Cancer News and Research

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DHODH inhibitor PTC299 shows potential as a COVID-19 therapeutic

As COVID-19 continues to take a heavy toll on human health and life in many parts of the world, there is still no effective antiviral drug or vaccine. This has fueled an intensive search for small molecules and proteins that can inhibit viral entry and replication.

10 Aug 2020

New platform shows potential to generate most effective vaccines with fewest side effects

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic is shining a bright spotlight on vaccine development. As numerous vaccines race through clinical trials, physicians and researchers continue to work on developing new vaccine technologies to generate the most effective vaccines with the fewest side effects.

7 Aug 2020

FDA approves first companion diagnostic that uses liquid biopsy and NGS technology

Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the first liquid biopsy companion diagnostic that also uses next-generation sequencing (NGS) technology to identify patients with specific types of mutations of the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) gene in a deadly form of metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).

7 Aug 2020

UTHSC professor recognized for contributions to pioneering cancer genomic research

Neil Hayes, MD, MS, MPH, division chief of Hematology and Oncology at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, is among recipients of the 2020 Team Science Awards from the American Association for Cancer Research for his contributions to developing The Cancer Genome Atlas, a groundbreaking multisite project to understand cancer at its molecular level through genome sequencing and extensive data analysis.

7 Aug 2020

New process could fast track antiviral and anticancer drug discovery

Discovering antiviral and anticancer drugs will soon be faster and cheaper thanks to new research from Simon Fraser University chemist Robert Britton and his international team.

7 Aug 2020

Scientists find new way of identifying and targeting hidden HIV viral reservoirs during ART therapy

Scientists at The Wistar Institute may have discovered a new way of identifying and targeting hidden HIV viral reservoirs during treatment with antiretroviral therapy (ART).

7 Aug 2020

Method provides new insight into brain cells that maintain body's master circadian clock.

UT Southwestern scientists have developed a genetically engineered mouse and imaging system that lets them visualize fluctuations in the circadian clocks of cell types in mice.

7 Aug 2020

Characteristics of electron emission from irradiated biomolecules

When fast-moving ions cross paths with large biomolecules, the resulting collisions produce many low-energy electrons which can go on to ionise the molecules even further. To fully understand how biological structures are affected by this radiation, it is important for physicists to measure how electrons are scattered during collisions.

7 Aug 2020

Study shows link between high blood lead levels and aberrant methylation of DNA

Scientists have unveiled a correlation between high blood lead levels in children and methylation of genes involved in haem synthesis and carcinogenesis, indicating a previously unknown mechanism for lead poisoning.

7 Aug 2020

Nanomedicine-based strategy enhances anti-PD1 therapy to eradicate PTEN-negative GBM

A nanomedicine-based strategy for chemo-immunotherapy (CIT) of glioblastoma (GBM), which has the worst prognosis among brain tumors, was successfully developed.

7 Aug 2020

NSD2 enzyme protects against cellular senescence

Researchers from Kumamoto University in Japan have used comprehensive genetic analysis to find that the enzyme NSD2, which is known to regulate the actions of many genes, also works to block cell aging.

7 Aug 2020

Your favorite store or restaurant is open. How do you know it’s ok to go in?

Just because many businesses are open again doesn't mean the pandemic is over. The coronavirus is still on the loose — actually surging in many locations — which means people have to make serious choices about their health all day, every day.

7 Aug 2020

New type of immunotherapy shows promise for advanced skin cancer

A new type of immunotherapy for the skin cancer malignant melanoma shows promising results. Three severely ill patients are now long-term survivors.

7 Aug 2020

Researchers use patient-specific tumor organoid to optimize chemotherapy for appendix, colon tumors

A patient-specific tumor organoid model is being used to identify the most effective chemotherapy protocol to treat appendix and colon tumors, a personalized medicine approach that is showing promise.

7 Aug 2020

DCIS surgical delays do not impact overall survival, shows study

Beginning in March, as COVID-19 cases surged in various states in the U.S., the COVID-19 Pandemic Breast Cancer Consortium released recommendations that operations for ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) be deferred due to the pandemic.

7 Aug 2020

Researchers investigate the health consequences of heavier smoking

Each cigarette smoked a day by heavier smokers increases the risk of contracting some diseases by more than 30 per cent, according to a new international study published today.

7 Aug 2020

Oncologists interview physicians to identify specific communication related to COVID-19

When COVID-19 struck, health care pivoted hard. Any unnecessary procedures or appointments were postponed. For people with cancer, that pivot was particularly shattering.

7 Aug 2020

Study: Drinking honeysuckle decoction accelerates the negative conversion of COVID-19 patients

In a new study in Cell Discovery, Chen-Yu Zhang's group at Nanjing University and two other groups from Wuhan Institute of Virology and the Second Hospital of Nanjing present a novel finding that absorbed miRNA MIR2911 in honeysuckle decoction (HD) can directly target SARS-CoV-2 genes and inhibit viral replication. Drinking of HD accelerate the negative conversion of COVID-19 patients.

7 Aug 2020

Immune system derails during severe course of COVID-19

Contrary to what has been generally assumed so far, a severe course of COVID-19 does not solely result in a strong immune reaction - rather, the immune response is caught in a continuous loop of activation and inhibition.

6 Aug 2020

An 'intelligent' strategy for real-time evaluation of photothermal therapy efficiency on tumors

Photothermal therapy (PTT) is a promising alternative method for cancer treatment due to advantages of non-invasiveness, precise temporal and spatial control, strong specificity and high tumor destruction efficiency.

6 Aug 2020

Cancer News and Research

Latest Cancer News and Research

DHODH inhibitor PTC299 shows potential as a COVID-19 therapeutic

New platform shows potential to generate most effective vaccines with fewest side effects

FDA approves first companion diagnostic that uses liquid biopsy and NGS technology

UTHSC professor recognized for contributions to pioneering cancer genomic research

New process could fast track antiviral and anticancer drug discovery

Scientists find new way of identifying and targeting hidden HIV viral reservoirs during ART therapy

Method provides new insight into brain cells that maintain body's master circadian clock.

Characteristics of electron emission from irradiated biomolecules

Study shows link between high blood lead levels and aberrant methylation of DNA

Nanomedicine-based strategy enhances anti-PD1 therapy to eradicate PTEN-negative GBM

NSD2 enzyme protects against cellular senescence

Your favorite store or restaurant is open. How do you know it’s ok to go in?

New type of immunotherapy shows promise for advanced skin cancer

Researchers use patient-specific tumor organoid to optimize chemotherapy for appendix, colon tumors

DCIS surgical delays do not impact overall survival, shows study

Researchers investigate the health consequences of heavier smoking

Oncologists interview physicians to identify specific communication related to COVID-19

Study: Drinking honeysuckle decoction accelerates the negative conversion of COVID-19 patients

Immune system derails during severe course of COVID-19

An 'intelligent' strategy for real-time evaluation of photothermal therapy efficiency on tumors

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