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Patients on immunosuppressive therapy are not at increased risk for contracting COVID-19

Patients on immunosuppressive therapy for common skin and rheumatic diseases like psoriasis and rheumatoid arthritis are not at increased risk for contracting COVID-19 and should continue taking their medicine as prescribed, say Henry Ford Health System dermatology researchers in a study published in the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology.

15 Sep 2020

Lights, camera, no action: Insurance woes beset entertainment industry workers

Before the coronavirus pandemic shut down the entertainment industry in March, Jeffrey Farber had a steady flow of day jobs in film and television, including work on "Hunters" and "Blue Bloods."

15 Sep 2020

CERN and CHUV team up to develop conceptual design of innovative radiotherapy facility

Geneva and Lausanne. CERN and the Lausanne University Hospital, in Switzerland, are collaborating to develop the conceptual design of an innovative radiotherapy facility, used for cancer treatment.

15 Sep 2020

New nanomedicine is efficient and less aggressive than conventional prostate cancer therapy

Prostate cancer is the most common type of cancer among European men; its incidence surpasses 100 cases per 100,000 people.

15 Sep 2020

Scientists unravel the molecular mechanism underlying the causes of colorectal cancer

A team of scientists has unraveled the molecular mechanism behind one of the causes of colorectal cancer, and a treatment target.

15 Sep 2020

Medical experts emphasize new framework for future efforts to offer specific guidance on right-sizing care

Medical experts have worked for decades to improve the chances that patients will get the scans, routine tests and medicines that can do them the most good - and avoid the ones that won't help them at all.

15 Sep 2020

Researchers identify specific potential therapeutic targets for aggressive form of pancreatic cancer

A team of researchers led by Mayo Clinic and the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen), an affiliate of City of Hope, has identified specific potential therapeutic targets for the most aggressive and lethal form of pancreatic cancer.

15 Sep 2020

RNA nanoparticles show great promise for targeted delivery of anticancer drugs

A new study by researchers at The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center - Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute (OSUCCC - James) shows that RNA nanoparticles have elastic and rubbery properties that help explain why these particles target tumors so efficiently and why they possess lower toxicity in animal studies.

15 Sep 2020

People with substance use disorders are more susceptible to COVID-19 infection

A National Institutes of Health-funded study found that people with substance use disorders (SUDs) are more susceptible to COVID-19 and its complications.

15 Sep 2020

Combining nanotechnology with immunotherapy to fight deadly metastatic breast cancer

A team of scientists led by a researcher at the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine is making strides to fight deadly metastatic breast cancer by combining nanotechnology with immunotherapy.

14 Sep 2020

HSC researchers win NIH grant to expand innovative research into Alzheimer's disease

Researchers at HSC Fort Worth were awarded a grant expected to total $45 million from the National Institute on Aging, part of the National Institutes of Health, to expand innovative research into Alzheimer's disease and the biological differences that cause the disease to disproportionately afflict Mexican Americans.

14 Sep 2020

SMART researchers discover a new way to manufacture human red blood cells

Researchers from Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology, MIT's research enterprise in Singapore, have discovered a new way to manufacture human red blood cells (RBCs) that cuts the culture time by half compared to existing methods and uses novel sorting and purification methods that are faster, more precise and less costly.

14 Sep 2020

Researchers receive $2.5 million grant to develop and analyze breast tumor organoids

Breast cancer is the second most common cancer diagnosed in women in the United States after skin cancer, and women with comorbidities (the presence of more than one condition/disease) often fare worse in terms of their breast cancer.

14 Sep 2020

Georgetown experts release report on pandemic preparedness and COVID-19 lessons

In a new report commissioned by the Global Preparedness Monitoring Board (GPMB), Georgetown global health experts say the success of any effort to redress pandemic preparedness failures demonstrated by COVID-19 requires a re-centering of governance that would include greater accountability, transparency, equity, participation and the rule of law.

14 Sep 2020

Cancer News and Research

Latest Cancer News and Research

Patients on immunosuppressive therapy are not at increased risk for contracting COVID-19

Lights, camera, no action: Insurance woes beset entertainment industry workers

CERN and CHUV team up to develop conceptual design of innovative radiotherapy facility

New nanomedicine is efficient and less aggressive than conventional prostate cancer therapy

Scientists unravel the molecular mechanism underlying the causes of colorectal cancer

Medical experts emphasize new framework for future efforts to offer specific guidance on right-sizing care

Researchers identify specific potential therapeutic targets for aggressive form of pancreatic cancer

RNA nanoparticles show great promise for targeted delivery of anticancer drugs

People with substance use disorders are more susceptible to COVID-19 infection

Combining nanotechnology with immunotherapy to fight deadly metastatic breast cancer

HSC researchers win NIH grant to expand innovative research into Alzheimer's disease

SMART researchers discover a new way to manufacture human red blood cells

Researchers receive $2.5 million grant to develop and analyze breast tumor organoids

Georgetown experts release report on pandemic preparedness and COVID-19 lessons

UofL receives $11.5 million to accelerate the development of new immunotherapies

Sticky DNA webs may cause tissue damage associated with severe COVID-19 infections

Researchers develop new PET imaging agent that spotlights inflammation

COVID-19 pandemic affects delivery of cancer care and oncologists' wellbeing

Study: Cigarette smoking is linked to worse outcomes in patients treated for bladder cancer

Study shows lack knowledge about colonoscopy among high-risk patients

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