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New approach identifies epigenetic changes in leukemia cells for patients undergoing ibrutinib treatment

Many new anti-cancer drugs inhibit proteins that are essential for the proliferation of cancer cells. One example is ibrutinib, an innovative therapy for chronic lymphocytic leukemia first approved in 2014.

29 Jan 2019

EZH2 mutations can be used as marker for diagnosing different types of cancers

Inside the cell, DNA is tightly wrapped around proteins and packed in a complex, 3D structure that we call "chromatin".

29 Jan 2019

Review paper on transformative potential of precision and personalized medicine for cancer treatment

In a paper published in the September/December 2018 issue of TECHNOLOGY, a group of researchers from Rutgers University Department of Biomedicine Engineering have published a review paper on the transformative potential of precision and personalized medicine (PPM) for cancer treatment.

29 Jan 2019

Despite small pay gap, women faculty likely to accumulate less wealth over their lifetimes

Around the country, women physician researchers make 7 to 8 percent less per year than men. At the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, efforts to eliminate such a gender disparity have cut the difference in salaries from 2.6 percent in 2005 to a statistically insignificant 1.9 percent in 2016.

28 Jan 2019

Genetically modified chickens could soon lay eggs containing certain medications

In breakthrough research, a team of scientists from University of Edinburgh’s Roslin Institute, have genetically modified chicken to lay eggs that contain medications for arthritis and some cancers.

28 Jan 2019

GW researchers engineer nanoimmunotherapy to treat cancer

A team from the George Washington University Cancer Center has engineered a nanoimmunotherapy that combines the advantages of nanotechnology and immunotherapy to treat cancer.

28 Jan 2019

Genetic testing to be provided by the NHS in exchange for genomic data

The NHS is going to start providing genetic tests in exchange for patients in England who agree to share their genomic data so that it can be used for research.

28 Jan 2019

New research collaboration between EU and Russia focuses on infectious diseases

A new EU project on the theme of HIV, hepatitis C and tuberculosis is a door opener for collaboration between researchers from EU countries and Russia.

28 Jan 2019

New study helps researchers to understand smoking behaviors of inmates in state prison

Inmates want to quit smoking but don't have access to smoking cessation programs in state prisons, increasing the risk - especially among black male inmates -- of cancer, heart disease, stroke and other smoking-related diseases, according to Rutgers researchers.

28 Jan 2019

Mechanism of inflammation initiation through NLRP3 inflammasome activation revealed

Inflammation is the response of our immune system to infection and harmful environmental effects. On one hand, it is beneficial as it defends our body against microbes. On the other hand, excessive inflammation leads to serious diseases.

28 Jan 2019

Researchers discover immune regulator that appears to dictate glioblastoma

Researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have discovered an immune regulator that appears to dictate glioblastoma progression by shutting down immune surveillance, indicating a potential new area of therapeutic investigation.

28 Jan 2019

Researchers develop new tool that images blood flow through tiny capillaries

More than 40 billion capillaries -- tiny, hair-like blood vessels -- are tasked with carrying oxygen and nutrients to the far reaches of the human body.

28 Jan 2019

Hens that lay human proteins in eggs offer cost-effective method of producing new drugs

Chickens that are genetically modified to produce human proteins in their eggs can offer a cost-effective method of producing certain types of drugs, research suggests.

28 Jan 2019

Targeting Sirt-1 enzyme shows promise in controlling graft-vs-host disease

Bone marrow transplant offers patients with leukemia and lymphoma a potentially curative treatment. Bone marrow from the donor contains healthy immune cells, whose mission is to protect the body from invaders.

28 Jan 2019

Leica Microsystems' new THUNDER imagers set to transform visualization of 3D samples

World-leading designer and manufacturer of innovative microscope solutions, Leica Microsystems, has announced the launch of a new class of instruments for high-speed, high-quality imaging of a large diversity of samples, including thick specimens.

From Leica Microsystems GmbH 28 Jan 2019

Injection of genetically modified virus effectively treats metastatic melanoma patients

Injection of a genetically modified virus that induces the body's own immune cells to attack metastatic melanoma effectively treated almost 40 percent of patients with tumors that could not be surgically removed, according to researchers from three prominent cancer centers in a study published as an "article in press" on the Journal of the American College of Surgeons website in advance of print publication.

28 Jan 2019

Study: Prolonged presence of precursor cells in thymus may give rise to leukemia

Acute T-cell lymphoblastic leukemia is a rare type of blood cancer that affects mostly children. This blood cancer appears from the precursor cells that produce T lymphocytes.

28 Jan 2019

Regular use of aspirin may help some patients survive head and neck cancer

Regular use of aspirin or other nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs may help some patients with head and neck cancer survive the disease, according to a study led by Professor Jennifer Grandis at the University of California, San Francisco.

27 Jan 2019

Scientists pinpoint mechanism that leads to steroid diabetes

Patients undergoing long-term treatment with steroids may suffer from metabolic side effects. Researchers at the Helmholtz Zentrum München and the Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich, partners in the German Center for Diabetes Research, have now pinpointed a mechanism that leads to so-called steroid diabetes

25 Jan 2019

NIH researchers discover that anti-flu antibodies can inhibit two different viral proteins

Researchers from the National Institutes of Health have discovered that antibodies that may form the basis of a universal flu vaccine inhibit a second viral protein in addition to the one that they bind.

25 Jan 2019

Cancer News and Research

Latest Cancer News and Research

New approach identifies epigenetic changes in leukemia cells for patients undergoing ibrutinib treatment

EZH2 mutations can be used as marker for diagnosing different types of cancers

Review paper on transformative potential of precision and personalized medicine for cancer treatment

Despite small pay gap, women faculty likely to accumulate less wealth over their lifetimes

Genetically modified chickens could soon lay eggs containing certain medications

GW researchers engineer nanoimmunotherapy to treat cancer

Genetic testing to be provided by the NHS in exchange for genomic data

New research collaboration between EU and Russia focuses on infectious diseases

New study helps researchers to understand smoking behaviors of inmates in state prison

Mechanism of inflammation initiation through NLRP3 inflammasome activation revealed

Researchers discover immune regulator that appears to dictate glioblastoma

Researchers develop new tool that images blood flow through tiny capillaries

Hens that lay human proteins in eggs offer cost-effective method of producing new drugs

Targeting Sirt-1 enzyme shows promise in controlling graft-vs-host disease

Leica Microsystems' new THUNDER imagers set to transform visualization of 3D samples

Injection of genetically modified virus effectively treats metastatic melanoma patients

Study: Prolonged presence of precursor cells in thymus may give rise to leukemia

Regular use of aspirin may help some patients survive head and neck cancer

Scientists pinpoint mechanism that leads to steroid diabetes

NIH researchers discover that anti-flu antibodies can inhibit two different viral proteins

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