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Artificial Intelligence Finds Patterns of Mutations and Survival in Tumour Images

July 28, 2020
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Cambridge, UK — Researchers at EMBL’s European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI), the Wellcome Sanger Institute, Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge, UK, and collaborators have developed...

Researchers Uncover Cancer Cell Vulnerabilities; may Lead to Better Cancer Therapies

June 15, 2020
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Irvine, CA — A new University of California, Irvine-led study reveals a protein responsible for genetic changes resulting in a variety of cancers, may also be the key to more effective, targeted cancer...

Researchers Identify a Moving Target in Small Cell Lung Tumours

June 2, 2020
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Salt Lake City, UT — Lung cancers account for approximately 25 percent of all cancer deaths. Even among those who do not smoke, 1 in 15 men and 1 in 17 women are expected to develop lung cancer in...

New Double-Contrast Technique Picks Up Small Tumours on MRI

May 26, 2020
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Davis, CA — Researchers at the University of California, Davis offers a significant advance in using magnetic resonance imaging to pick out even very small tumours from normal tissue. The work is published...

T-cells could be Made into Better Cancer Killers by Increasing Their Protein Production

May 25, 2020
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Charleston, SC — A team of scientists from Hollings Cancer Center at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) has developed a novel flow cytometry technique that can, for the first-time, quantify...

Genome-Wide Pattern Found in Tumours from Brain Cancer Patients Predicts Life Expectancy

May 19, 2020
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Salt Lake City, UT — For the past 70 years, the best indicator of life expectancy for a patient with glioblastoma (GBM) — the most common and the most aggressive brain cancer — has simply...

Lymphoma’s Different Route Revealed

April 9, 2020
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Berlin, Germany — Creating new blood vessels, a process called angiogenesis, for tumors in lymph nodes is different than for tumours in other parts of the body, such as the colon or lung, a team from...

Starve a Tumour, Feed a Cell: How Cancers can Resist Drugs

March 5, 2020
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Irvine, CA — With drug resistance a major challenge in the fight against cancer, a discovery by University of California, Irvine biologists could offer new approaches to overcoming the obstacle. Their...

Designer Probiotic Treatment for Cancer Immunotherapy

February 13, 2020
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New York, NY — Columbia biomedical engineers have designed a novel probiotic strain that after a single dose can seek out solid tumours and safely deliver immune checkpoint inhibitors, resulting in...

Can Flu Shot Help Fight Cancer?

January 7, 2020
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Chicago, IL — Changing the microenvironment of tumours to increase the immune system’s response to them has been the goal of countless research and clinical studies including the most recent...

Study Reveals New Approach to Enhancing Response to Immunotherapy in Melanoma

January 7, 2020
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La Jolla, CA — Scientists at Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute have identified a new way to boost the immune system’s ability to fight cancer. The study, which was performed...

Scientists Discover Metabolic Feature that Allows Melanoma Cells to Spread

December 19, 2019
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Dallas, TX — Researchers at Children’s Medical Center Research Institute at UT Southwestern (CRI) have uncovered why certain melanoma cells are more likely to spread through the body. The discovery...

Scientists Show Thin Metal Mesh Loaded with T Cells Shrinks Solid Tumours

December 9, 2019
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Seattle, WA — What if a metal that’s already used to repair broken bones, straighten teeth and keep arteries from clogging could also be used to stop your cancer from spreading? New findings...

Inadequacies in Current Early-Stage Lung Cancer Treatment Revealed

November 28, 2019
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Sendai, Japan — Researchers from Tohoku University and Tohoku University Hospital have revealed why some existing cancer treatments are ineffective in tackling the early-stages of lung cancer. A team...

Researchers Describe a Molecular Strategy that Helps Prevent Tumour Formation in Mice

November 4, 2019
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Madrid, Spain — The body’s process for manufacturing fatty acids is regulated by the enzyme FASN. In normal cells, this is not a very active process – except occasionally in the liver and...

CRISPR-Edited C. Elegans Identifies Vulnerabilities in Cancer

October 24, 2019
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Barcelona, Spain — At first glance, a one-millimeter worm that needs to be observed with a magnifying glass does not resemble a human being at all. However, the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans, an...

Researchers Make it Possible for Ultrasound to Reveal Gene Expression in Body

September 30, 2019
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Pasadena, CA — Some of the most important tools in the toolbox of modern cell biologists are special chunks of DNA that act like spies, reporting on the cell’s function. The markers, known as...

New Imaging Technology could ‘Revolutionize’ Cancer Surgery

September 17, 2019
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Waterloo, ON — Cancer treatment could be dramatically improved by an invention at the University of Waterloo to precisely locate the edges of tumours during surgery to remove them. The new imaging...

Liquid Biopsies Reveal Genetic Alterations Linked to Cancer Drug Resistance

September 10, 2019
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Cambridge, MA — Many patients see their tumours shrink in response to a drug, only to have them come back with a vengeance as they evolve to fend off the treatment. Oncologists want to be able to quickly...

Single Enzyme Helps Drive Inflammation in Mice, Provides Target for New Sepsis Drugs

August 14, 2019
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La Jolla, CA — Sepsis occurs when the body goes overboard in its attempt to fight off an infection. Immune cells rush in, overreact and wreak havoc on tissues and organs, often resulting in organ failure...

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