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Finding new ways to treat diffuse midline gliomas

Finding new ways to treat diffuse midline gliomas

by Greg Glasgow,CU Anschutz Medical CampusPlanning CTs demonstrating positioning of the mouse on the custom platform and RT fields for the two RT groups, along with the RT schedule for both grou

Finding new ways to treat diffuse midline gliomas

by Greg Glasgow,CU Anschutz Medical CampusPlanning CTs demonstrating positioning of the mouse on the custom platform and RT fields for the two RT groups, along with the RT schedule for both grou
Cancer cases will keep rising worldwide: Report

Cancer cases will keep rising worldwide: Report

by Dennis ThompsonCancer cases will continue to climb for the next two decades, spurred on by an aging worldwide population, a new report shows.An estimated 20 million new cancer cases were diagnosed

Cancer cases will keep rising worldwide: Report

by Dennis ThompsonCancer cases will continue to climb for the next two decades, spurred on by an aging worldwide population, a new report shows.An estimated 20 million new cancer cases were diagnosed
New treatment option for prostate cancer shows successful outcomes

New treatment option for prostate cancer shows successful outcomes

by The Reis GroupCredit: CC0 Public DomainA minimally-invasive treatment using MRI and transurethral ultrasound instead of surgery or radiation is effective in treating prostate cancer, according to n

New treatment option for prostate cancer shows successful outcomes

by The Reis GroupCredit: CC0 Public DomainA minimally-invasive treatment using MRI and transurethral ultrasound instead of surgery or radiation is effective in treating prostate cancer, according to n
Trial results show PARP inhibitor benefit in 'BRCA-like' breast cancer

Trial results show PARP inhibitor benefit in 'BRCA-like' breast cancer

by SWOG Cancer Research NetworkCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainResults from the SWOG S1416 clinical trial show that adding veliparib to chemotherapy can significantly extend progression-free surviva

Trial results show PARP inhibitor benefit in 'BRCA-like' breast cancer

by SWOG Cancer Research NetworkCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainResults from the SWOG S1416 clinical trial show that adding veliparib to chemotherapy can significantly extend progression-free surviva
Researchers testing new brain cancer vaccine

Researchers testing new brain cancer vaccine

by Rush University Medical CenterGlioblastoma (histology slide). Credit: Wikipedia/CC BY-SA 3.0Rush University Medical Center is part of a new clinical trial testing whether an experimental vacci

Researchers testing new brain cancer vaccine

by Rush University Medical CenterGlioblastoma (histology slide). Credit: Wikipedia/CC BY-SA 3.0Rush University Medical Center is part of a new clinical trial testing whether an experimental vacci
A possible way to reenergize T cells exhausted from fighting a tumor

A possible way to reenergize T cells exhausted from fighting a tumor

by Bob Yirka , Medical XpressScanning electron micrograph of human T lymphocyte or T cell. Credit: NIAID/NIHAn international team of researchers has found a possible way to reenergize T cells exhauste

A possible way to reenergize T cells exhausted from fighting a tumor

by Bob Yirka , Medical XpressScanning electron micrograph of human T lymphocyte or T cell. Credit: NIAID/NIHAn international team of researchers has found a possible way to reenergize T cells exhauste
Exploring how gene mutations in tumors impact radiation sensitivity

Exploring how gene mutations in tumors impact radiation sensitivity

byNorthwestern UniversityHigh-content irradiation platform reproducibility for the duration of the profiling effort. The signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), in blue represents the in-plate ratio of rad

Exploring how gene mutations in tumors impact radiation sensitivity

byNorthwestern UniversityHigh-content irradiation platform reproducibility for the duration of the profiling effort. The signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), in blue represents the in-plate ratio of rad
Treating Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, type 2 diabetes by eliminating protein aggregation in brain, pancreas

Treating Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, type 2 diabetes by eliminating protein aggregation in brain, pancreas

by Steve Martin,Purdue UniversityCredit: Wikimedia CommonsPurdue University researchers have taken the first steps to treat Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease and Type 2 diabetes b

Treating Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, type 2 diabetes by eliminating protein aggregation in brain, pancreas

by Steve Martin,Purdue UniversityCredit: Wikimedia CommonsPurdue University researchers have taken the first steps to treat Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease and Type 2 diabetes b
Vitamin C may hold the key to improve efficacy of dendritic cell-derived anticancer cell therapies

Vitamin C may hold the key to improve efficacy of dendritic cell-derived anticancer cell therapies

byJosep Carreras Leukaemia Research InstituteVitamin C-mediated dendritic cell DNA methylome remodeling. (A) Scheme depicting the experimental setup. Monocytes (MO) were differentiated to dendri

Vitamin C may hold the key to improve efficacy of dendritic cell-derived anticancer cell therapies

byJosep Carreras Leukaemia Research InstituteVitamin C-mediated dendritic cell DNA methylome remodeling. (A) Scheme depicting the experimental setup. Monocytes (MO) were differentiated to dendri
New insight into protein could pave the way for new cancer treatments

New insight into protein could pave the way for new cancer treatments

FEBRUARY 29, 2024by Anna Björklund, Identification of a conformational switch in c-MYC.aOverview of the MD strategy employed to identify regions that exhibit probe-induced conformational changes

New insight into protein could pave the way for new cancer treatments

FEBRUARY 29, 2024by Anna Björklund, Identification of a conformational switch in c-MYC.aOverview of the MD strategy employed to identify regions that exhibit probe-induced conformational changes
Differences in T cells' functional state determine resistance to cancer therapy

Differences in T cells' functional state determine resistance to cancer therapy

by Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyThe researchers took this image of a tumor using immunofluorescence, a technique that allows them to stain tissue sections with fluorescently-labeled antib

Differences in T cells' functional state determine resistance to cancer therapy

by Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyThe researchers took this image of a tumor using immunofluorescence, a technique that allows them to stain tissue sections with fluorescently-labeled antib