by Technion – Israel Institute of Technology Micrograph showing a lymph node invaded by ductal breast carcinoma, with extension of the tumour beyond the lymph node. Credit: Nephron/Wikipedia Researchers at the Technion—Israel Institute of Technology have developed an innovative treatment for breast cancer, based on analgesic nanoparticles that target the nervous system. The study, published in Science...
by CNRS Image of human tumour cells invading a collagen matrix. The nuclei are stained in blue and the portion of the extracellular matrix degraded by the cells is red. Credit: Guilherme Nader/Institut Curie When cells multiply and migrate, they can be compressed and their nucleus may break open. This phenomenon causes DNA damage. Scientists from...
by Will Doss, Northwestern University Fig. 1: Single-cell RNA sequencing profiles comparing breast cancer cells from primary and metastatic tumor sites. a A schematic showing the single-cell RNA sequencing of the sorted cells from L2T- or L2G-labeled TNBC PDX (mice 1 and 2) or MDA-MB-231 tumor (mouse 3)-bearing mice, both primary breast tumors and lung metastases...
by University of Southern California Credit: DOI: 10.1089/hum.2021.050 Cancer is the second leading cause of death in the United States. But in recent years, a revolutionary therapy has brought new hope in the fight against the disease that takes the lives of nearly 600,000 Americans each year. Chimeric Antigen Receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy is a highly...
IMAGE: JNCCN AUGUST 2021 COVER CREDIT: NCCN PLYMOUTH MEETING, PA [August 26, 2021]— Among all patients with neuroendocrine tumors (NETs), the risk of dying of cancer was higher than that of dying of other causes, but mortality varies by primary tumor site, according to a new study published in the August 2021 issue of JNCCN—Journal of...
by University of Zurich A piece of the tumor was made completely transparent and scanned in 3D with a special microscope. The components labeled with fluorescent colors were rendered in a rotatable 3D representation on the computer (red: blood vessels, turquoise: tumor cells, yellow: therapeutic antibody). Credit: Plückthun Lab A new technology developed by UZH researchers enables the...
INSTITUT PASTEUR Monoclonal antibodies are part of the therapeutic arsenal for eliminating cancer cells. Some make use of the immune system to act and belong to a class of treatment called “immunotherapies.” But how do these antibodies function within the tumor? And how can we hope to improve their efficacy? Using innovative in vivo imaging...
by American Institute of Physics When a person sings, the vibrations create waves in the tissue near the vocal tract called shear waves. If a tumor is present in the thyroid, the elasticity of its surrounding tissue increases, stiffening, and causing the shear waves to accelerate. Using ultrasound imaging to measure these waves, researchers can determine...
by University of Michigan If cancer is a series of puzzles, a new study pieces together how several of those puzzles connect to form a bigger picture. One major piece is the immune system and the question of why certain immune cells stop doing their job. Another piece involves how histones are altered within immune...
by Sophie Belcher, University of Birmingham A newly published study led by the Universities of Oxford and Birmingham has found that, compared to other cancers, patients with blood cancers are more vulnerable to the effects of the coronavirus pandemic. As access to treatment remains of upmost importance, this information will help clinicians to guide patients...
