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Evidence links severe gum disease to erectile dysfunction and broader men’s health risks

A healthy mouth is also key to a healthy body, as gum disease has been linked to non-communicable diseases such as diabetes, cardiovascular disease, rheumatoid arthritis and Alzheimer's.

20 Nov 2025

Global Virus Network awards first pandemic preparedness research grants across four continents

The Global Virus Network (GVN) is pleased to announce that, for the first time, it is awarding pandemic preparedness research grants, totaling $160,000, to GVN scientists across four continents.

20 Nov 2025

Study uncovers promising therapeutic strategies against neuroendocrine prostate cancer

A new study has uncovered promising therapeutic strategies against one of the deadliest forms of prostate cancer.

20 Nov 2025

New type of mitochondrial DNA damage revealed

A previously unknown type of DNA damage in the mitochondria, the tiny power plants inside our cells, could shed light on how our bodies sense and respond to stress.

20 Nov 2025

Study finds people with type 1 diabetes have higher bladder cancer risk

People with type 1 diabetes (previously called juvenile diabetes) are 4.29 times more likely to develop bladder cancer, according to a systematic review and meta-analysis by researchers at the Keck School of Medicine of USC.

19 Nov 2025

Focused ultrasound can be safely used in children being treated for brain cancer

Columbia University researchers are the first to show that focused ultrasound - a non-invasive technique that uses sound waves to enhance the delivery of drugs into the brain - can be safely used in children being treated for brain cancer.

19 Nov 2025

Even minimal cigarette use significantly increases heart disease and mortality risk

Smoking even 2-5 cigarettes a day can more than double your risk of any type of heart disease and raise your risk of death from any cause by 60% compared to people who never smoked, according to new research supported by the American Heart Association's Tobacco Center for Regulatory Science and published in PLOS Medicine.

19 Nov 2025

Cryo-EM reveals how proteins are protected during synthesis

Proteins are often called the building blocks of cells, but even those building blocks need to be built. One of the most important steps in the process of building proteins is glycosylation, when sugar molecules (glycans) are attached to the maturing protein.

19 Nov 2025

Cancer cells hijack cell death enzyme to regrow after treatment

The emergence of cancer drug resistance remains one of the most pressing problems in cancer care and there is a critical need to devise approaches to mitigate it.

19 Nov 2025

New NIH grants support research on how brain fluid movement drives glioblastoma spread

Jennifer Munson, a cancer researcher at Virginia Tech's Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC, has been awarded two new National Institutes of Health grants to advance greater understanding and improved treatment of a deadly brain cancer.

19 Nov 2025

Oral microsphere pills can detect markers of gastrointestinal disease

Move over, colonoscopies - researchers report in ACS Sensors that they've developed a sensor made of tiny microspheres packed with blood-sensing bacteria that detect markers of gastrointestinal disease.

19 Nov 2025

Current genetic screening guidelines overlook most cases of familial hypercholesterolemia

Current genetic screening guidelines fail to identify most people with an inherited condition known as familial hypercholesterolemia that can cause dangerously high cholesterol and early heart disease, a Mayo Clinic study found.

19 Nov 2025

Neoantigens-loaded DC vaccines show strong potential to overcome tumor resistance

Despite the success of immune checkpoint inhibitors in revolutionizing oncology, their benefits remain limited to a small fraction of patients.

19 Nov 2025

AI analysis of biopsy slides predicts rectal cancer treatment response

Artificial intelligence (AI) can predict how well patients with rectal cancer will respond to treatment by analyzing standard tissue samples taken during diagnosis, finds a new study from researchers at UCL and UCLH.

19 Nov 2025

Longest survival in the world reported to date for multiple myeloma patients

Berenson Cancer Center published survival data analyzed by the Institute for Myeloma & Bone Cancer Research of 175 consecutive and unselected patients with multiple myeloma in the journal Haematologica.

19 Nov 2025

Blood group A linked to a higher risk of primary biliary cholangitis

Findings indicate blood group A elevates the risk of primary biliary cholangitis, suggesting ABO group analysis could aid in autoimmune liver disease diagnosis.

19 Nov 2025

Blocking mir-21 shows promise for slowing bladder cancer growth

Bladder cancer ranks among the ten most common types of cancer worldwide. The main treatment is bladder removal surgery, and despite advances in systemic therapies, recurrence is frequent in the most aggressive forms of the disease.

18 Nov 2025

Study finds low uptake of colorectal cancer testing among adults aged 45 to 49

UCLA research finds that fewer than 1 in 4 eligible younger adults completed colorectal cancer screenings after the United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) lowered the recommended screening age to 45 from 50.

18 Nov 2025

New antibody strategy shows promise for halting cyst growth in polycystic kidney disease

Polycystic kidney disease (PKD) is a debilitating hereditary condition in which fluid-filled sacs form and proliferate in the kidneys. Over time, the painful, growing cysts rob the organs of their function, often leading to dialysis in advanced cases.

18 Nov 2025

DeepTarget tool uncovers primary and secondary drug targets across cancer types

One person's side effect could be another person's treatment if we expand our perspective on small molecule drug targets, according to a new study published November 5, 2025, in npj Precision Oncology.

18 Nov 2025

Cancer News and Research

Latest Cancer News and Research

Evidence links severe gum disease to erectile dysfunction and broader men’s health risks

Global Virus Network awards first pandemic preparedness research grants across four continents

Study uncovers promising therapeutic strategies against neuroendocrine prostate cancer

New type of mitochondrial DNA damage revealed

Study finds people with type 1 diabetes have higher bladder cancer risk

Focused ultrasound can be safely used in children being treated for brain cancer

Even minimal cigarette use significantly increases heart disease and mortality risk

Cryo-EM reveals how proteins are protected during synthesis

Cancer cells hijack cell death enzyme to regrow after treatment

New NIH grants support research on how brain fluid movement drives glioblastoma spread

Oral microsphere pills can detect markers of gastrointestinal disease

Current genetic screening guidelines overlook most cases of familial hypercholesterolemia

Neoantigens-loaded DC vaccines show strong potential to overcome tumor resistance

AI analysis of biopsy slides predicts rectal cancer treatment response

Longest survival in the world reported to date for multiple myeloma patients

Blood group A linked to a higher risk of primary biliary cholangitis

Blocking mir-21 shows promise for slowing bladder cancer growth

Study finds low uptake of colorectal cancer testing among adults aged 45 to 49

New antibody strategy shows promise for halting cyst growth in polycystic kidney disease

DeepTarget tool uncovers primary and secondary drug targets across cancer types

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