Cancer News and Research

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New imaging technique uses photonics for early diagnosis of bowel cancer

Early intervention could prevent many of the 160,000 deaths from colon cancer in Europe each year. Colonoscopies, the gold standard for spotting bowel cancer early, can still miss up to 20% of precancerous cells.

7 Sep 2021

Owlstone Medical Closes $58 Million USD (c. £42 Million GBP) Oversubscribed Financing Round to Continue to Advance Breath Biopsy

Owlstone Medical today announced the close of its Series D financing round.

From Owlstone Medical Ltd 7 Sep 2021

High fat diets break the body clock in rats leading to over-eating and obesity

When rats are fed a high fat diet, this disturbs the body clock in their brain that normally controls satiety, leading to over-eating and obesity. That's according to new research published in The Journal of Physiology.

7 Sep 2021

Chemotherapy drug can cause permanent hearing loss in young children with cancer

The chemotherapy drug cisplatin is an effective cancer treatment for many children with cancer, but unfortunately it can cause permanent hearing loss.

7 Sep 2021

Implications of persistent SARS-CoV-2 infection in patients with lymphoid malignancies

In a recent study, scientists attempt to understand persistent COVID-19 and its implications in patients with hematologic malignancies.

6 Sep 2021

Research project focusing on membraneless organelles receives funding from Volkswagen Foundation

As part of its "Life?" project, the Volkswagen Foundation is funding a research project that is placing membraneless organelles within cells in the spotlight as a way of understanding the fundamental processes that are essential to life.

6 Sep 2021

Researchers uncover underlying metabolic changes that are linked to COVID-19 severity

COVID-19 patients have differing immune responses that lead to disease outcomes ranging from asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection to death.

6 Sep 2021

New insights could help unlock the mystery of how lung cancer arises in never smokers

A genomic analysis of lung cancer in people with no history of smoking has found that a majority of these tumors arise from the accumulation of mutations caused by natural processes in the body.

6 Sep 2021

Simple, non-invasive tool obviates unnecessary surgery in patients with colorectal cancer

A blood RNA test predicts whether residual tumour cells remain in early-stage colon cancer patients and obviates unnecessary surgery.

6 Sep 2021

Prognostic impact of common type of liver cancer depends on tumor size, research reveals

Researchers at the Department of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine have shown that the prognostic impact of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), the most common type of liver cancer, is dependent on tumor size.

6 Sep 2021

Cancer treatment with terpyridine platinum compounds induces telomere dysfunction, chromosome instability

Oncotarget published "Terpyridine platinum compounds induce telomere dysfunction and chromosome instability in cancer cells" which reported that this assay is based on the use of two isogenic HT1080 cell lines, one carrying a linear HAC and the other carrying a circular HAC.

6 Sep 2021

Researchers develop the smallest CRISPR to date for genome editing

A compact and efficient CRISPR-Cas system, named CasMINI, could be broadly useful for cell-engineering and gene-therapy applications because it is easier to deliver into cells. The findings appear in a study publishing September 3 in the journal Molecular Cell.

4 Sep 2021

Scientists identify a critical checkpoint in transcription elongation

Northwestern Medicine scientists have identified a critical checkpoint in transcription elongation, the process of synthesizing RNA from a DNA template, according to findings published in Molecular Cell.

4 Sep 2021

Georgia State researcher receives award to investigate the influence of environment on IBD

Dr. Michal Kuczma, a research assistant professor in the Institute for Biomedical Sciences at Georgia State University, has received a three-year, $270,000 Career Development Award from the Crohn's and Colitis Foundation to study environmental influences on gut microbiota, immunity and inflammation.

4 Sep 2021

Temperature variations could have driven the division of protocells

A simple mechanism could underlie the growth and self-replication of protocells - putative ancestors of modern living cells - suggests a study publishing September 3 in Biophysical Journal.

4 Sep 2021

Stanford researchers engineer an efficient, multi-purpose, mini CRISPR system

The common analogy for CRISPR gene editing is that it works like molecular scissors, cutting out select sections of DNA. Stanley Qi, assistant professor of bioengineering at Stanford University, likes that analogy, but he thinks it's time to reimagine CRISPR as a Swiss Army knife.

4 Sep 2021

Weill Cornell receives NIH support to advance TB research

Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the deadliest infectious diseases in history and one of the few that naturally infects only humans.

4 Sep 2021

JunD promotes epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition by association with NEAT1 lncRNA

Oncotarget published "JunD accentuates arecoline-induced disruption of tight junctions and promotes epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition by association with NEAT1 lncRNA" which reported that the effects of low and high concentrations of arecoline on the stability of tight junctions and EMT induction were studied.

3 Sep 2021

MUSC Hollings Cancer Center scientist wins Alton Ochsner Award Relating Smoking and Disease

MUSC Hollings Cancer Center researcher and tobacco control expert Michael Cummings, Ph.D., is one of two scientists to win the annual Alton Ochsner Award Relating Smoking and Disease.

3 Sep 2021

Stem-like T cells within certain lymph nodes could be natural cancer fighters, study shows

In a new study by Yale Cancer Center, researchers show stem-like T cells within certain lymph nodes could be natural cancer fighters.

3 Sep 2021

Cancer News and Research

Latest Cancer News and Research

New imaging technique uses photonics for early diagnosis of bowel cancer

Owlstone Medical Closes $58 Million USD (c. £42 Million GBP) Oversubscribed Financing Round to Continue to Advance Breath Biopsy

High fat diets break the body clock in rats leading to over-eating and obesity

Chemotherapy drug can cause permanent hearing loss in young children with cancer

Implications of persistent SARS-CoV-2 infection in patients with lymphoid malignancies

Research project focusing on membraneless organelles receives funding from Volkswagen Foundation

Researchers uncover underlying metabolic changes that are linked to COVID-19 severity

New insights could help unlock the mystery of how lung cancer arises in never smokers

Simple, non-invasive tool obviates unnecessary surgery in patients with colorectal cancer

Prognostic impact of common type of liver cancer depends on tumor size, research reveals

Cancer treatment with terpyridine platinum compounds induces telomere dysfunction, chromosome instability

Researchers develop the smallest CRISPR to date for genome editing

Scientists identify a critical checkpoint in transcription elongation

Georgia State researcher receives award to investigate the influence of environment on IBD

Temperature variations could have driven the division of protocells

Stanford researchers engineer an efficient, multi-purpose, mini CRISPR system

Weill Cornell receives NIH support to advance TB research

JunD promotes epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition by association with NEAT1 lncRNA

MUSC Hollings Cancer Center scientist wins Alton Ochsner Award Relating Smoking and Disease

Stem-like T cells within certain lymph nodes could be natural cancer fighters, study shows

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