MICHIGAN MEDICINE – UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN A team from the University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center and School of Dentistry, led by Yu Leo Lei, D.D.S., Ph.D., have identified a mechanism in mice for how obesity affects some oral cancers’ ability to escape from the immune system. This study, published in Cell Reports, found that obesity helps to establish a type...
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Researchers look at space between nerves and tumor cells to identify most aggressive oral cancers
by University of Michigan Credit: University of Michigan One of the most terrifying aspects of cancer is its unpredictability: Some cancerous tumors are cured by treatment, while others shrink with treatment only to return later. A new University of Michigan study identifies a feature in cancer that could help pinpoint treatment-resistant tumors when they are diagnosed,...
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Could blocking or deleting a protein help prevent common oral cancers?
by Boston University Manish V. Bais, a BU Goldman School of Dental Medicine assistant professor of translational dental medicine, has found the lysine-specific demethylase 1 protein is a potential oral cancer “druggable target,” knowledge that may one day help doctors take down tumors. Credit: Cydney Scott for Boston University Photography The most common head and...