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Northwestern scientists develop miniature personalized female reproductive system for testing drugs

Northwestern Medicine has developed a miniature female reproductive tract that fits in the palm of your hand and could eventually change the future of research and treatment of diseases in women’s reproductive organs.

29 Mar 2017

Study explores new immunotherapy combinations to treat prostate cancer

Prostate cancer, notoriously resistant to immunotherapy due to its immunologically cool nature, triggers two pathways to chill an immune attack after one immunotherapy drug fires up the immune system, researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center report in Nature Medicine.

29 Mar 2017

Research reveals dual role of TGF-beta cytokine in liver cancer

Recent research results from the TGF-beta and cancer research group at the Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute, within IT-Liver, a collaborative European action among several research groups led by Dr. Isabel Fabregat, provide a better understanding of the role of the TGF-beta cytokine in liver cancer.

29 Mar 2017

Rarely studied faulty USF3 gene may predispose individuals to thyroid cancer

Charis Eng, M.D., Ph.D., of Cleveland Clinic and her team have discovered that a faulty, rarely studied gene called USF3 may predispose individuals to thyroid cancer. They recently published this discovery in Human Molecular Genetics.

29 Mar 2017

Study identifies how BPA may encourage inflammatory breast cancer growth

The chemical bisphenol A, or BPA, appears to aid the survival of inflammatory breast cancer cells, revealing a potential mechanism for how the disease grows, according to a study led by researchers in the Department of Surgery at Duke University School of Medicine and the Duke Cancer Institute.

28 Mar 2017

Study finds broad support for larger health warnings on cigarette packs

Health warnings cover about 10 percent of a cigarette pack's exterior surface in the United States, but there is broad support, even among smokers, for making them significantly larger, a University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center study has found.

28 Mar 2017

Survey finds alarming rates of shared decision making for prostate cancer screening

A new study finds that while a blood test that helps to screen for prostate cancer remains common, only 30 percent of men in a large national survey reported having a balanced discussion of the advantages and disadvantages of the screening with their doctor.

28 Mar 2017

New fluorescent probe could illuminate tumors during surgery

What if you could plaster cancer cells with glowing "Here We Are" signs, so surgeons could be confident that they'd removed every last speck of a tumor? That's what Haiying Liu has in mind for his new fluorescent probe.

28 Mar 2017

TSRI researchers reveal how viruses incapacitate bacterial defense system

Picture bacteria and viruses locked in an arms race. For many bacteria, one line of defense against viral infection is a sophisticated RNA-guided "immune system" called CRISPR-Cas.

28 Mar 2017

JAX professor receives HFSP grant for 3D genome studies of memory, learning and epilepsy

Jackson Laboratory Professor Yijun Ruan, Ph.D., a leader in the study of the three-dimensional organization of the human genome, has received a three-year grant totaling $1,050,000 from the international Human Frontier Science Program to explore the fundamental mechanics involved in memory and learning as well as epilepsy.

28 Mar 2017

Study identifies protein as potential therapeutic target for pancreatic cancer

A protein known as arginine methyltransferase 1 (PRMT1) may be a potential therapeutic target for pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma, the most common type of pancreatic cancer, and one of the most deadliest with a less than 10 percent, five-year survival rate.

28 Mar 2017

Chinese researchers apply new modeling method to improve acoustic simulations in HIFU therapy

High-intensity focused ultrasound is a breakthrough therapeutic technique used to treat tumors. The principle of this noninvasive, targeted treatment is much like that of focusing sunlight through a lens, using an ultrasonic transducer like a convex lens to concentrate ultrasound into a small focal region.

28 Mar 2017

City of Hope researchers to highlight basic cancer research and population studies at AACR meeting

City of Hope, a world-renowned independent research and cancer and diabetes treatment center, will highlight a variety of basic research and population studies at the annual meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C., April 1 to 5.

28 Mar 2017

Higher vitamin D levels linked to lower cancer risk, study suggests

Increasing vitamin D levels may lower risk for developing cancer, according to a study conducted by Creighton University with cooperation from the University of California San Diego.

28 Mar 2017

Liquid biopsies that enable screening, early detection of cancer attract attention of investors

Interest is high in the development of blood-based tests that can be used to screen individuals for cancer. That isn't new, liquid biopsy industry has attracted attention and investment for the past few years.

28 Mar 2017

Study highlights importance of long-term research in bringing new cancer therapies to market

New drugs to treat cancer that are now emerging are the end products of research begun in the 1970s and '80s, a new study by Bentley University has found, demonstrating the importance of long-term research in bringing new therapies to market.

28 Mar 2017

Astaxanthin compound shows ability to activate 'longevity gene' in mice

The University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine and Cardax, Inc., a Honolulu based life sciences company, have jointly announced the results of an animal study evaluating the effectiveness of a compound that holds promise in anti-aging therapy.

28 Mar 2017

Cancer News and Research

Latest Cancer News and Research

Northwestern scientists develop miniature personalized female reproductive system for testing drugs

Study explores new immunotherapy combinations to treat prostate cancer

Research reveals dual role of TGF-beta cytokine in liver cancer

Rarely studied faulty USF3 gene may predispose individuals to thyroid cancer

Study identifies how BPA may encourage inflammatory breast cancer growth

Study finds broad support for larger health warnings on cigarette packs

Survey finds alarming rates of shared decision making for prostate cancer screening

New fluorescent probe could illuminate tumors during surgery

TSRI researchers reveal how viruses incapacitate bacterial defense system

JAX professor receives HFSP grant for 3D genome studies of memory, learning and epilepsy

Study identifies protein as potential therapeutic target for pancreatic cancer

Chinese researchers apply new modeling method to improve acoustic simulations in HIFU therapy

City of Hope researchers to highlight basic cancer research and population studies at AACR meeting

Higher vitamin D levels linked to lower cancer risk, study suggests

Liquid biopsies that enable screening, early detection of cancer attract attention of investors

Study highlights importance of long-term research in bringing new cancer therapies to market

Astaxanthin compound shows ability to activate 'longevity gene' in mice

Rogue proteins involved in breast cancer point to potential treatment options

Researchers develop two-pronged approach to personalize breast cancer treatment

New methodology enables real-time tracking of proton induced radiation chemistry in water

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