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Researchers discover effective treatment strategy for lethal glioblastoma

Glioblastoma (GBM) is the most lethal brain tumor, with a median survival rate of merely 12-16 months after diagnosis. Despite surgical, radiation and chemotherapy treatments, the two-year survival rate for GBM patients is less than 10%.

7 Oct 2024

Innovative immunotherapy harnesses natural killer T cells to combat solid tumors

In the fight against cancer, chimeric antigen receptor T cell (CAR-T) therapy has achieved notable success in treating blood cancers. However, it has been largely ineffective against solid tumors.

7 Oct 2024

Researchers use AI to reveal sex-based differences in glioblastoma prognosis

For years, cancer researchers have noticed that more men than women get a lethal form of brain cancer called glioblastoma.

7 Oct 2024

New insights on 5-fluorouracil's mechanism in different cancers

Study reveals the drug, 5-fluorouracil, acts differently in different types of cancer — a finding that could help researchers design better drug combinations.

7 Oct 2024

Early blood test can predict treatment response and survival prospects in metastatic prostate cancer

A blood test, performed when metastatic prostate cancer is first diagnosed, can predict which patients are likely to respond to treatment and survive the longest.

7 Oct 2024

New insights into immune mechanisms that prevent cancer metastasis

Metastatic disease - when cancer spreads from the primary tumor to other parts of the body - is the cause of most cancer deaths.

7 Oct 2024

When CDK12/13 stalls, healthy prostate cells take a malignant turn

CDK12 is established as a tumor suppressor in prostate cancer, with its loss driving aggressive disease and creating vulnerabilities for targeted therapies.

7 Oct 2024

Bruker Introduces Innovative Neuroscience Research Solution with High-Speed OptoVolt Voltage Imaging

New multiphoton microscopy module enables millisecond neural event imaging at single neuron resolution.

From Bruker Nano Surfaces and Metrology 7 Oct 2024

New cell therapy offers effective treatment for patients with T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia

A new cell therapy, targeting CD7 on leukaemia cells, gives a potentially effective treatment for patients with T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (T-ALL) who have exhausted all standard treatment options.

7 Oct 2024

Single-cell genomics unveils secrets of the human microbiome

The human microbiome plays a critical role in our health, influencing everything from disease development to treatment responses.

7 Oct 2024

Researchers identify key mechanism behind atherosclerosis in Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome

A team of researchers from the Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares Carlos III (CNIC), the Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas Margarita Salas (CIB-CSIC), and the Instituto de Ciencias de Materiales de Madrid (ICMM-CSIC) has made a significant breakthrough in understanding the underlying causes of cardiovascular disease in patients with Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome (HGPS), an ultra-rare genetic disorder that accelerates the aging process.

7 Oct 2024

Researchers uncover secret to regulating the body's internal clock

Scientists from Duke-NUS Medical School and the University of California, Santa Cruz, have discovered the secret to regulating our internal clock.

7 Oct 2024

Exploring the challenges of auditory magic tricks

Magic tricks make the impossible seem possible. Magicians have long captivated audiences with visual tricks, such as pulling a bunny from a hat or sawing someone in half, but tricks that rely on sound are scarce.

7 Oct 2024

New deep-learning framework identifies non-addictive pain relief options

An estimated one in five Americans live with chronic pain and current treatment options leave much to be desired.

7 Oct 2024

Uncovering the 'needles' in the bacterial haystack

Imagine a country with a billion people, where every individual has different interests and different goals. You will never know their interests and goals until you ask them, but asking a billion people is not an easy task.

7 Oct 2024

Yourgene Health and Genetix launch first local non-invasive prenatal testing service in Colombia

Yourgene Health (part of the Novacyt group of companies), a leading international molecular diagnostics group, has installed the first non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT) workflow in Colombia at Genetix, a high-tech medical organization specialized in human genetic diagnosis.

From Yourgene Health 7 Oct 2024