Tag: <span>cancer cells</span>

Posted Today Researchers are shining a light on cancer cells’ energy centers – literally – to damage these power sources and trigger widespread cancer cell death.  The study focused on disrupting the inner membrane of mitochondria, the primary producers of energy that fuels cell functions. Mitochondria are depicted in yellow in the image above of an osteocarcinoma cell....

by City of Hope National Medical Center Structure showing the targetable sites of the City of Hope-discovered YTHDF2 protein. Credit: Dr. Jianjun Chen’s Lab / City of Hope Scientists at City of Hope have collared a tricky culprit that helps cancer cells evade CAR T cell therapy. CAR T cell therapy harnesses the immune system to...

by Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Researchers from Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) and Stanford University have revealed the molecular structure of TRACeR-I, a protein platform for reprogramming immune responses. A better understanding of its structure may help optimize designs for the platform, which can be used to develop cancer treatments by either...

Stanford Medicine researchers hope new technique will flip lymphoma protein’s normal action — from preventing cell death to triggering itPeer-Reviewed Publication Stanford Medicine Our bodies divest themselves of 60 billion cells every day through a natural process of cell culling and turnover called apoptosis. These cells — mainly blood and gut cells — are all...

Peer-Reviewed Publication University of Nottingham image:  A caterpillar infected with Cordyceps militaris, the pretty orange fungus that produces Cordycepin.view more  Credit: Daniel Winkler – Mushroaming New research into a chemical produced by a caterpillar fungus that has shown promise as a possible cancer treatment has revealed how it interacts with genes to interrupt cell growth signals. The discovery is...