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AI Methods of Analyzing Social Networks Find New Cell Types in Tissue

October 22, 2020
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Uppsala, Sweden — In situ sequencing enables gene activity inside body tissues to be depicted in microscope images. To facilitate interpretation of the vast quantities of information generated, Uppsala...

Hand-Held Device Reads Levels of Cancer Biomarker

October 22, 2020
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Hamilton, ON — Researchers at McMaster and Brock universities have created the prototype for a hand-held device to measure a biomarker for cancer, paving the way for home-based cancer monitoring and...

Discoveries Suggest New Breast Cancer Treatment

October 19, 2020
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Melbourne, Australia — Findings by Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute (BDI) researchers have pointed to a new combination of treatments that may help breast cancer patients with certain gene mutations. The...

Scientists Propose Potential Method for Imaging-Guided Synergistic Cancer Therapy

October 19, 2020
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Beijing, China — A joint research team led by Prof. WANG Hui and Prof. LIN Wenchu from the High Magnetic Field Laboratory of the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science developed a synthesis of metal-free...

Small RNA as a Central Player in Infections

October 19, 2020
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Würzburg, Germany — More than half of the world’s population carries the bacterium Helicobacter pylori in their stomach mucosa. It often causes no problems throughout life, but sometimes it can...

New Test can Target and Capture Most Lethal Cells in Fatal Brain Cancer

October 19, 2020
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Baltimore, MD — A laboratory test developed by a research team led by Johns Hopkins University bioengineers can accurately pinpoint, capture and analyze the deadliest cells in the most common and aggressive...

Researchers Make Counterintuitive Discoveries About Immune-Like Characteristics of Cells

October 19, 2020
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Nashville, TN — Vanderbilt University researchers have reported the counterintuitive discovery that certain chemotherapeutic agents used to treat tumours can have the opposite effect of tissue overgrowth...

Researchers Mine Data and Connect the Dots About Processes Driving Neuroblastoma

October 15, 2020
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Memphis, TN — Researchers have used insight from a comprehensive genomic analysis of neuroblastoma to learn about the process driving one of the most common childhood solid tumours. The findings revealed...

Anticancer Compounds for B Cell Cancer Therapy Targeting Cellular Stress Response

October 15, 2020
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Philadelphia, PA — Researchers at The Wistar Institute and collaborators from the University of Notre Dame are developing anticancer compounds targeting a pathway of the endoplasmic reticulum (ER)...

Reprogram CRISPR System in Mice to Eliminate Tumour Cells Without Affecting Healthy Cells

October 12, 2020
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Madrid, Spain — The CRISPR/Cas9 gene-editing tool is one of the most promising approaches to advancing treatments of genetic diseases – including cancer -, an area of research where progress...

Imaging Technique could Replace Tissue Biopsies in Assessing Drug Resistance in Cancer

October 8, 2020
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Cambridge, UK — Imaging techniques could replace the need for invasive tissue biopsies in helping rapidly determine whether cancer treatments are working effectively, according to researchers at the...

Colorectal Cancer Treatment: The Winning Combinations

October 8, 2020
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Geneva, Switzerland — Chemotherapy-based cancer treatment has distressing side effects for patients and increases the risk of developing resistance to the treatment. In an attempt to solve these problems,...

Potential Drug Treatment for Particular Type of Lung-Cancer

October 6, 2020
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Kanazawa, Japan — The effectiveness of cancer treatment is often hampered by cancer cells being heterogeneous. This is the case for EGFR-mutated lung cancer: drugs based on biomolecules of a type known...

Cancer Mutations Accumulate in Distinct Regions Based on Structure of Genome and Mutation, Study Finds

October 6, 2020
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Houston, TX — A new study from researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center has discovered that mutations found in cancers do not accumulate randomly, but are found in distinct...

Tumour Progression Depends on Tumour Microenvironment

October 5, 2020
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Tokyo, Japan — Researchers from Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU) and Niigata University identify a novel mechanism by which tumours progress Tumour cells constantly interact with the cellular...

Identified the Cellular Process by Which Cisplatin Chemotherapy Causes Neuronal Damage

October 1, 2020
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Barcelona, Spain — Despite the great advances in cancer research in recent years, treatments that can cause very severe adverse effects are still used. This is the case of neuropathy caused by chemotherapy...

Gut Microbiome may Influence How Cancer Patients Respond to Oral Therapies, Study Suggests

October 1, 2020
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London, ON — A new study from Lawson Health Research Institute and Western University illustrates how the gut microbiome interacts with an oral medication in prostate cancer patients, suggesting bacteria...

Researchers Discover a New Method to Regulate Cell Plasticity

September 29, 2020
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Barcelona, Spain — Cell plasticity is a property by which a cell can take on different and reversible identities. Cell plasticity is also essential for embryo development and for the correct function...

Anti-Convulsant Drug can Modify DNA Conformation and Interact with Chromosome Proteins

September 29, 2020
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São Paulo, Brazil — Results of recent studies involving valproic acid, used for decades as an anti-convulsant drug, show that it can interact with the conformation of DNA and regulate gene expression. These...

New Analytical Model Detects Mutations in Breast Cancer

September 28, 2020
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Lund, Sweden — Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have developed a computational model which is effective in detecting and identifying genetic mutations in breast tumours. The study, the largest...

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