Researchers from Princeton University’s Department of Molecular Biology have identified a small RNA molecule that helps maintain the activity of stem cells in both healthy and cancerous breast tissue. Above, the microscopic image shows …more Researchers from Princeton University’s Department of Molecular Biology have identified a small RNA molecule that helps maintain the activity of...
Category: <span>Cancer</span>
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The secret to combating pancreatic cancer may lie in suppression of a common protein
The green line represents male mice with pancreatic cancer-causing genes and expressing half the normal amount of GRP78 protein. These mice survived longer than those that had pancreatic cancer-causing genes, but normal levels of GRP78, …more New research from the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California (USC) shows new promise in...
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A new T-cell population for cancer immunotherapy
Scientists at the University of Basel in Switzerland have, for the first time, described a new T cell population that can recognize and kill tumor cells. The open access journal eLife has published the results. T lymphocytes (short T cells) are a special type of cells that recognize germs and protect our body from infections. Their second important...
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Breast milk… the ‘accidental’ cure for cancer: Scientists find it contains a substance that kills tumour cells
Breast milk contains a substance nicknamed Hamlet that can kill tumour cells The substance in the milk can home in on the bad cells without killing good cells Patients injected with Hamlet could start shedding dead cells within days Breast milk is being used to fight cancer after scientists accidentally discovered it contains a substance that kills...
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Whole tomato extract may prevent, treat stomach cancer
Numerous studies have suggested that tomatoes have anti-cancer properties. A new study provides further evidence of this, after finding that whole tomato extract has the potential to treat and even prevent stomach cancer. Researchers have found that whole tomato extract has the potential to combat stomach cancer. Researchers from the United States and Italy...
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Golden hitchhikers avoid cancer’s defences by riding on white blood cells
Researchers have found a way to let golden nanoparticles hitchhike on white blood cells, to get past a tumor’s defenses and attack from inside Cancer treatments could benefit from being more like a sniper and less like a shotgun blast. A new technique from Washington State University (WSU) is taking that approach, allowing doctors...
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Researchers identify nutrient metabolism that drives breast tumor metastasis
A multinational group of scientists, led by professor Sarah-Maria Fendt (VIB-KU Leuven), have discovered that breast cancer cells that have invaded other organs rely on a different nutrient metabolism to produce energy than normal cells and non-metastasizing cancer cells. To demonstrate their findings, the researchers used mouse models to show that inhibiting energy production from...
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Will we soon have a jab for prostate cancer? Experts unveil a vaccine that could provide a cure for the disease
Vaccine that treats the disease by stimulating the immune system is being tested Jab stopped tumours from spreading for 77% of cancer patients in the trial And 45 per cent of patients in the clinical trial experienced tumour shrinkage Prostate cancer is one of the most common cancers, affecting one in seven men A vaccine...
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A lead candidate for immunotherapy may increase tumour growth in certain cancers
Boosting a part of the immune system known to have anti-tumour properties may actually help tumours grow in cancers linked to chronic inflammation. Cancer immunotherapies boost aspects of the body’s normal immune system, to help fight tumours. They are part of a fast-evolving field of research and medicine, with several types of immunotherapies currently...
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Scrib protein identified as a natural suppressor of liver cancer
Dr. Satya Ande (left) and Research Assistant Jinling Yuan. A protein that typically helps keep cells organized and on task becomes a tumor suppressor in the face of liver cancer, scientists say. The protein Scrib, which is emerging as both a tumor suppressor and oncogene depending on the cancer type, appears in liver cancer to migrate out of...