Posts Tagged ‘cancer’
Permanent hair dye and straighteners may increase breast cancer risk
Scientists found that women who use permanent hair dye and chemical hair straighteners have a higher risk of developing breast cancer than women who don’t use these products. …
Read Full ArticleNew treatment for brain tumors uses electrospun fiber
A novel engineering process can deliver a safe and effective dose of medicine for brain tumors without exposing patients to toxic side effects from traditional chemotherapy. …
Read Full ArticleNew technique visually depicts how cancer cells grow and spread in colon tissue
Researchers have observed how stem cell mutations quietly arise and spread throughout a widening field of the colon until they eventually predominate and become a malignancy. …
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 ArticleIntestinal stem cell genes may link dietary fat and colon cancer
Two genes that appear to help stem cells in the intestine burn dietary fat may play a role in colon cancer, …
Read Full ArticleUsing artificial intelligence to determine whether immunotherapy is working
Researchers use artificial intelligence with routine CT scans to predict how well lung cancer patients will respond to expensive immunotherapy. …
Read Full ArticleScientists find promising drug combination against lethal childhood brain cancers
Scientists have identified potentially useful drug combinations to treat a group of deadly childhood brain cancers collectively called diffuse midline glomas. …
Read Full ArticleOne-two punch drug combination offers hope for pancreatic cancer therapy
Scientists have identified a combination of two anti-cancer compounds that shrank pancreatic tumors in mice–supporting the immediate evaluation of the drugs in a clinical trial. …
Read Full ArticleBlocking a survival mechanism could tackle melanoma treatment resistance
Researchers have demonstrated an approach, used in parallel with existing treatments, which knocks out one of melanoma cells’ survival pathways and is effective at triggering tumor cell death …
Read Full ArticleDriver found for more deadly prostate cancer
A transcription factor that aids neuron function also appears to enable a cell conversion in the prostate gland that can make an already recurrent cancer even more deadly, …
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