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Treating pre-cancerous stem cells at early stage could be key to preventing bowel cancer

Treating pre-cancerous stem cells at an early stage could be key to preventing bowel cancer in people born with a very high risk of the disease, according to a study in mice presented at the 2018 NCRI Cancer Conference.

7 Nov 2018

U.S. Department of Defense grants 'Impact Award' to explore therapeutic options against advanced prostate cancer

The U.S. Department of Defense has granted the "Impact Award" to explore new therapeutic options against advanced prostate cancer - scientifically known as castration-resistant or hormone therapy resistant prostate cancer- to a multidisciplinary team of researchers made up of the Prostate Cancer Clinical Research Unit of the Spanish National Cancer Research Center, led by David Olmos, the Prostate Cancer Translational Research Group of the Vall d'Hebron Institute of Oncology, led by Joaquín Mateo, and the Genetics and Solid Tumors Laboratory of the University of Washington, led by Colin Pritchard.

7 Nov 2018

WPI professor explores how lipids in our bodies and cell membranes affect aging, long-term health

A professor at Worcester Polytechnic Institute is exploring aging on the molecular level, examining how the lipids found in our bodies, particularly those in our cell membranes, change as we age, and how those changes may affect bone and muscle strength, brain health, and our propensity for age-related diseases, including Alzheimer's disease.

7 Nov 2018

Scientists discover new details about UHRF1 protein

Epigenetic changes often play an important role in cancer, because they cause the genetic material to be read incorrectly at certain locations. Genes that are especially critical are those that control the growth and death of cells.

7 Nov 2018

Researchers find no link between childhood vaccination and risk of allergy

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden, having compared the development of allergies in children with and without the recommended vaccinations, find no support for the claim that childhood vaccination can increase the risk of allergy.

7 Nov 2018

New nuclear medicine tracer could improve diagnosis, treatment of non-small cell lung cancer

Researchers have developed a new nuclear medicine tracer that could improve diagnosis and treatment of non-small cell lung cancer.

7 Nov 2018

New immunotherapy screening prototype helps physicians to effectively target tumors

A new immunotherapy screening prototype developed by University of California, Irvine researchers can quickly create individualized cancer treatments that will allow physicians to effectively target tumors without the side effects of standard cancer drugs.

7 Nov 2018

New AI technology can potentially reduce bottlenecks in drug research

Researchers at the University of Waterloo have developed a new system that could significantly speed up the discovery of new drugs and reduce the need for costly and time-consuming laboratory tests.

7 Nov 2018

New synthetic compound based on brain hormone holds promise for cancer treatment

A lab team led by Nobel Prize winner Dr. Andrew Schally at the Miami Veterans Affairs Healthcare System and the University of Miami showed that a synthetic compound based on a brain hormone spurred the growth of cancer cells in Petri dishes but enigmatically had the opposite effect in mice.

6 Nov 2018

Researchers identify pathway to resolve allergic asthma

A group of Brazilian researchers succeeded in preventing allergic asthma from progressing in experimental models by increasing the amount of a protein. This increase, in turn, blocked the CD4+ T lymphocytes responsible for producing a cytokine that triggers a cascade of events resulting in the onset and progression of the disease.

6 Nov 2018

Soda industry steals page from tobacco to combat taxes on sugary drinks

In the run-up to the midterm elections, the soda industry has poured millions of dollars into fighting taxes on sugary drinks, an increasingly popular approach to combating obesity, which affects 40 percent of American adults.

6 Nov 2018

Cancer risk linked to mobile phone radiation in rats but cannot be extrapolated to humans

A new study on laboratory rats has shown that mobile phone radiation exposure is linked to cancers of the brain, heart and the adrenal glands. The rats however were exposed to very high amounts of radiation which is much more than what humans are exposed when they use cell phones.

5 Nov 2018

Dietary restriction could help prevent age-related decline in integrity of human gut

Flies eating a Spartan diet are protected from leaky gut and the systemic inflammation associated with it as they age. Conversely, flies on a rich Atkins-like diet are more prone to developing intestinal permeability, a condition linked to a variety of human conditions including inflammatory bowel disease.

5 Nov 2018

US businessman offers $5 million to UTSA College to incubate Alzheimer's challenge

To expand the understanding and explanation of Alzheimer's disease, United States businessman James Truchard has given a $5 million USD gift to The University of Texas at San Antonio College of Sciences to establish the Oskar Fischer Project.

5 Nov 2018

FDA approves LORBRENA for treatment of patients with ALK-positive metastatic NSCLC

Pfizer Inc. today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved LORBRENA, a third-generation anaplastic lymphoma kinase tyrosine kinase inhibitor for patients with ALK-positive metastatic non-small cell lung cancer whose disease has progressed on crizotinib and at least one other ALK inhibitor for metastatic disease; or whose disease has progressed on alectinib or ceritinib as the first ALK inhibitor therapy for metastatic disease.

5 Nov 2018

TGen and City of Hope announce letter of intent to develop new cell therapy manufacturing facility

City of Hope, a world-renowned independent cancer research and treatment center, and its affiliate, Translational Genomics Research Institute, have announced a letter of intent to develop a state-of-the-art cell therapy manufacturing facility in the Phoenix Metropolitan Area, a move that would improve the speed at which stem cell research and cancer treatment is delivered.

5 Nov 2018

Fluorescent marker helps surgeons to distinguish aggressive cancer cells from other cells

A chemical that highlights tumor cells has been used by surgeons to help spot and safely remove brain cancer in a trial presented at the 2018 NCRI Cancer Conference.

5 Nov 2018

New research explains how large virus shells are formed

A virus, the simplest physical object in biology, consists of a protein shell called the capsid, which protects its nucleic acid genome -- RNA or DNA. The capsid can be cylindrical or conical in shape, but more commonly it assumes an icosahedral structure, like a soccer ball.

5 Nov 2018

Low risk thyroid cancer patients can be treated with smaller amount of radiation, suggests study

Thyroid cancer patients whose disease is at low risk of returning can be treated safely with a smaller amount of radiation following surgery, according to results from the world's longest running trial to investigate this.

5 Nov 2018

Men with early prostate cancer choose lower survival odds to improve quality of life

Men who have been newly diagnosed with prostate cancer say they would trade some improvement in their odds of survival for improvements in side effects and quality of life, according to research presented at the 2018 NCRI Cancer Conference.

5 Nov 2018

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Latest Cancer News and Research

Treating pre-cancerous stem cells at early stage could be key to preventing bowel cancer

U.S. Department of Defense grants 'Impact Award' to explore therapeutic options against advanced prostate cancer

WPI professor explores how lipids in our bodies and cell membranes affect aging, long-term health

Scientists discover new details about UHRF1 protein

Researchers find no link between childhood vaccination and risk of allergy

New nuclear medicine tracer could improve diagnosis, treatment of non-small cell lung cancer

New immunotherapy screening prototype helps physicians to effectively target tumors

New AI technology can potentially reduce bottlenecks in drug research

New synthetic compound based on brain hormone holds promise for cancer treatment

Researchers identify pathway to resolve allergic asthma

Soda industry steals page from tobacco to combat taxes on sugary drinks

Cancer risk linked to mobile phone radiation in rats but cannot be extrapolated to humans

Dietary restriction could help prevent age-related decline in integrity of human gut

US businessman offers $5 million to UTSA College to incubate Alzheimer's challenge

FDA approves LORBRENA for treatment of patients with ALK-positive metastatic NSCLC

TGen and City of Hope announce letter of intent to develop new cell therapy manufacturing facility

Fluorescent marker helps surgeons to distinguish aggressive cancer cells from other cells

New research explains how large virus shells are formed

Low risk thyroid cancer patients can be treated with smaller amount of radiation, suggests study

Men with early prostate cancer choose lower survival odds to improve quality of life

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