by Julia Evangelou Strait, Washington University in St. Louis Thin slice of a human prostate tumor. The dark staining throughout reveals the presence of histone acetylation promoting cholesterol production. Cholesterol is required to make testosterone, which fuels tumor growth. Credit: Nupam Mahajan/School of Medicine A new study in mice, led by researchers at Washington University School...
REUTERS Jun 3, 2023, 04:15 PM EDT (Reuters) -Cancer test maker Grail Inc said on Friday that its telemedicine vendor erroneously sent letters to about 400 patients suggesting they may have developed cancer. Grail’s flagship cancer detection blood test Galleri is designed to detect more than 50 types of cancer before symptoms appear. The company,...
FLINDERS UNIVERSITY IMAGE: HUSBAND AND WIFE PROFESSOR SIMON CONN AND DR VANESSA CONN’S TEAM AT THE FLINDERS CENTRE FOR INNOVATION IN CANCER HAS BEEN RESEARCHING THE ROLE OF CIRCULAR RNAS IN DNA DAMAGE AND FORMING CANCER GENES CREDIT: COURTESY FLINDERS FOUNDATION Australian cancer researchers have made an important new connection between a person’s cancer risk...
by Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Over the past decade, the approval of immune checkpoint inhibitors has revolutionized treatment for patients with advanced lung cancer, helping many live longer lives and improving overall survival for the disease. However, an important question has remained unanswered: How long should a...
by University of Florida A “fishing hook” molecule in red is added to a drug-like compound to catch enzymes that chop up RNA, yellow, for recycling by cells. The strategy has been used to break up oncogenes known for causing some of the most dangerous, untreatable cancers. Credit: Disney lab at The Wertheim UF Scripps Institute....
MAY 9TH, 2023 CONN HASTINGS DIAGNOSTICS, GENETICS, ONCOLOGY Researchers at MIT have developed a urine test that can distinguish between different types of cancer, and could even highlight if metastases are present. The test involves first administering nanoparticles to patients that can circulate around their blood before encountering a tumor. Enzymes that are overexpressed by the tumor...
Scientists hope that by targeting specific protein, they will be able to develop treatments for patients with metastasized cancers resistant to chemotherapy and immunotherapy By RENEE GHERT-ZAND7 May 2023, 12:38 am Illustrative: Metastatic ovarian adenocarcinoma- Pleural fluid cell block (Yale Rosen via Wikimedia Commons) Researchers at Tel Aviv University have successfully used RNA nanodrugs to target...
@andrewgregorySun 30 Apr 2023 11.00 EDT Doctors, scientists and researchers have built an artificial intelligence model that can accurately identify cancer in a development they say could speed up diagnosis of the disease and fast-track patients to treatment. Cancer is a leading cause of death worldwide. It results in about 10 million deaths annually, or...
Andrew Gregory Health editor@andrewgregory Sun 30 Apr 2023 11.00 EDT Doctors, scientists and researchers have built an artificial intelligence model that can accurately identify cancer in a development they say could speed up diagnosis of the disease and fast-track patients to treatment. Cancer is a leading cause of death worldwide. It results in about 10...
Cancer research has made big strides over the past few decades, leading to better prevention efforts, improved treatment options, and longer survival. Despite the significant progress, there is still a lot of work to do. In the latest issue of Cell, cancer specialists from across the globe provided their take on the big questions worth exploring in cancer research...
