New study outlines how brain cancer cells take mitochondria from healthy cells to grow and survive

byCleveland ClinicThis is an astrocyte, labeled with GFAP (red), Focal Adhesion Kinase (FAK) green, and nuclear stain To-Pro (blue). Credit: Ivey and MacLean at TNPRC. Via Wikipedia.Glioblastoma

Updated on: January 12,2024

New study outlines how brain cancer cells take mitochondria from healthy cells to grow and survive

byCleveland ClinicThis is an astrocyte, labeled with GFAP (red), Focal Adhesion Kinase (FAK) green, and nuclear stain To-Pro (blue). Credit: Ivey and MacLean at TNPRC. Via Wikipedia.Glioblastoma

Updated on:January 12,2024

Understanding athletes with lymphoma

byMayo ClinicHodgkin lymphoma, nodular lymphocyte predominant (high-power view) Credit: Gabriel Caponetti, MD./Wikipedia/CC BY-SA 3.0One July evening, Allison Rosenthal, D.O., received a flurry

Updated on: September 30,2024

Understanding athletes with lymphoma

byMayo ClinicHodgkin lymphoma, nodular lymphocyte predominant (high-power view) Credit: Gabriel Caponetti, MD./Wikipedia/CC BY-SA 3.0One July evening, Allison Rosenthal, D.O., received a flurry

Updated on:September 30,2024

Neoadjuvant endocrine therapy may elicit differential responses in Black and white women with breast cancer

byAmerican Association for Cancer ResearchCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainBlack women treated with neoadjuvant endocrine therapy for breast cancer were more likely to benefit than white women

Updated on: January 13,2024

Neoadjuvant endocrine therapy may elicit differential responses in Black and white women with breast cancer

byAmerican Association for Cancer ResearchCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainBlack women treated with neoadjuvant endocrine therapy for breast cancer were more likely to benefit than white women

Updated on:January 13,2024

Efficient removal of abnormal myelin allows survival of nerve fibers targeted by adaptive immune cells

by Julius-Maximilians-Universität WürzburgElectronmicroscopic pictures of white matter axons in healthy control mice (top) and mice with different myelin gene defects. Axons that remain wrapped w

Updated on: May 11,2024

Efficient removal of abnormal myelin allows survival of nerve fibers targeted by adaptive immune cells

by Julius-Maximilians-Universität WürzburgElectronmicroscopic pictures of white matter axons in healthy control mice (top) and mice with different myelin gene defects. Axons that remain wrapped w

Updated on:May 11,2024

Novel AI blood test detects liver cancer

byJohns Hopkins University School of MedicineCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainA novel artificial intelligence blood testing technology developed and used by Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center re

Updated on: January 15,2024

Novel AI blood test detects liver cancer

byJohns Hopkins University School of MedicineCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainA novel artificial intelligence blood testing technology developed and used by Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center re

Updated on:January 15,2024

Novel drug shows early promise in treating multiple myeloma

byPerelman School of Medicine at the University of PennsylvaniaMicrograph of a plasmacytoma, the histologic correlate of multiple myeloma. H&E stain. Credit: Wikipedia/CC BY-SA 3.0A first-of

Updated on: January 15,2024

Novel drug shows early promise in treating multiple myeloma

byPerelman School of Medicine at the University of PennsylvaniaMicrograph of a plasmacytoma, the histologic correlate of multiple myeloma. H&E stain. Credit: Wikipedia/CC BY-SA 3.0A first-of

Updated on:January 15,2024

How the body fights cancer and intruders

by Lori Dajose,California Institute of TechnologyT cells surround a cancer cell. Credit: National Institutes of HealthThe human body's immune system is like a vast team of special agents. Ce

Updated on: March 01,2024

How the body fights cancer and intruders

by Lori Dajose,California Institute of TechnologyT cells surround a cancer cell. Credit: National Institutes of HealthThe human body's immune system is like a vast team of special agents. Ce

Updated on:March 01,2024

Researchers first to develop comprehensive models of 'seeds and soil' as a means to combat breast cancer metastasis

by Virginia Commonwealth UniversityFrom left to right: Mohammad Alzubi, Chuck Harrell, Ph.D., and Tia Turner. Credit: VCU Massey Cancer CenterScientists at VCU Massey Cancer Center have identifie

Updated on: June 06,2024

Researchers first to develop comprehensive models of 'seeds and soil' as a means to combat breast cancer metastasis

by Virginia Commonwealth UniversityFrom left to right: Mohammad Alzubi, Chuck Harrell, Ph.D., and Tia Turner. Credit: VCU Massey Cancer CenterScientists at VCU Massey Cancer Center have identifie

Updated on:June 06,2024

Does weight loss surgery affect colorectal cancer risk?

by WileyCredit: CC0 Public DomainAlthough colorectal cancer is associated with obesity, it is unclear if weight loss surgery impacts the incidence of these tumors. Results from a new study publis

Updated on: March 01,2024

Does weight loss surgery affect colorectal cancer risk?

by WileyCredit: CC0 Public DomainAlthough colorectal cancer is associated with obesity, it is unclear if weight loss surgery impacts the incidence of these tumors. Results from a new study publis

Updated on:March 01,2024

Criteria for selecting who can enroll in multiple myeloma clinical trials may exclude patients from minority groups

byAmerican Society of HematologyCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainNumerous studies have shown that people from racial and ethnic minority groups are underrepresented in clinical trials of new me

Updated on: January 15,2024

Criteria for selecting who can enroll in multiple myeloma clinical trials may exclude patients from minority groups

byAmerican Society of HematologyCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainNumerous studies have shown that people from racial and ethnic minority groups are underrepresented in clinical trials of new me

Updated on:January 15,2024

Cancers in distant organs alter liver function, shows study

by Jim Schnabel,Cornell UniversityRemote primary tumors induce metabolic dysfunction in the liver. Credit:Nature(2023). DOI: 10.1038/s41586-023-06114-4Cancers often release molecules

Updated on: January 22,2024

Cancers in distant organs alter liver function, shows study

by Jim Schnabel,Cornell UniversityRemote primary tumors induce metabolic dysfunction in the liver. Credit:Nature(2023). DOI: 10.1038/s41586-023-06114-4Cancers often release molecules

Updated on:January 22,2024

Activating a specific pathway in a subset of immune cells eradicates immunologically 'cold' tumors, study shows

byUTSouthwestern Medical CenterThis illustration depicts a nanoparticle (purple) activating the stimulator of interferon genes (STING) proteins (yellow) in dendritic cells to recruit cytot

Updated on: March 30,2024

Activating a specific pathway in a subset of immune cells eradicates immunologically 'cold' tumors, study shows

byUTSouthwestern Medical CenterThis illustration depicts a nanoparticle (purple) activating the stimulator of interferon genes (STING) proteins (yellow) in dendritic cells to recruit cytot

Updated on:March 30,2024