Posts by University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Activating an estrogen receptor can stop pancreatic cancer cells from growing
Activating the G protein-coupled estrogen receptor (GPER) stops pancreatic cancer from growing and also makes tumors more visible to the immune system …
Read Full ArticleBlood test may help doctors catch pancreatic cancer early
Study shows liquid biopsy may be a viable option for both diagnosis and staging of pancreatic cancer. …
Read Full ArticlePARP inhibitor drugs can be ‘tuned’ for better killing of tumor cells
Cancer-killing “PARP inhibitor” drug that has struggled to show effectiveness in clinical trials can be structurally modified to greatly increase its power to kill tumor cells. …
Read Full ArticleResearchers identify cancer cell defect driving resistance to CAR T cell therapy
Study identifying mechanism that prevents cell death may guide future immunotherapy strategies. …
Read Full ArticleBrain tumor organoids may be key to time-sensitive treatments for glioblastomas
Glioblastoma organoids grown from patient tissue can be rapidly deployed to investigate personalized treatment approaches. …
Read Full ArticleProton therapy lowers risk of side effects in cancer compared to traditional radiation
Study finds proton cancer therapy leads to significantly lower risk of side effects compared with traditional radiation, …
Read Full ArticleResearchers predict 10-year breast cancer recurrence with MRI scans
Study shows that 10-year breast cancer recurrence can be predicted using MRI imaging to characterize breast tumor heterogeneity. …
Read Full ArticleTurning key metabolic process back on could make sarcoma more susceptible to treatment
Researchers find that ramping up expression of metabolic enzyme FBP2 suppresses soft tissue sarcoma progression in mouse models. …
Read Full ArticleBlood test can predict prognosis in deadly brain cancer
Study points to clinical utility of liquid biopsy in glioblastoma. …
Read Full ArticleTuberculous infection is not life-long in most people
A new analysis challenges the longstanding notion that tuberculous infection is a life-long infection that could strike at any time and cause tuberculosis (TB). …
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