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Study may help develop effective biosensors for non-invasive diagnosis of prostate cancer

The efficacy of biosensors used in clinical tests depends critically on the surface of the device on which the biorecognition molecules are immobilized.

23 Mar 2021

RedHill provides opaganib treatment under compassionate use exemption for Swiss COVID-19 patients

RedHill Biopharma Ltd., a specialty biopharmaceutical company, today announced that it has acted on a request to provide opaganib treatment on an outpatient basis under compassionate use exemption for several Swiss patients suffering from COVID-19 pneumonia.

22 Mar 2021

Anti-androgen drugs may help disarm coronavirus spike protein, stop progression of COVID-19

Hormone drugs that reduce androgen levels may help disarm the coronavirus spike protein used to infect cells and stop the progression of severe COVID-19 disease, suggests a new preclinical study from researchers in the Abramson Cancer Center at the University of Pennsylvania and published online in Cell Press's iScience.

22 Mar 2021

Male fertility and androgen production may be impacted by COVID-19

An interesting new study has appeared online in the journal Hormones that discusses the effects of COVID-19 on the male and female gonads.

22 Mar 2021

$11 million COBRE funding will help create Center for Pre-Clinical Cancer Research at LSU SVM

The Louisiana State University School of Veterinary Medicine, or LSU SVM, has received an $11 million grant to establish a Center of Biomedical Research Excellence, or COBRE.

19 Mar 2021

New approach to cancer immunotherapy may prevent autoimmunity

A team of researchers has found disrupting the interaction between cancer cells and certain immune cells is more effective at killing cancer cells than current immunotherapy treatments.

19 Mar 2021

Study: One in six men with advanced prostate cancer experiences reduced sense of smell and taste

One in six men being treated for advanced prostate cancer experiences a reduced sense of smell and taste, a symptom that could cause increased anxiety among patients because it is also a side effect of COVID-19, according to Tulane researchers.

16 Mar 2021

Cancer cells may dodge chemotherapy by going into 'active hibernation'

Cancer cells can dodge chemotherapy by entering a state that bears similarity to certain kinds of senescence, a type of "active hibernation" that enables them to weather the stress induced by aggressive treatments aimed at destroying them, according to a new study by scientists at Weill Cornell Medicine.

13 Mar 2021

Researchers establish organoid culture models from prostate tumor biopsies

Scientists at Urology Research Laboratory of the Department for BioMedical Research, University of Bern and Urology Department of the Inselspital of Bern, have established organoid culture models from prostate tumor biopsies.

8 Mar 2021

A sneak peek of the current state and future use of artificial intelligence in pathology

Artificial intelligence can already scan images of the eye to assess patients for diabetic retinopathy, a leading cause of vision loss, and find evidence of strokes on brain CT scans.

8 Mar 2021

New initiative aims to increase prostate cancer screening in African Americans men

African American men in Cuyahoga County have a 60% increased risk of being diagnosed with prostate cancer and an 80% increased risk of dying from prostate cancer compared to white men, according to data from the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center.

2 Mar 2021

Scientists test the effect of natural product isolated from sea sponge on cancer cells

Scientists from Far Eastern Federal University together with Russian and German colleagues, continue studying antitumor compounds synthesized based on bioactive molecules isolated from a sea sponge.

1 Mar 2021

New approach harnesses disease-causing proteins to combat cancer

Over many decades now, traditional drug discovery methods have steadily improved at keeping diseases at bay and cancer in remission. And for the most part, it's worked well.

26 Feb 2021

Renalytix AI and University of Utah announce partnership to improve kidney health

Renalytix AI plc, an artificial intelligence-enabled in vitro diagnostics company, and the University of Utah, one of the top research institutions in the United States, today announced a partnership to improve kidney health and reduce the risk of kidney failure for large scale populations in the earliest stages of kidney disease.

25 Feb 2021

High-throughput genetic analysis can help dissect the mechanism of disease inheritance

Many genetic variants have been found to have a linkage with genetic diseases, but the understanding of their functional roles in causing diseases are still limited.

24 Feb 2021

Polygenic hazard score improves prediction of prostate cancer risk in multi-ethnic populations

Building upon previous research, an international team led by scientists at University of California San Diego School of Medicine, has validated a more inclusive and comprehensive genetic tool for predicting age of onset of aggressive prostate cancer, a disease that killed more than 33,000 American men in 2020.

23 Feb 2021

Psychosocial factors may contribute to dropout of patients from peritoneal dialysis

A retrospective study conducted by LSU Health New Orleans reports that contrary to previous research, most patients who drop out of peritoneal dialysis may do so for psychosocial reasons.

20 Feb 2021

Targeting MAPK4 enzyme may be a potential new strategy to combat prostate cancer

The battle against late-stage prostate cancer might have found a potential new strategy to combat this deadly disease.

20 Feb 2021

Researchers track how Osmium reacts in a single cancer cell

Osmium is a rare precious metal that could be used to treat cancer with fewer side effects when compared to Platinum, currently used in nearly half of chemotherapies.

17 Feb 2021

Researchers identify molecular link between inflammatory signaling molecule and a main oncogene

A team of MedUni Vienna researchers led by Johannes A. Schmid at the Center for Physiology and Pharmacology, Institute of Vascular Biology and Thrombosis Research, has managed to identify a previously unknown molecular connection between an inflammatory signaling molecule and one of the main oncogenes.

17 Feb 2021

Prostate Cancer News and Research

Latest Prostate Cancer News and Research

Study may help develop effective biosensors for non-invasive diagnosis of prostate cancer

RedHill provides opaganib treatment under compassionate use exemption for Swiss COVID-19 patients

Anti-androgen drugs may help disarm coronavirus spike protein, stop progression of COVID-19

Male fertility and androgen production may be impacted by COVID-19

$11 million COBRE funding will help create Center for Pre-Clinical Cancer Research at LSU SVM

New approach to cancer immunotherapy may prevent autoimmunity

Study: One in six men with advanced prostate cancer experiences reduced sense of smell and taste

Cancer cells may dodge chemotherapy by going into 'active hibernation'

Researchers establish organoid culture models from prostate tumor biopsies

A sneak peek of the current state and future use of artificial intelligence in pathology

New initiative aims to increase prostate cancer screening in African Americans men

Scientists test the effect of natural product isolated from sea sponge on cancer cells

New approach harnesses disease-causing proteins to combat cancer

Renalytix AI and University of Utah announce partnership to improve kidney health

High-throughput genetic analysis can help dissect the mechanism of disease inheritance

Polygenic hazard score improves prediction of prostate cancer risk in multi-ethnic populations

Psychosocial factors may contribute to dropout of patients from peritoneal dialysis

Targeting MAPK4 enzyme may be a potential new strategy to combat prostate cancer

Researchers track how Osmium reacts in a single cancer cell

Researchers identify molecular link between inflammatory signaling molecule and a main oncogene

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