Posts Tagged ‘cancer’
‘Ancient’ cellular discovery key to new cancer therapies
Researchers have uncovered a metabolic system critical for the regulation of cell growth and proliferation that could lead to new cancer therapies. …
Read Full ArticleNew technique predicts which melanoma patients are at risk for metastatic recurrence
Primary melanoma patients with lower T-cell fraction are 2.5 times more likely to have cancer metastasize than patients with higher T-cell fraction. …
Read Full ArticleDozens of non-oncology drugs can kill cancer cells
A study testing thousands of medicines in hundreds of cancer cell lines in the lab uncovers new tricks for many old drugs. …
Read Full ArticleLow doses of radiation used in medical imaging lead to mutations in cell cultures
New findings show that exposure of human cell cultures to low-dose ionizing radiation, typically used in medical imaging, creates breaks in chromosomes that allow the insertion of extra bits of foreign DNA. …
Read Full ArticleHormone resistance in breast cancer linked to DNA ‘rewiring’
The 3D structure of DNA is ‘rewired’ in hormone-resistant estrogen receptor-positive breast cancers, altering gene expression patterns. …
Read Full ArticleEstrogen may facilitate the growth of liver metastases in non-sex-specific cancers
Mouse study identifies the female hormone estrogen as a regulator of a pro-metastatic tumor microenvironment in the liver and a potential therapeutic target. …
Read Full ArticleMultimodal genomic analyses predict response to immunotherapy in lung cancer patients
Researchers have developed an integrated genomic approach that potentially could predict which patients with non-small-cell lung cancer will respond to immune checkpoint inhibitors. …
Read Full ArticleHeterogeneity of liver cancer cells helps explain tumor progression in patients
Many liver cancer tumors contain a highly diverse set of cells, a phenomenon known as intra-tumor heterogeneity that can significantly affect the rate at which the cancer grows, …
Read Full ArticleBlood-clotting protein and blood platelets promote immune evasion, cancer progression
A new study reveals how a clotting protein and blood platelets can promote cancer progression and suppress immune responses to cancer. …
Read Full ArticleLower levels of lymphocyte blood cells may indicate increased risk of death
Lower levels of lymphocyte blood cells — a condition called lymphopenia — could be an early warning for future illness, …
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