New blood test spots four cancers and other diseases by stripping away healthy DNA noise
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 Lab study shows cigarette smoke damaged lung cells more than e-cigarette vaporLab study shows cigarette smoke damaged lung cells more than e-cigarette vapor
 
Researchers found that cigarette smoke extract disrupted the lung cell barrier, increased IL-6 inflammation, and caused DNA damage in Calu-3 cells, while e-cigarette vapor extract showed no significant adverse effects on these measures under the study conditions. The authors caution that these were in vitro findings using liquid extracts and unflavored e-liquid, so they do not directly predict long-term human health outcomes.
 
 
 New blood test spots four cancers and other diseases by stripping away healthy DNA noiseNew blood test spots four cancers and other diseases by stripping away healthy DNA noise
 
MethylScan is a new low-cost cell-free DNA methylome test that removes much of the healthy blood DNA background, helping rare disease signals stand out more clearly. In more than 1,000 people, it showed strong performance for detecting four cancers, classifying liver diseases, and identifying organ-specific damage.
 
   Large US study finds never-married adults face higher risk for most major cancersLarge US study finds never-married adults face higher risk for most major cancers
 
A large US population-based study found that never-married adults had higher cancer incidence than ever-married adults across most cancer types, with the largest disparities seen in older adults and in Black men. The pattern was especially strong for HPV-related, tobacco-related, and several reproductive cancers, suggesting marital status may act as an important social marker of cancer risk.
 
   Metformin boosts an exercise-linked metabolite and may help control weight in prostate cancer patientsMetformin boosts an exercise-linked metabolite and may help control weight in prostate cancer patients
 
Metformin raised the exercise-linked metabolite Lac-Phe in prostate cancer patients across disease stages and treatment settings, while Lac-Phe itself did not predict anticancer response. Patients in the BIMET-1 metformin arm also showed better weight management during anti-androgen therapy, highlighting a possible metabolic benefit relevant to prostate cancer care.
 
   Targeted diet helps reprogram aggressive neuroblastoma in miceTargeted diet helps reprogram aggressive neuroblastoma in mice
 
Researchers highlighted how an arginine- and proline-restricted diet combined with eflornithine reprogrammed MYCN-driven neuroblastoma in mice, pushing tumor cells out of the cell cycle and toward differentiation. The commentary argues that this metabolism-to-translation link could open a new path for testing targeted dietary strategies alongside cancer drugs in future clinical studies.
 
 Why early-onset cancers are rising and how researchers plan to stop them
 
Why early-onset cancers are rising and how researchers plan to stop themEarly-onset cancers are rising worldwide, and this Cell Perspective argues that cancer prevention must move beyond static risk-factor snapshots toward life-course exposure mapping, tissue-level biology, and dynamic estimates of preventability. The authors propose three linked frameworks to speed discovery of cancer causes and translate those findings into more precise prevention and interception strategies.
 
 
 Clusterin inhibition offers new hope for treating cervical gastric-type adenocarcinoma
 
Clusterin inhibition offers new hope for treating cervical gastric-type adenocarcinomaGastric-type adenocarcinoma (GAS) is one of the most aggressive non-human papillomavirus (HPV)-associated cervical adenocarcinomas and remains especially difficult to diagnose and treat.
 
 
 Duloxetine fails to prevent nerve damage caused by chemotherapy
 
Duloxetine fails to prevent nerve damage caused by chemotherapyA randomized trial conducted by the Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology with support from the National Cancer Institute has found that duloxetine, a medication commonly used to treat chronic pain and psychiatric conditions, does not prevent nerve damage caused by chemotherapy in patients with colorectal cancer.
 
 
 FDA clears investigational new drug application to test sCAR-T therapy for autoimmune conditions
 
FDA clears investigational new drug application to test sCAR-T therapy for autoimmune conditionsCalibr-Skaggs Institute for Innovative Medicines, the drug discovery division of Scripps Research, announced today that the FDA has cleared their investigational new drug (IND) application to study switchable chimeric antigen receptor T cell (sCAR-T) therapy (CLBR001 + SWI019) in patients with autoimmune conditions.
 
 
 Talc not contaminated with asbestos shows no link to cancer
 
Talc not contaminated with asbestos shows no link to cancerIn a systematic review and meta-analysis, researchers found that occupational exposure to talc that is not contaminated with asbestos is not associated with an increase in the risk of lung cancer, mesothelioma, or laryngeal cancer.
 
 
 Geographic disparities persist in the decline of U.S. cancer deaths
 
Geographic disparities persist in the decline of U.S. cancer deathsIn 1991, the U.S. experienced a significant shift in cancer death rates, as, for the first time, deaths began a steady decline that continues to the present day. Researchers at Mississippi State's Social Science Research Center, in partnership with scientists at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, examined this decline to identify where and who benefited the most from this dramatic improvement.
 
 
 Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center opens new trial for neuroendocrine tumors
 
Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center opens new trial for neuroendocrine tumorsA clinical trial for patients with high-grade neuroendocrine tumors is now open for enrollment at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, part of the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine.
 
 
 Alligator Bioscience provides an update on mitazalimab
 
Alligator Bioscience, a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing tumor-directed immuno-oncology antibody drugs, today provided a brief update regarding mitazalimab.
 
 
 Nanomedicine offers targeted solutions for breast cancer treatment
 
Breast cancer (BCA) is one of the most common cancers worldwide, with high mortality and morbidity in women.
 
 
 AI-powered chemistry accelerates discovery of selective cancer inhibitors
 
Recently, the Insilico team's research entitled "An Internal Sulfur-Lone Pair Interaction Enabled the Discovery of Potential and Sub-Family Selective PKMYT1 Inhibitors" was invited for publication as a cover Feature in ChemMedChem.
 
 
 Study reveals lung-brain link between smoking and neurodegeneration
 
The correlation between smoking and neurodegeneration is well-documented, with one study from 2011 finding heavy smoking in midlife was associated with a greater than 100% increase in risk of dementia, Alzheimer's and vascular dementia more than two decades later.
 
 
 Study explains why current BET inhibitors fail in cancer treatment
 
For over a decade, a class of drugs called BET inhibitors has been tested in cancer trials with high expectations.
 
 
 Insilico Medicine nominates AI-driven drug candidate for cancer, Cushing's syndrome and obesity
 
The NR3C1 (nuclear receptor subfamily 3 group C member 1) gene encodes the glucocorticoid receptor (GR), a nuclear receptor vital for maintaining physiological homeostasis, and inhibition of NR3C1 could increase the sensitivity of cancer cells to standard chemotherapy, particularly in ovarian cancer.
 
 
 Noninvasive urine test improves prediction of bladder cancer treatment outcomes
 
Bladder cancer arises from the lining of the bladder, the organ that stores urine, and is one of the most common cancers in the United States. Most patients are diagnosed at an early stage called non-muscle invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC), in which the tumors are confined to the inner layers of the bladder.
 
 
 Letrozole monotherapy falls short in ovarian cancer clinical trial
 
Late breaking results from the phase III NRG GY019 trial indicate that letrozole monotherapy (L) did not demonstrate non inferiority to paclitaxel/carboplatin followed by letrozole (PC/L) for progression free survival (PFS) in patients with newly diagnosed stage II-IV low grade serous carcinoma of the ovary or peritoneum.
 
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