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Researchers use high-speed atomic force microscopy to explore the binding mechanism of cadherins

Cell, tissue, and organ structure is maintained by cell-cell adhesion molecules that connect opposing cells. Cadherins are a class of essential cell-cell adhesion molecules for tissue formation and integrity, and defects in cadherin function cause various diseases (e.g., cancer invasion).

19 Jul 2022

No-bid Medicaid contract for Kaiser Permanente is now California law, but key details are missing

California lawmakers have approved a controversial no-bid statewide Medi-Cal contract for HMO giant Kaiser Permanente over the objection of county governments and competing health plans.

19 Jul 2022

Vast majority of Brits concerned about equal access to healthcare following pandemic, says 3M

80% of Brits say ensuring equal access to quality healthcare is a top priority for society in the next five years.

From 3M 19 Jul 2022

Grant funds research that investigates relationships between certain fungi and specific cancers

Dr. Iliyan D. Iliev, an associate professor of immunology and microbiology in the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology and a member of the Jill Roberts Institute for Research in Inflammatory Bowel Disease at Weill Cornell Medicine, has been awarded a five-year, $1.25 million CRI Lloyd J. Old STAR (Scientists Taking Risks) Program grant from Cancer Research Institute (CRI).

19 Jul 2022

Rice researchers use deactivated Cas9 proteins to synthetically trigger the transcription of genes

Rice University researchers have demonstrated that CRISPR-Cas9, increasingly famous as a gene-editing tool, can be employed in powerful additional ways in human cells.

18 Jul 2022

Research describes one of the ways the SARS-CoV-2 virus recruits cells to replicate

An article published in the journal Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology reports a study by researchers at the State University of Campinas (UNICAMP) and the University of São Paulo (USP) in Brazil showing how a human protein interacts with a SARS-CoV-2 protein, and describing one of the ways the virus that causes COVID-19 recruits cells to replicate.

18 Jul 2022

Wistar scientists reveal a novel ADAR1-SIRT1-p16INK4a axis in regulating cellular senescence

Aging and age-related disorders pose a complex challenge to the biomedical research community. To better understand how senescence is regulated is of high significance to promote healthy aging and treat age-associated disorders.

18 Jul 2022

Anti-rejection drug plus immunotherapy could change the lives of kidney transplant patients with cancer

Adding immunotherapy to standard anti-rejection medication could change the lives of thousands of kidney transplant patients with incurable cancer, as new research shows it can reduce this risk of organ rejection and eliminate cancer in a quarter of patients.

18 Jul 2022

Study: Air pollution responsible for 2,780 deaths and cognitive loss in children in Massachusetts

Air pollution remains a silent killer in Massachusetts, responsible for an estimated 2,780 deaths a year and for measurable cognitive loss in Bay State children exposed to fine particulate pollutants in the air they breathe, according to a new study by researchers at Boston College's Global Observatory on Planetary Health.

18 Jul 2022

Study offers new insights into brain metastases in patients with melanoma

Brain metastasis is one of the most common causes of cancer-related deaths and occurs very frequently in patients with advanced melanoma.

18 Jul 2022

Caregivers for patients with multiple myeloma may suffer from anxiety and depression

Caregivers for patients with multiple myeloma may suffer from higher rates of anxiety and depression than patients themselves, according to a new study published today in Blood Advances.

18 Jul 2022

Scientists evaluate immunostimulatory glycolipid against SARS-CoV-2 infection

A new study showed that 7DW8-5, an immunostimulatory glycolipid impeded three respiratory viral infections, including SARS-CoV-2, in vivo.

18 Jul 2022

Boost now or wait? Many wonder how best to ride out covid’s next wave

Gwyneth Paige didn't want to get vaccinated against covid-19 at first. With her health issues — hypertension, fibromyalgia, asthma — she wanted to see how other people fared after the shots. Then her mother got colon cancer.

18 Jul 2022

Biden’s FTC has blocked 4 hospital mergers and is poised to thwart more consolidation attempts

Fresh off the Federal Trade Commission's successful challenges to four hospital mergers, the Biden administration's new majority on the commission is primed to more aggressively combat consolidation in the health care industry than it has in past years.

18 Jul 2022

Cytokine-based cancer immunotherapy: current progress and future prospects

In this interview, News-Medical talks to Dr. Shuang Zhou about cytokine-base cancer immunotherapy, the current state of the field, and future prospects.

From Sino Biological Inc. 18 Jul 2022

Low rate of COVID-19 vaccination among high-risk pregnant women

A new study examines the feelings of pregnant women towards the COVID-19 vaccine.

17 Jul 2022

Unique tool helps to study how the mechanical forces behind protein folding affect cancer spread

Talin is a protein that controls cellular attachment and movement, but its malfunctioning also allows cancer cells to spread. DCL1 is a tumor-suppressing protein. But scientists don't fully understand how either protein works – or what happens when they don't work the way they should.

15 Jul 2022

Cancer News and Research

Latest Cancer News and Research

Researchers use high-speed atomic force microscopy to explore the binding mechanism of cadherins

No-bid Medicaid contract for Kaiser Permanente is now California law, but key details are missing

Vast majority of Brits concerned about equal access to healthcare following pandemic, says 3M

Grant funds research that investigates relationships between certain fungi and specific cancers

Rice researchers use deactivated Cas9 proteins to synthetically trigger the transcription of genes

Research describes one of the ways the SARS-CoV-2 virus recruits cells to replicate

Wistar scientists reveal a novel ADAR1-SIRT1-p16INK4a axis in regulating cellular senescence

Anti-rejection drug plus immunotherapy could change the lives of kidney transplant patients with cancer

Study: Air pollution responsible for 2,780 deaths and cognitive loss in children in Massachusetts

Study offers new insights into brain metastases in patients with melanoma

Caregivers for patients with multiple myeloma may suffer from anxiety and depression

Scientists evaluate immunostimulatory glycolipid against SARS-CoV-2 infection

Boost now or wait? Many wonder how best to ride out covid’s next wave

Biden’s FTC has blocked 4 hospital mergers and is poised to thwart more consolidation attempts

Cytokine-based cancer immunotherapy: current progress and future prospects

Low rate of COVID-19 vaccination among high-risk pregnant women

Unique tool helps to study how the mechanical forces behind protein folding affect cancer spread

Many individuals experience menstrual bleeding changes after SARS-CoV-2 vaccination

Scientists combine robotics with biology to construct biohybrid microrobots

Best available chemotherapy for HIV-related Kaposi sarcoma would save lives and be cost-effective in Africa

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