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Researchers discover how brain cancer cells evade the body's immune system

Researchers in China have discovered how brain cancer cells increase production of a key protein that allows them to evade the body's immune system.

27 Aug 2020

AI algorithm proves to be as accurate as average radiologist in identifying breast cancer

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet and Karolinska University Hospital in Sweden have compared the ability of three different artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms to identify breast cancer based on previously taken mammograms.

27 Aug 2020

Black pediatric cancer patients less likely to receive proton therapy than white children

A deep concern among pediatric oncologists has been confirmed by the data: Black children enrolled in national clinical trials have been found to be three times less likely to receive proton radiotherapy than their white counterparts.

27 Aug 2020

Study shows furin cleavage site is crucial for SARS-CoV-2 replication

In a recent bioRxiv* preprint paper, researchers from the United States demonstrate the pivotal role the furin cleavage site insertion in the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) spike glycoprotein plays in viral replication and pathogenesis – highlighting, in turn, the need for mutation monitoring when developing therapeutics and vaccines.

27 Aug 2020

5 things to know about convalescent blood plasma

President Donald Trump told the American people this week that convalescent plasma is a potential new treatment for COVID-19.

27 Aug 2020

Two discoveries can lead to a new wave of more-complex organoid development

In back-to-back reports published Aug. 27, 2020, in Nature Communications, a team of scientists from Cincinnati Children's and Japan report discoveries that will be vital to a new wave of more-complex organoid development.

27 Aug 2020

New diagnostic tool can predict cancer patients' response to immunotherapy

A new diagnostic tool that can predict whether a cancer patient would respond to immunotherapy treatment has been developed by scientists at the University of Bath.

27 Aug 2020

Study may help develop new types of non-addictive pain therapies

A team of scientists from ASU's School of Molecular Sciences and the Biodesign Institute have recently published a study in Nature Communications that helps clarify the contributions to an ion channel's temperature - dependent activation. This in turn should aid in the development of new types of non-addictive pain therapies.

27 Aug 2020

New sequencing approach can detect rare mutation in large number of cells

A sequencing approach can home in on a rare mutation within a large number of cells, revealing implications for CRISPR genome editing and early cancer detection.

27 Aug 2020

Research identifies protein molecule that could be responsible for aggressive breast cancers

Groundbreaking cancer research by the University of South Australia has identified an invasive protein molecule that could be responsible for some of the most aggressive breast cancers.

27 Aug 2020

New discovery could help protect the liver from fructose-induced diseases

A team of international researchers including Monash University academics has discovered that, contrary to previous belief, fructose causes liver toxicity by changing the barrier function of the intestine.

27 Aug 2020

Improved type of PROTAC enhances intracellular accumulation and protein knockdown

Cancer therapies sometimes involve drugs that mediate the breakdown of specific intracellular proteins that participate in cancer formation and proliferation.

27 Aug 2020

Targeted therapy achieves durable objective responses Phase I/II LIBRETTO-001 trial

For patients with non-small cell lung cancers (NSCLC) marked by RET gene fusions, the targeted therapy selpercatinib was well tolerated and achieved durable objective responses, or tumor shrinkage, in the majority of participants in the Phase I/II LIBRETTO-001 trial, according to researchers from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.

27 Aug 2020

Targeting a key gateway can help treat chronic pain, shows study

Something like a quarter of the world's population suffers from chronic pain at some point. As opposed to acute pain – for example, that feeling after hitting your finger with a hammer – chronic pain may not even have a clear cause, and it can linger for years or lifetimes.

27 Aug 2020

Vitamin C could be the key to better muscles in later life

New research shows that vitamin C could help over 50s retain muscle mass in later life.

26 Aug 2020

Heat Biologics SARS-CoV-2 vaccine generates potent T cell response in pre-clinical trial

The COVID-19 pandemic is still creating economic and health-related impact over the world. A new study published on the preprint server bioRxiv in August 2020 shows that a gp96-Ig-secreting vaccine candidate based on the expression of full-length spike protein generates a potent T cell response.

26 Aug 2020

Novel cell-based therapy holds promise for obesity and diabetes

Obesity is the main cause of type 2 diabetes and related chronic illnesses that together will kill more people around the globe this year than the Covid-19 coronavirus.

26 Aug 2020

Scientists combine 3D bioprinting and computer modeling to study cancer metastasis in blood vessels

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory scientists have paired 3D-printed, living human brain vasculature with advanced computational flow simulations to better understand tumor cell attachment to blood vessels, the first step in secondary tumor formation during cancer metastasis.

26 Aug 2020

UBC discovery may offer new treatment possibility for women with rare form of ovarian cancer

A recent finding by researchers at the BC Cancer Research Institute and the University of British Columbia may offer a new treatment possibility for people diagnosed with a rare and aggressive form of ovarian cancer.

26 Aug 2020

Researchers identify how promising therapy may work to improve adverse effects of NAFLD

A team led by researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) has taken an important step forward in the goal of developing a potential treatment for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), the most common form of chronic liver disease.

26 Aug 2020

Cancer News and Research

Latest Cancer News and Research

Researchers discover how brain cancer cells evade the body's immune system

AI algorithm proves to be as accurate as average radiologist in identifying breast cancer

Black pediatric cancer patients less likely to receive proton therapy than white children

Study shows furin cleavage site is crucial for SARS-CoV-2 replication

5 things to know about convalescent blood plasma

Two discoveries can lead to a new wave of more-complex organoid development

New diagnostic tool can predict cancer patients' response to immunotherapy

Study may help develop new types of non-addictive pain therapies

New sequencing approach can detect rare mutation in large number of cells

Research identifies protein molecule that could be responsible for aggressive breast cancers

New discovery could help protect the liver from fructose-induced diseases

Improved type of PROTAC enhances intracellular accumulation and protein knockdown

Targeted therapy achieves durable objective responses Phase I/II LIBRETTO-001 trial

Targeting a key gateway can help treat chronic pain, shows study

Vitamin C could be the key to better muscles in later life

Heat Biologics SARS-CoV-2 vaccine generates potent T cell response in pre-clinical trial

Novel cell-based therapy holds promise for obesity and diabetes

Scientists combine 3D bioprinting and computer modeling to study cancer metastasis in blood vessels

UBC discovery may offer new treatment possibility for women with rare form of ovarian cancer

Researchers identify how promising therapy may work to improve adverse effects of NAFLD

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