...
Capturing cell growth in 3-D
Replicating how cancer and other cells interact in the body is somewhat difficult in the lab. Biologists generally culture one...
Targeting DNA
MIT biological engineers have developed a modular system of proteins that can detect a particular DNA sequence in a cell...
Tyler Jacks receives MIT’s Killian Award
Tyler Jacks, a pioneering cancer biologist and director of MIT’s Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, is this year’s recipient...
Three hits to fight lung cancer
(Thomas Jefferson University) A new study in mice has shown that cancers with KRAS-related gene mutations might benefit from a...
Sugar in western diets increases risk for breast cancer tumors and metastasis
(University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center) The high amounts of dietary sugar in the typical western diet may...
New method for better treatment of breast cancer
(Uppsala University) A new study shows that a novel imaging-based method for defining appropriateness of breast cancer treatment is as...
Sylvester researchers describe role of STING protein in development of colorectal cancer
(University of Miami Miller School of Medicine) A new study published today by researchers at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center at...
Virtual colonoscopy an alternative to FOB test & colonoscopy for colorectal cancer?
(Oxford University Press USA) Colorectal cancer is the third most diagnosed cancer in the world, with population screening being recommended...
T cells that recognize HER2 teceptor may prevent HER2+ breast cancer recurrence
(University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine) Recurrence of HER2-positive breast cancer after treatment may be due to a specific and...
Travel distance is still a barrier to breast reconstruction after mastectomy
(Wolters Kluwer Health) Long travel distances continue to be a significant obstacle to breast reconstruction after mastectomy for breast cancer,...
Factors predicting low patient accrual in cancer clinical trials
(Oxford University Press USA) Nearly one in four publicly sponsored cancer clinical trials fail to enroll enough participants to draw...
Breast cancer detection rate using ultrasound is shown to be comparable to mammography
(Oxford University Press USA) The use of ultrasound in detecting breast cancer has been shown to be comparable in its...
Hypnosis may provide new option for ‘awake surgery’ for brain cancer
(Wolters Kluwer Health) Could hypnosis help to reduce the psychological trauma associated with 'awake craniotomy' for brain cancers? A new...
New target for potential blood cancer treatment
(Queen Mary, University of London) Mutations present in a blood cancer known as follicular lymphoma have revealed new molecular targets...
Periodontal disease associated with increased breast cancer risk in postmenopausal women
(American Association for Cancer Research) Postmenopausal women with periodontal disease were more likely to develop breast cancer than women who...
Protein-protein interaction activates and fuels leukemia cell growth
(University of California - San Diego) Building upon previous research, scientists at University of California, San Diego School of Medicine...