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New imaging agent lights the way for surgeons during lung cancer surgery

Surgery, especially surgery to remove cancerous tumors, relies on a range of tools and techniques as well as on the skill of the surgeon.

19 Dec 2022

FDA approves targeted imaging agent for use in lung cancer surgery

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the targeted imaging agent Cytalux (pafolacianine) for use in lung cancer surgery.

18 Dec 2022

Origins of the serious cancer-like disease LCH discovered

The origins of the serious cancer-like disease LCH have been identified by researchers from Karolinska Institutet in collaboration with Karolinska University Hospital. The findings presented in Science Immunology may lead to new, targeted treatments.

16 Dec 2022

CU study proves effectiveness of new multidrug treatment for patients with stage IV melanoma

A new multidrug treatment for patients with stage IV melanoma has proven effective after a three-year clinical trial at the University of Colorado Cancer Center.

16 Dec 2022

Study provides deeper insights into skeletal muscle aging

A new research paper was published on the cover of Aging (listed as "Aging (Albany NY)" by Medline/PubMed and "Aging-US" by Web of Science) Volume 14, Issue 23, entitled, "Single nuclei profiling identifies cell specific markers of skeletal muscle aging, frailty, and senescence."

16 Dec 2022

Researchers identify a small number of 'cheating' cancer cells under hypoxia

Researchers at UConn Health, Yale, and Johns Hopkins have identified that some cancer cells can "cheat" through escaping constraints imposed by lack of oxygen, allowing the cancer cells to continue to grow.

16 Dec 2022

Study to determine if a DNA-based blood test can help detect cancer predisposition in NF1 patients

The Children’s Tumor Foundation (CTF) has announced a groundbreaking 3-year study, which it will fund for nearly $2 million, to determine if a DNA-based blood test can offer better understanding and ultimately earlier diagnosis of cancer predisposition in neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) patients.

16 Dec 2022

New insights into how cells achieve cholesterol homeostasis within the cell membrane

Cholesterol is an essential component of the membrane surrounding every human cell, despite its poor reputation as a health concern when its blood levels are too high.

16 Dec 2022

Novel immunotherapy offers a promising new strategy to fight hard-to-treat cancers

Scientists at UC San Francisco have engineered T cells to produce a potent anti-cancer cytokine, but only when they encounter tumor cells.

16 Dec 2022

Common type 2 diabetes drug requires the presence of GDF15 cytokine to present antidiabetic effects

Metformin, the most prescribed drug for treating diabetes mellitus, known as type 2 diabetes, requires the presence of the growth differentiation factor 15 (GDF15) —a protein whose expression increases in response to cellular stress— to present its antidiabetic effects.

16 Dec 2022

Landmark population health study could pave the way for better tools to fight chronic diseases in Asian populations

The Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, in collaboration with other healthcare institutions here, has embarked on a landmark comprehensive population health study of 100,000 Singaporeans over a few decades to identify the social, environmental, lifestyle, and genetic factors associated with diseases prevalent in Singapore, such as diabetes, hypertension, and cancer.

16 Dec 2022

People of all age groups benefit more from COVID-19 vaccines than natural immunity, real-world study finds

In one of the first large, real-world studies comparing the effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines versus natural immunity in protecting against death, hospitalizations and emergency department (ED) visits for any cause, including COVID, research-scientists from Regenstrief Institute, Indiana University School of Medicine and Vanderbilt University Medical Center report that people of all age groups benefited significantly more from vaccination than natural immunity acquired from a previous COVID infection.

16 Dec 2022

Study reveals subtypes and EBV-associated regulatory epigenome reprogramming in nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Researchers from the Department of Clinical Oncology, School of Clinical Medicine, LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong (HKUMed) discovered a novel subtype of Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV)-positive nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) and EBV-associated immunosuppression in the tumor microenvironment (TME).

16 Dec 2022

Experimental therapy shows promise as treatment for metastatic colon cancer in preclinical models

An experimental therapy showed promise as treatment for an aggressively spreading type of colorectal cancer in preclinical models, according to a new study by Weill Cornell Medicine investigators.

16 Dec 2022

Using synthetic gene circuits to better control the timing of immunotherapy

In two separate studies, researchers demonstrate how synthetic biology can be used to tackle a difficult issue in cancer immunotherapy: the way immunotherapy-related approaches focused on short-term killing of tumor cells may fail to eradicate tumors because growth of tumors happens on longer timescales.

16 Dec 2022

Why Medicaid expansion ballots may hit a dead end after a fleeting victory in South Dakota

Republican-led legislatures have repeatedly thwarted Medicaid expansion in a dozen conservative states, despite high numbers of uninsured residents. In recent years, supporters of expansion have found success with another strategy: letting voters decide.

16 Dec 2022

Is legislation to safeguard Americans against superbugs a boondoggle or breakthrough?

With time running out in the 2022 congressional session, a bipartisan coalition of lawmakers and infectious disease specialists is scrambling to pass a bill aimed at spurring the development of antibiotics to combat the deadly spread of drug-resistant pathogens.

16 Dec 2022

Cancer News and Research

Latest Cancer News and Research

New imaging agent lights the way for surgeons during lung cancer surgery

FDA approves targeted imaging agent for use in lung cancer surgery

Origins of the serious cancer-like disease LCH discovered

CU study proves effectiveness of new multidrug treatment for patients with stage IV melanoma

Study provides deeper insights into skeletal muscle aging

Researchers identify a small number of 'cheating' cancer cells under hypoxia

Study to determine if a DNA-based blood test can help detect cancer predisposition in NF1 patients

New insights into how cells achieve cholesterol homeostasis within the cell membrane

Novel immunotherapy offers a promising new strategy to fight hard-to-treat cancers

Common type 2 diabetes drug requires the presence of GDF15 cytokine to present antidiabetic effects

Landmark population health study could pave the way for better tools to fight chronic diseases in Asian populations

People of all age groups benefit more from COVID-19 vaccines than natural immunity, real-world study finds

Study reveals subtypes and EBV-associated regulatory epigenome reprogramming in nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Experimental therapy shows promise as treatment for metastatic colon cancer in preclinical models

Using synthetic gene circuits to better control the timing of immunotherapy

Why Medicaid expansion ballots may hit a dead end after a fleeting victory in South Dakota

Is legislation to safeguard Americans against superbugs a boondoggle or breakthrough?

Researchers identify a new target gene in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma

Study finds disparities in health care coverage, hampered COVID-19 vaccination efforts in rural areas

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