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Combination of a vaccine and checkpoint drugs reduces pancreatic tumors in mice

Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center discovered a combination of a cancer vaccine with two checkpoint drugs reduced pancreatic cancer tumors in mice, demonstrating a possible pathway for treatment of people with pancreatic cancers whose response to standard immunotherapy is poor.

18 Dec 2018

Study examines relationship between growth restriction and risk of childhood mortality

Almost all children live to see their eighteenth birthday despite a severe growth restriction, as long as they have survived their first month during infancy. This is indicated in a study by researchers at Karolinska Institutet, which is published in the journal PLOS Medicine.

18 Dec 2018

Researchers discover how MAPK translocation leads to drug resistance in melanoma

Researchers have discovered that the ER translocation of MAPK leads to drug resistance in melanoma.

18 Dec 2018

Metal-based chemotherapy enhances the effect of cancer immunotherapy

Due to their powerful tumor-killing effect, metal-based chemotherapies are frequently used in cancer treatment. However, it was hitherto assumed that they damaged the immune system, because of their cytotoxic (cell-damaging) effect even against dividing healthy cells.

18 Dec 2018

Researchers identify potential target for new breast cancer treatments

Researchers from the School of Basic & Medical Biosciences have identified a potential target that could lead to new treatments for triple negative breast cancer.

18 Dec 2018

McMaster study: Your postal code may play a role in your risk of major diseases

Where you live in Canada may play a role in your risk of major diseases like cardiovascular disease, diabetes and cancer.

18 Dec 2018

CRISPR may restore effectiveness of chemotherapies used to treat lung cancer

The CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing system may be able to restore the effectiveness of first-line chemotherapies used to treat lung cancer by deleting or "knocking out" a gene in cancer tumors that helps the tumors develop resistance to the drugs.

18 Dec 2018

New $1.6 million NIH grant supports study on a gene vital to circadian rhythms

Circadian rhythms (from the Latin circa diem -- "around a day") based on the Earth's 24-hour rotation have been observed since the fourth century.

18 Dec 2018

Plain tobacco packaging has increased the price of leading products, shows new study

The introduction of plain tobacco packaging led to an increase in the price of leading products, according to new research from the University of Stirling.

18 Dec 2018

Neuroscience-protein that creates borders inside the brain

Boundaries between different regions of the brain are essential for the brain to function. Research to-date has shown that molecular machineries located at the cell membrane such as cell adhesion molecules are responsible for regulating the boundary formation.

18 Dec 2018

Green leafy vegetables may reduce risk of developing liver steatosis

A larger portion of green leafy vegetables in the diet may reduce the risk of developing liver steatosis, or fatty liver. In a study published in PNAS researchers from Karolinska Institutet in Sweden show how a larger intake of inorganic nitrate, which occurs naturally in many types of vegetable, reduces accumulation of fat in the liver.

17 Dec 2018

Scientists create patient-specific model to identify most effective treatment for appendix cancer

Scientists at the Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine have recently developed a process that may change the way cancer of the appendix is treated in the future.

17 Dec 2018

Study finds new strains of hepatitis C virus in sub-Saharan Africa

The largest population study of hepatitis C in Africa has found three new strains of the virus circulating in the general population in sub-Saharan Africa.

17 Dec 2018

New approach to tumor analysis could improve prognosis for bowel cancer patients

Bowel (colorectal) cancer is the third most commonly occurring cancer in men and the second most commonly occurring cancer in women worldwide. The global burden is expected to increase by 60 per cent to more than 2.2 million new cases and 1.1 million deaths by 2030.

17 Dec 2018

New 'epigenetics-based' cervical cancer test outperforms Pap smear and HPV tests

A new test for cervical cancer was found to detect all of the cancers in a randomized clinical screening trial of 15,744 women, outperforming both the current Pap smear and human papillomavirus test at a reduced cost, according to a study led by Queen Mary University of London.

17 Dec 2018

Ten year follow-up after negative colonoscopy related to reduced risk of colorectal cancer

Ten years after a negative colonoscopy, Kaiser Permanente members had 46 percent lower risk of being diagnosed with and were 88 percent less likely to die from colorectal cancer compared with those who did not undergo colorectal cancer screening, according to a study published today in JAMA Internal Medicine.

17 Dec 2018

Cancer News and Research

Latest Cancer News and Research

Combination of a vaccine and checkpoint drugs reduces pancreatic tumors in mice

Study examines relationship between growth restriction and risk of childhood mortality

Researchers discover how MAPK translocation leads to drug resistance in melanoma

Metal-based chemotherapy enhances the effect of cancer immunotherapy

Researchers identify potential target for new breast cancer treatments

McMaster study: Your postal code may play a role in your risk of major diseases

CRISPR may restore effectiveness of chemotherapies used to treat lung cancer

New $1.6 million NIH grant supports study on a gene vital to circadian rhythms

Plain tobacco packaging has increased the price of leading products, shows new study

Neuroscience-protein that creates borders inside the brain

Green leafy vegetables may reduce risk of developing liver steatosis

Scientists create patient-specific model to identify most effective treatment for appendix cancer

Study finds new strains of hepatitis C virus in sub-Saharan Africa

New approach to tumor analysis could improve prognosis for bowel cancer patients

New 'epigenetics-based' cervical cancer test outperforms Pap smear and HPV tests

Ten year follow-up after negative colonoscopy related to reduced risk of colorectal cancer

Malnutrition in children with Crohn's disease linked with increased risk of surgical complications

New bacterial species may help fight obesity and metabolic disorders

Health suffers deep in the troubled heart of Texas

Loughborough academics part of new project investigating effectiveness of personalized breast cancer screening

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