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Innovative surgery to repair phrenic nerve injury improves breathing function

A study led by UCLA researchers found that in people with breathing difficulties caused by phrenic nerve injury surgical reconstruction of the nerve can lead to significant improvement in breathing and an increase in regular physical activities.

25 Oct 2016

New partnership provides access to pioneering fluorescent probe technology to understand disease progression

Edinburgh Research & Innovation, the commercialisation arm of The University of Edinburgh, has entered a licence agreement with the life science business of Merck, a leading science and technology company in healthcare, life science and performance materials.

25 Oct 2016

Breakthrough Award supports research on role of chronic stress in breast cancer development

Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey resident research member Wenwei Hu, PhD, has received a $596,250 Breakthrough Award from the U.S. Department of Defense through its Breast Cancer Research Program to study the role of chronic stress in breast cancer development.

25 Oct 2016

MTPConnect to provide $7.4 million funding for 14 national projects in medtech, biotech and pharmaceutical sector

MTPConnect - the Medical Technologies and Pharmaceuticals Industry Growth Centre - today announced it will provide $7.4 million of funding over two years for 14 national projects in the medtech, biotech and pharmaceutical (MTP) sector.

25 Oct 2016

Painful sex in women after cancer needs to be addressed, UC Davis researcher suggests

Painful sex in women after cancer treatment is relatively common, often treatable and needs to be addressed by medical providers, a UC Davis oncologist and researcher suggests.

25 Oct 2016

Salk researchers develop new computer program to measure blepharosplasm severity

If two clinicians observe the same patient with blepharospasm -- uncontrollable muscle contractions around the eye -- they'll often come away with two different conclusions on the severity of the patient's symptoms.

24 Oct 2016

Researchers elucidate molecular mechanisms underlying negative effects of early-life stress

Scientists have long known that chronic exposure to psychosocial stress early in life can lead to an increased vulnerability later in life to diseases linked to immune dysfunction and chronic inflammation, including arthritis, asthma, cancer, diabetes, heart disease and even mental illness.

24 Oct 2016

New approach could overcome large immunosuppressive tumors

Harnessing the body's own immune system to destroy tumors is a tantalizing prospect that has yet to realize its full potential. However, a new advance from MIT may bring this strategy, known as cancer immunotherapy, closer to becoming reality.

24 Oct 2016

UGA researchers developing big data methods to help tackle diseases

The University of Georgia's Ping Ma will use a new grant to crunch big data numbers, not uncommon for a statistics professor. What is unusual is that his work may help save lives.

24 Oct 2016

Screening for prolactin receptor could help improve TNBC prognosis and treatment

A study conducted at the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre suggests screening breast cancer patients for the prolactin receptor could improve the prognosis for patient and may help them avoid unnecessary and invasive treatments

24 Oct 2016

TSRI scientists discover reason for lack of successful HCV vaccine design

Researchers have been trying for decades to develop a vaccine against the globally endemic hepatitis C virus (HCV). Now scientists at The Scripps Research Institute have discovered one reason why success has so far been elusive.

24 Oct 2016

Identification of new lung cancer subtypes could lead to personalized immunotherapies

Personalized therapies can potentially improve the outcomes of patients with lung cancer, but how to best design such an approach is not always clear.

24 Oct 2016

Boosting levels of detoxification compound may help prevent metabolic decline linked to aging

Researchers at Oregon State University have found that a specific detoxification compound, glutathione, helps resist the toxic stresses of everyday life - but its levels decline with age and this sets the stage for a wide range of age-related health problems.

24 Oct 2016

Tackling antimicrobial resistance by turning ideas into action

“This is our moment to tackle antimicrobial resistance (AMR),” declared Ed Whiting, Head of Policy and Chief of Staff, Wellcome Trust, London at Antibiotic Research UK’s inaugural lecture held at Portcullis House, Westminster today. Ed’s pragmatic discussion mirrored the theme of the event: turning ideas in action.

24 Oct 2016

Combination of two drugs could be effective strategy to target T-cell lymphocytic leukemia

Researchers have determined that two Phase 1 drugs (CX-4945 and JQ1) can work together to efficiently kill T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia cells while having minimal impact on normal blood cells.

24 Oct 2016

Basal tumor cell marker could help physicians personalize care for patients with bladder cancer

Tumor cells collected during the removal of a cancerous bladder and - in some cases - transplanted into mice with weakened immune systems, could help physicians rapidly identify high-risk cancers, determine prognosis and refine the use of biomarkers to personalize care for patients with this common cancer, according to a study published online on Oct. 24, 2016, in Scientific Reports.

24 Oct 2016

Fission yeast could help discover novel cancer drugs

Cancer is a notoriously difficult disease to treat. Not only do a wide variety of cancers exist, requiring specialized treatments for each type, but cancer cells within an individual can morph and render previously potent therapeutics ineffective.

24 Oct 2016

Danish researchers develop new method to study distribution of tracer in tumours

A Danish research team is behind a new method for studying how a tracer is distributed in a cancer tumour via its extensive vascular network.

24 Oct 2016

Researchers develop new, highly-specific functional imaging probe to detect hypoxic tumors

Tumor detection using targeted fluorescent imaging probes is a promising technology that takes advantage of specific molecular events occurring in cancer tissues.

24 Oct 2016

Novel ‘gene therapy in a box’ could effectively deliver modified blood stem cells

A table-top device that enables medical staff to genetically manipulate a patient's blood to deliver potential new therapies for cancer, HIV and other diseases would eliminate the need for multi-million-dollar "clean rooms," making gene therapy more possible for even the poorest of countries.

24 Oct 2016

Cancer News and Research

Latest Cancer News and Research

Innovative surgery to repair phrenic nerve injury improves breathing function

New partnership provides access to pioneering fluorescent probe technology to understand disease progression

Breakthrough Award supports research on role of chronic stress in breast cancer development

MTPConnect to provide $7.4 million funding for 14 national projects in medtech, biotech and pharmaceutical sector

Painful sex in women after cancer needs to be addressed, UC Davis researcher suggests

Salk researchers develop new computer program to measure blepharosplasm severity

Researchers elucidate molecular mechanisms underlying negative effects of early-life stress

New approach could overcome large immunosuppressive tumors

UGA researchers developing big data methods to help tackle diseases

Screening for prolactin receptor could help improve TNBC prognosis and treatment

TSRI scientists discover reason for lack of successful HCV vaccine design

Identification of new lung cancer subtypes could lead to personalized immunotherapies

Boosting levels of detoxification compound may help prevent metabolic decline linked to aging

Tackling antimicrobial resistance by turning ideas into action

Combination of two drugs could be effective strategy to target T-cell lymphocytic leukemia

Basal tumor cell marker could help physicians personalize care for patients with bladder cancer

Fission yeast could help discover novel cancer drugs

Danish researchers develop new method to study distribution of tracer in tumours

Researchers develop new, highly-specific functional imaging probe to detect hypoxic tumors

Novel ‘gene therapy in a box’ could effectively deliver modified blood stem cells

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