With cancer cases rising in young people, could earlier screenings help save lives?

by Erin Kayata,Northeastern UniversityCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainCancer cases are increasing among young people, with rising instances of colorectal cancer in people under age 55 and cervi

Updated on: April 28,2024

With cancer cases rising in young people, could earlier screenings help save lives?

by Erin Kayata,Northeastern UniversityCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainCancer cases are increasing among young people, with rising instances of colorectal cancer in people under age 55 and cervi

Updated on:April 28,2024

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

Updated on: March 15,2024

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

Updated on:March 15,2024

New drug, WNTinib, delays tumor growth and improves survival in mouse models of children's liver cancer

by European Organisation for Research and Treatment of CancerCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainA new drug called WNTinib can delay the growth of tumors and improve survival in hepatoblastoma, a type of

Updated on: November 08,2024

New drug, WNTinib, delays tumor growth and improves survival in mouse models of children's liver cancer

by European Organisation for Research and Treatment of CancerCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainA new drug called WNTinib can delay the growth of tumors and improve survival in hepatoblastoma, a type of

Updated on:November 08,2024

Researchers identify promising drug to treat gastrointestinal cancers

by Joe Dangor,Mayo ClinicCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainGastrointestinal cancers are some of the most commonly diagnosed cancers, and they continue to be associated with poor survival outcome

Updated on: April 07,2024

Researchers identify promising drug to treat gastrointestinal cancers

by Joe Dangor,Mayo ClinicCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainGastrointestinal cancers are some of the most commonly diagnosed cancers, and they continue to be associated with poor survival outcome

Updated on:April 07,2024

Early menopause appears raise odds of breast cancer, study reports

by Dennis Thompson.Women who underwent menopause at an age younger than 46 were nearly twice as likely to havebreast cancercompared to others their age, researchers found.The study, appear

Updated on: August 27,2024

Early menopause appears raise odds of breast cancer, study reports

by Dennis Thompson.Women who underwent menopause at an age younger than 46 were nearly twice as likely to havebreast cancercompared to others their age, researchers found.The study, appear

Updated on:August 27,2024

New radiation technology raises a stir

by Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO)Credit: Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO)Nothing less than a breakthrough. That's how researchers at UMC Utrecht

Updated on: March 12,2024

New radiation technology raises a stir

by Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO)Credit: Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO)Nothing less than a breakthrough. That's how researchers at UMC Utrecht

Updated on:March 12,2024

Interdisciplinary research team uses AI to quickly discover personalized cancer cures

byLouisiana State UniversityCancerOmicsNet is a graph-based AI model. The LSU research team ran it on 2,300 drugs against 359 cancer cell lines—more than 800,000 combinations. CancerOmicsNet pre

Updated on: December 28,2023

Interdisciplinary research team uses AI to quickly discover personalized cancer cures

byLouisiana State UniversityCancerOmicsNet is a graph-based AI model. The LSU research team ran it on 2,300 drugs against 359 cancer cell lines—more than 800,000 combinations. CancerOmicsNet pre

Updated on:December 28,2023

Researchers discover a weakness in a rare cancer that could be exploited with drugs

by Rockefeller UniversitySome cancer cells cannot produce cholesterol, and instead build up an excess of squalene (pink)--a molecule that may help these dangerous cells thrive. Credit: Laboratory

Updated on: June 19,2024

Researchers discover a weakness in a rare cancer that could be exploited with drugs

by Rockefeller UniversitySome cancer cells cannot produce cholesterol, and instead build up an excess of squalene (pink)--a molecule that may help these dangerous cells thrive. Credit: Laboratory

Updated on:June 19,2024

Study finds specific microbiome tied to long-term survival of patients with pancreatic cancer

by University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer CenterFlorencia McAllister, M.D. Credit: MD Anderson Cancer CenterA key difference between the few pancreatic cancer patients who survive long-term an

Updated on: July 04,2024

Study finds specific microbiome tied to long-term survival of patients with pancreatic cancer

by University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer CenterFlorencia McAllister, M.D. Credit: MD Anderson Cancer CenterA key difference between the few pancreatic cancer patients who survive long-term an

Updated on:July 04,2024

Research suggests natural compound could be promising new alternative treatment for colon cancer

FEBRUARY 26, 2024byUniversity of PortsmouthSchisandrin B inhibits the proliferation of human colon cancer cells. Credit:ACS Pharmacology & Translational Science(2024). DOI: 10.10

Updated on: March 27,2024

Research suggests natural compound could be promising new alternative treatment for colon cancer

FEBRUARY 26, 2024byUniversity of PortsmouthSchisandrin B inhibits the proliferation of human colon cancer cells. Credit:ACS Pharmacology & Translational Science(2024). DOI: 10.10

Updated on:March 27,2024

New research identifies a potential treatment target for hepatoblastoma, the most common liver cancer in children

byElsevierLeft: Gross images of livers from mice transfected with β-catenin and YAP1(β-Y), β-catenin and YAP1 plus dominant negative HSF1 (dnHSF1-β-Y) and normal (control). Right: Liver to body

Updated on: January 13,2024

New research identifies a potential treatment target for hepatoblastoma, the most common liver cancer in children

byElsevierLeft: Gross images of livers from mice transfected with β-catenin and YAP1(β-Y), β-catenin and YAP1 plus dominant negative HSF1 (dnHSF1-β-Y) and normal (control). Right: Liver to body

Updated on:January 13,2024

Race, income can determine blood cancer outcomes, studies show

by Ernie MundellIf someone is stricken with a blood cancer or life-threatening clot, they'll probably fare better if they are white and wealthy, three new studies show.The ongoing impact of patien

Updated on: January 22,2024

Race, income can determine blood cancer outcomes, studies show

by Ernie MundellIf someone is stricken with a blood cancer or life-threatening clot, they'll probably fare better if they are white and wealthy, three new studies show.The ongoing impact of patien

Updated on:January 22,2024