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New technology uses immune system to deliver drugs directly to infection sites

A researcher at Washington State University Health Sciences Spokane has developed a new technology that harnesses the immune system to deliver drugs directly to infection sites within the body.

9 Aug 2019

Treatment with both targeted cancer therapy and MS drug halts glioblastoma stem cells

Glioblastoma is an aggressive form of brain cancer that infiltrates surrounding brain tissue, making it extremely difficult to treat with surgery.

9 Aug 2019

Innovative technology could treat cancer more selectively and effectively

Treating cancer more selectively and more effectively - this could be achieved with an innovative technology developed by teams of researchers at the Leibniz-Forschungsinstitut für Molekulare Pharmakologie and the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München.

9 Aug 2019

Rutgers' CHJL launches interactive resources to address inequities in cancer treatment

The Cancer Health Justice Lab at the Rutgers School of Public Health has launched a series of educational programming on cancer information, prevention, and treatment.

8 Aug 2019

Strong free-electron lasers can be used to break down amyloid protein aggregates

Amyloid fibrils are a type of self-assembled proteins/peptides that take on a stacked sheet-like formation. Amyloid fibril aggregates are known to be a cause of several diseases--including Alzheimer's--and therefore, it is of immense scientific interest to understand how these aggregates can be broken.

8 Aug 2019

Electromagnetic fields may prevent spread of breast cancer cells, study finds

Electromagnetic fields might help prevent some breast cancers from spreading to other parts of the body, new research has found.

8 Aug 2019

Study shows how cigarette smoke drives tumor aggressiveness in head and neck cancer

Head and neck cancer is the sixth most common cancer in the world. The vast majority of cases are head and neck squamous cell carcinoma, a type of cancer that arises in the outer layer of the skin and mucous membranes of the mouth, nose and throat.

8 Aug 2019

Moffitt study uncovers subtypes of squamous cell lung cancer

Lung cancer is the number one cause of cancer-related deaths in the United States, with squamous cell lung cancer (SCC) being one of the common types.

8 Aug 2019

A TARDIS could vastly improve detection of breast cancer

Scientists have devised a newer form of blood test called TARDIS to diagnose breast cancer more accurately. This could help many thousands of women avoid needless breast biopsies and removals, as well as helping to follow up the treatment of breast cancer.

8 Aug 2019

Study finds attractive therapeutic target for treatment of Kennedy's disease and prostrate cancer

A study led by scientists at the Institute for Research in Biomedicine and published in Nature Communications proposes chaperone protein Hps70 as an attractive therapeutic target for the treatment of Kennedy's disease—a rare neuromuscular condition—and of castration-resistant prostate cancer.

8 Aug 2019

Federal experts’ advice on HPV vaccine could leave adults confused

Vaccination decisions are usually pretty straightforward. People either meet the criteria for the vaccine based on their age or other factors or they don't. But when a federal panel recently recommended an update to the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine guidelines, it left a lot of uncertainty.

8 Aug 2019

ISCT expresses concern about companies offering unproven T-cell preservation services

ISCT, the International Society for Cell and Gene Therapy, the global professional society of clinicians, researchers, regulatory specialists, technologists and industry partners in the cell and gene therapy sector, today announces its objection to linking the benefits of cellular immunotherapy, in particular Chimeric Antigen Receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy, with recent market offerings for third party cryopreserving and banking of T-cells for future therapeutic use.

8 Aug 2019

Caffeine before bedtime has little effect on sleep quality, but alcohol and nicotine does

A new study has found that drinking coffee close to bedtime does not affect the quality of sleep, but that evening alcohol intake and smoking do.

8 Aug 2019

New Milford Hospital’s Eating Well program offers comfort to patients and caregivers

Diane and Phil Hannah started their lifelong journey together as neighbors who would talk to each other from their bedroom windows. They were high school sweethearts before they married in 1952.

8 Aug 2019

Ultrasensitive method for direct detection of circulating tumor cells in blood

Tumor cells circulating in blood are markers for the early detection and prognosis of cancer. However, detection of these cells is challenging because of their scarcity.

8 Aug 2019

Study aims to reduce therapy for subsets of patients with intermediate-risk neuroblastoma

Each year, approximately 750 patients are diagnosed with neuroblastoma in North America, the most common form of cancer in infants less than one year old.

8 Aug 2019

Survey shows increasing use of opioids to treat migraine headaches

An increasing number of Americans are using opioids to treat their migraine headaches, despite the fact that opioids are not the recommended first-line therapy for migraine in most cases.

7 Aug 2019

New 'liquid biopsy' blood test for breast cancer could help avoid unnecessary surgeries

A new type of blood test for breast cancer could help avoid thousands of unnecessary surgeries and otherwise precisely monitor disease progression, according to a study led by the Translational Genomics Research Institute and Mayo Clinic in Arizona.

7 Aug 2019

Lower air pollution levels save lives in New York State

Lower air pollution levels saved an estimated 5,660 lives in New York State in 2012, compared to 2002 levels, according to a new study.

7 Aug 2019

Federal funding helps expand clinical and translational research in Texas

Bolstered by more than $37 million in renewed funding from the National Institutes of Health, four institutions in The University of Texas System, along with Rice University, are partnering to expand clinical and translational research, producing better health outcomes for those in Texas and across the nation.

7 Aug 2019

Cancer News and Research

Latest Cancer News and Research

New technology uses immune system to deliver drugs directly to infection sites

Treatment with both targeted cancer therapy and MS drug halts glioblastoma stem cells

Innovative technology could treat cancer more selectively and effectively

Rutgers' CHJL launches interactive resources to address inequities in cancer treatment

Strong free-electron lasers can be used to break down amyloid protein aggregates

Electromagnetic fields may prevent spread of breast cancer cells, study finds

Study shows how cigarette smoke drives tumor aggressiveness in head and neck cancer

Moffitt study uncovers subtypes of squamous cell lung cancer

A TARDIS could vastly improve detection of breast cancer

Study finds attractive therapeutic target for treatment of Kennedy's disease and prostrate cancer

Federal experts’ advice on HPV vaccine could leave adults confused

ISCT expresses concern about companies offering unproven T-cell preservation services

Caffeine before bedtime has little effect on sleep quality, but alcohol and nicotine does

New Milford Hospital’s Eating Well program offers comfort to patients and caregivers

Ultrasensitive method for direct detection of circulating tumor cells in blood

Study aims to reduce therapy for subsets of patients with intermediate-risk neuroblastoma

Survey shows increasing use of opioids to treat migraine headaches

New 'liquid biopsy' blood test for breast cancer could help avoid unnecessary surgeries

Lower air pollution levels save lives in New York State

Federal funding helps expand clinical and translational research in Texas

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