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Genomic analysis of neuroblastoma sheds light on childhood solid tumors

Researchers have used insight from a comprehensive genomic analysis of neuroblastoma to learn about the process driving one of the most common childhood solid tumors. The findings revealed possible approaches for developing precision medicines to improve patient outcomes. St. Jude Children's Research Hospital scientists led the study, which appears today in the journal Nature Communications.

15 Oct 2020

GIV protein involved in the immune system could form basis for novel therapeutics

The immune response to infections is a delicate balance. We need just enough action to clear away the offending bacteria or viruses, but not so much that our own bodies suffer collateral damage.

15 Oct 2020

Lockdowns improved air quality, averted tens of thousands of deaths in severely polluted regions

Lockdowns initiated to curb the spread of the coronavirus in China and Europe at the beginning of the pandemic improved air quality, averting tens of thousands of deaths in regions where air pollution has a significant impact on mortality, a new study shows.

15 Oct 2020

Study may lead to new therapies to improve survival in septic patients

Each year, some 270,000 Americans die from sepsis, in which the release of normally helpful infection-fighting chemicals in the body triggers an unusually extreme immune response - powerful enough to cause life-threatening damage to blood vessels and organs.

15 Oct 2020

New saliva tests can enable early detection and diagnosis of COVID-19, head & neck cancer

Summit Biolabs, Inc., an early-stage molecular diagnostics company specializing in saliva-based testing for COVID-19 and head & neck cancer, and the Colorado Center for Personalized Medicine (CCPM) at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus announced today a broad strategic collaboration involving research, development and commercialization of saliva liquid-biopsy tests for early cancer detection and diagnosis of COVID-19 and other viral contagions.

15 Oct 2020

Researchers call for transparency and reproducibility in artificial intelligence research

International scientists are challenging their colleagues to make Artificial Intelligence (AI) research more transparent and reproducible to accelerate the impact of their findings for cancer patients.

15 Oct 2020

Researchers reveal potential mechanisms behind the healing power of extracellular vesicles

Extracellular vesicles (EVs) -- nanometer sized messengers that travel between cells to deliver cues and cargo -- are promising tools for the next generation of therapies for everything from autoimmune and neurodegenerative diseases to cancer and tissue injury.

15 Oct 2020

Researchers are working to advance device for detecting ultra-low levels of disease particles

In Judith Su's Little Sensor Lab, researchers are working to sense tiny amounts - down to a single molecule - of everything from doping agents to biomarkers for cancer, Alzheimer's disease, Lyme disease and, yes, even COVID-19.

14 Oct 2020

Researchers develop breakthrough blood test for brain tumors

Genetic mutations that promote the growth of the most common type of adult brain tumors can be accurately detected and monitored in blood samples using an enhanced form of liquid biopsy developed by researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital.

14 Oct 2020

Study uncovers the mechanism behind bone marrow failure in Fanconi anemia

Fanconi anaemia (FA) is a genetic disease affecting small children characterized by bone-marrow failure, developmental abnormalities and predisposition to multiple forms of cancer.

14 Oct 2020

Researchers receive $11 million grant to study factors involved in multi-drug resistant infections

A study aimed at better understanding why some critically ill patients develop multidrug-resistant infections is underway by researchers at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston.

14 Oct 2020

Exploring the effects of smoking tobacco on COVID-19 risk

A study conducted by researchers in China has shed light on how certain tobacco compounds might prevent cells from becoming infected with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the agent that causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).

14 Oct 2020

Study provides new insight into unknown effects of factors that regulate blood vessel formation

A new study by researchers at the University of Eastern Finland provides novel insight into the previously unknown effects of factors regulating blood vessel formation.

14 Oct 2020

Researchers identify a novel protein that repairs DNA

Researchers from the University of Seville, in collaboration with colleagues from the Universities of Murcia and Marburg (Germany) have identified a new protein that makes it possible to repair DNA.

14 Oct 2020

Scientists discover new method to retrieve lost single-cell RNA-sequencing information

Sequencing RNA from individual cells can reveal a great deal of information about what those cells are doing in the body. MIT researchers have now greatly boosted the amount of information gleaned from each of those cells, by modifying the commonly used Seq-Well technique.

14 Oct 2020

Cancer News and Research

Latest Cancer News and Research

Genomic analysis of neuroblastoma sheds light on childhood solid tumors

GIV protein involved in the immune system could form basis for novel therapeutics

Lockdowns improved air quality, averted tens of thousands of deaths in severely polluted regions

Study may lead to new therapies to improve survival in septic patients

New saliva tests can enable early detection and diagnosis of COVID-19, head & neck cancer

Researchers call for transparency and reproducibility in artificial intelligence research

Researchers reveal potential mechanisms behind the healing power of extracellular vesicles

Researchers are working to advance device for detecting ultra-low levels of disease particles

Researchers develop breakthrough blood test for brain tumors

Study uncovers the mechanism behind bone marrow failure in Fanconi anemia

Researchers receive $11 million grant to study factors involved in multi-drug resistant infections

Exploring the effects of smoking tobacco on COVID-19 risk

Study provides new insight into unknown effects of factors that regulate blood vessel formation

Researchers identify a novel protein that repairs DNA

Scientists discover new method to retrieve lost single-cell RNA-sequencing information

Study offers new insight on molecular mechanisms that allow malaria parasites to spread disease

Modification of DNA structure plays key role in the recovery phase after DNA damage

3D structural model of BAF complex modifies DNA architecture, provides clues on cancer

Combining genetic and experimental data can enable more accurate prediction of influenza virus

Study summarizes treatment and management of glutaric acidemia type 1

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