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Caterpillars could be used as an alternative to mammalian models to study gut inflammation

Rats and mice have been the backbone of biomedical research for decades - including research to understand cancer and pioneer new treatments.

12 Jan 2023

Bacteria play specific roles in cancer

In a recent article published in the journal Immunity, the authors discussed the findings from a 2022 study by Galeano Niño et al., which reported that microbiota associated with tumors form micro-niches and play a role in epithelial and immune mediations of cancer.

12 Jan 2023

Silencing the immune evasion gene enhances cancer cells' susceptibility to immunotherapy

Immune checkpoint inhibitors are important medications that boost the immune system's response against various cancers, but some patients' cancer cells are unaffected by the drugs or develop resistance during treatment.

12 Jan 2023

LJI scientists uncover how OGT enzyme keeps cells healthy

Researchers at La Jolla Institute for Immunology have at last uncovered how an enzyme called O-GlcNAc transferase (OGT) keeps cells healthy.

12 Jan 2023

Machine learning-based behavioral intervention can improve end-of-life cancer care

Electronic nudges delivered to health care clinicians based on a machine learning algorithm that predicts mortality risk quadrupled rates of conversations with patients about their end-of-life care preferences, according to the long-term results of a randomized clinical trial published by Penn Medicine investigators in JAMA Oncology today.

12 Jan 2023

Unique mass spectrometry-based approach to study specific changes in DNA after replication

A new method to study specific changes in DNA after replication has been published as a technical report in Nature Cell Biology.

12 Jan 2023

Study reveals how new cells join existing tissues by reading mechanical information

Integration is not only a problem of social significance among humans, but also an issue for the cells that form us as humans.

12 Jan 2023

How might healthcare transform in the next 50 years?

A new study published in Futures highlighted key factors likely to influence the evolution of medicine over the next 50 years. These factors included wellness technologies, data-driven personalization, and climate change.

12 Jan 2023

Immunotherapy prior to surgery strikingly effective for patients with colorectal cancer

New research in the January 2023 issue of JNCCN - Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network finds that immunotherapy from immune checkpoint (PD-1) inhibitors prior to surgery was strikingly effective for patients with localized mismatch repair-deficient or microsatellite instability-high (dMMR/MSI-H) colorectal cancer (CRC).

12 Jan 2023

Despite doctors’ concerns, University of California renews ties with religious affiliates

As the University of California's health system renews contracts with hundreds of outside hospitals and clinics — many with religious affiliations — some of its doctors and faculty want stronger language to ensure that physicians can perform the treatments they deem appropriate, including abortions for women or hysterectomies for transgender patients.

12 Jan 2023

Newly revised classification tool for standardized diagnostic reporting of melanocytic lesions

With the growing number of skin biopsies performed annually for suspected melanoma, a simple, easily understood standardized classification system for melanocytic lesions is increasingly important to aid pathologists and clinicians who examine millions of tissue samples each year and to alleviate patient confusion and anxiety.

11 Jan 2023

Study analyzes the viability of new nanomolecule as drug delivery vehicle

A new study by the University of Barcelona has analyzed the viability of a new nanomolecule as drug delivery vehicle.

11 Jan 2023

Investigational T-cell therapy shows antiviral efficacy and safety in cancer patients treated with stem cell transplant

Posoleucel, an investigational allogeneic off-the-shelf T-cell therapy that simultaneously targets six different viruses, demonstrated promising antiviral efficacy and safety in a phase II study of patients who had undergone stem cell transplantation to treat their cancer or other blood diseases.

11 Jan 2023

Physicists explore mesenchymal migration through cell simulations and mathematical modeling

During mesenchymal migration, a cancer cell moves like a gecko on a wall.

11 Jan 2023

Study suggests a link between the protein-coding gene TREM2 and obesity in females

A recent Scientific Reports study has investigated the link between TREM2 expression and human obesity, based on two large public datasets, namely, the UK Biobank (UKB) and the Genotype-Tissue Expression (GTEx) project.

11 Jan 2023

Green tea may protect against telomere shortening due to biological aging

A new study in Scientific Reports aimed to analyze the association between cross-section and longitudinal LTL changes with the consumption of soft drinks, coffee, and tea among middle-aged and older Korean men and women for six years. It also assessed any changes in the association results according to a difference in sex and age groups.

11 Jan 2023

CAR T cell therapy may enhance the effectiveness of surgery for solid tumors

CAR T cell therapy, an approach which reprograms patients' own immune cells to attack their blood cancers, may enhance the effectiveness of surgery for solid tumors, according to a preclinical study from researchers in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.

11 Jan 2023

New genetic test could guide the treatment of ovarian cancer

Researchers have developed an optimized genetic test for ovarian cancer, which helps accurately target an effective but expensive medication.

11 Jan 2023

Study reveals how inflammation alters the tumor microenvironment in acute myeloid leukemia

Severe inflammation weakens the body's ability to kill cancerous blood cells in people with acute myeloid leukemia (AML), a new study shows.

11 Jan 2023

Ringlike peripheral high iodine concentration for differentiating pulmonary metastasis from lung cancer

According to an accepted manuscript published in ARRS' American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR), ringlike peripheral high iodine concentration maps from dual-energy CT (DECT) can help guide management in patients with known lung cancer and an indeterminate solitary nodule.

11 Jan 2023

Cancer News and Research

Latest Cancer News and Research

Caterpillars could be used as an alternative to mammalian models to study gut inflammation

Bacteria play specific roles in cancer

Silencing the immune evasion gene enhances cancer cells' susceptibility to immunotherapy

LJI scientists uncover how OGT enzyme keeps cells healthy

Machine learning-based behavioral intervention can improve end-of-life cancer care

Unique mass spectrometry-based approach to study specific changes in DNA after replication

Study reveals how new cells join existing tissues by reading mechanical information

How might healthcare transform in the next 50 years?

Immunotherapy prior to surgery strikingly effective for patients with colorectal cancer

Despite doctors’ concerns, University of California renews ties with religious affiliates

Newly revised classification tool for standardized diagnostic reporting of melanocytic lesions

Study analyzes the viability of new nanomolecule as drug delivery vehicle

Investigational T-cell therapy shows antiviral efficacy and safety in cancer patients treated with stem cell transplant

Physicists explore mesenchymal migration through cell simulations and mathematical modeling

Study suggests a link between the protein-coding gene TREM2 and obesity in females

Green tea may protect against telomere shortening due to biological aging

CAR T cell therapy may enhance the effectiveness of surgery for solid tumors

New genetic test could guide the treatment of ovarian cancer

Study reveals how inflammation alters the tumor microenvironment in acute myeloid leukemia

Ringlike peripheral high iodine concentration for differentiating pulmonary metastasis from lung cancer

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