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Researchers find new way to target childhood cancer

Researchers find new way to target childhood cancer

by Children's Cancer Institute AustraliaCredit: CC0 Public DomainAn Australian-led international research effort has broken fresh ground in the race to find more effective treatments for the child

Researchers find new way to target childhood cancer

by Children's Cancer Institute AustraliaCredit: CC0 Public DomainAn Australian-led international research effort has broken fresh ground in the race to find more effective treatments for the child
Researchers uncover on/off switch for breast cancer metastasis

Researchers uncover on/off switch for breast cancer metastasis

by Rebecca McClellan,Stanford UniversitySongnan Wang (left) and Lingyin Li (right) found that a protein called ENPP1 acts as an on/off switch for breast cancer metastases. High protein levels le

Researchers uncover on/off switch for breast cancer metastasis

by Rebecca McClellan,Stanford UniversitySongnan Wang (left) and Lingyin Li (right) found that a protein called ENPP1 acts as an on/off switch for breast cancer metastases. High protein levels le
Taking a closer look at eye cancer: Research offers new insight into high rate of metastasis

Taking a closer look at eye cancer: Research offers new insight into high rate of metastasis

byEdith Cowan UniversityCredit: Marc Schulte from PexelsNew research from Edith Cowan University (ECU) is one step closer to understanding why uveal melanoma, the deadliest form of eye cancer, h

Taking a closer look at eye cancer: Research offers new insight into high rate of metastasis

byEdith Cowan UniversityCredit: Marc Schulte from PexelsNew research from Edith Cowan University (ECU) is one step closer to understanding why uveal melanoma, the deadliest form of eye cancer, h
New hope for kidney cancer treatment using existing drugs

New hope for kidney cancer treatment using existing drugs

byWellcome Trust Sanger InstituteCredit: Omer Bayraktar & Kenny RobertsThe most comprehensive study of kidney cancer at single-cell level has discovered a potential drug target to treat rena

New hope for kidney cancer treatment using existing drugs

byWellcome Trust Sanger InstituteCredit: Omer Bayraktar & Kenny RobertsThe most comprehensive study of kidney cancer at single-cell level has discovered a potential drug target to treat rena
Pembrolizumab shows survival benefit for patients with renal cancer

Pembrolizumab shows survival benefit for patients with renal cancer

by Elana GotkineFor patients with clear-cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC), overall survival (OS) is improved for those receiving pembrolizumab versus placebo at a median follow-up of about 57 months,

Pembrolizumab shows survival benefit for patients with renal cancer

by Elana GotkineFor patients with clear-cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC), overall survival (OS) is improved for those receiving pembrolizumab versus placebo at a median follow-up of about 57 months,
Head injuries could be a risk factor for developing brain cancer

Head injuries could be a risk factor for developing brain cancer

byUniversity College LondonCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainResearchers from the UCL Cancer Institute have provided important molecular understanding of how injury may contribute to the develop

Head injuries could be a risk factor for developing brain cancer

byUniversity College LondonCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainResearchers from the UCL Cancer Institute have provided important molecular understanding of how injury may contribute to the develop
New model shows potential for human papillomavirus vaccination switch to 1-dose gender-neutral approach

New model shows potential for human papillomavirus vaccination switch to 1-dose gender-neutral approach

byCanadian Medical Association JournalCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainCanadian vaccination programs could switch to a 1-dose gender-neutral human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination approach and

New model shows potential for human papillomavirus vaccination switch to 1-dose gender-neutral approach

byCanadian Medical Association JournalCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainCanadian vaccination programs could switch to a 1-dose gender-neutral human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination approach and
A new strategy to enhance gene therapy for sickle cell disease

A new strategy to enhance gene therapy for sickle cell disease

byMary Ann Liebert, IncCyclosporin H Improves the Transduction of CD34+ Cells with an Anti-Sickling Globin Vector, a Possible Therapeutic Approach for Sickle Cell Disease. Credit: Mary Ann Liebe

A new strategy to enhance gene therapy for sickle cell disease

byMary Ann Liebert, IncCyclosporin H Improves the Transduction of CD34+ Cells with an Anti-Sickling Globin Vector, a Possible Therapeutic Approach for Sickle Cell Disease. Credit: Mary Ann Liebe
Study finds triple-negative breast cancer tumors with increased immune cells have lower risk of recurrence after surgery

Study finds triple-negative breast cancer tumors with increased immune cells have lower risk of recurrence after surgery

by Mayo ClinicCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainA new multicenter, international study suggests that people who have early-stage triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) and high levels of immune cel

Study finds triple-negative breast cancer tumors with increased immune cells have lower risk of recurrence after surgery

by Mayo ClinicCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainA new multicenter, international study suggests that people who have early-stage triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) and high levels of immune cel
For metastatic prostate cancer, immunotherapy may have unexpected potential

For metastatic prostate cancer, immunotherapy may have unexpected potential

byColumbia University Irving Medical CenterCredit:Cancer Cell(2023). DOI: 10.1016/j.ccell.2023.10.006Immunotherapy has been disappointing as a prostate cancer treatment, but a new Co

For metastatic prostate cancer, immunotherapy may have unexpected potential

byColumbia University Irving Medical CenterCredit:Cancer Cell(2023). DOI: 10.1016/j.ccell.2023.10.006Immunotherapy has been disappointing as a prostate cancer treatment, but a new Co
Finding new ways to treat diffuse midline gliomas

Finding new ways to treat diffuse midline gliomas

by Greg Glasgow,CU Anschutz Medical CampusPlanning CTs demonstrating positioning of the mouse on the custom platform and RT fields for the two RT groups, along with the RT schedule for both grou

Finding new ways to treat diffuse midline gliomas

by Greg Glasgow,CU Anschutz Medical CampusPlanning CTs demonstrating positioning of the mouse on the custom platform and RT fields for the two RT groups, along with the RT schedule for both grou
Advances in multiple myeloma treatment

Advances in multiple myeloma treatment

by Jason Howland, Mayo Clinic News NetworkMicrograph of a plasmacytoma, the histologic correlate of multiple myeloma. H&E stain. Credit: Wikipedia/CC BY-SA 3.0March is Myeloma Awareness Month. Mul

Advances in multiple myeloma treatment

by Jason Howland, Mayo Clinic News NetworkMicrograph of a plasmacytoma, the histologic correlate of multiple myeloma. H&E stain. Credit: Wikipedia/CC BY-SA 3.0March is Myeloma Awareness Month. Mul