by Institute of Cancer Research Melanoma cell growing into a soft hydrogel. Credit: Professor Chris Bakal Melanoma skin cancer cells harness a gene usually used by growing nerves to escape from their immediate area and spread through tissues, new research has found. Scientists found that melanoma cells use the gene ARHGEF9 to create “molecular drills” that help...
by NYU Langone Health Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Amyloid beta, a protein known to build-up in the brains of Alzheimer’s patients, also helps skin cancer cells thrive when they spread to the brain, a new study finds. Published online March 9 in Cancer Discovery, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research, the study...
By Nick Lavars, October 19, 2020 Cancer cells may have a new enemy in the form of a magnetic bandage Scientists are exploring all kinds of avenues when it comes to tackling cancer, and one interesting possibility involves using magnetic nanoparticles to heat and destroy its cells. Researchers in India have taken an impressive step forward with...
