Inhibition of FGFR3 receptor could be a new way of treating patients with...
In a recent study, scientists from the Institute for Cancer Research at MedUni Vienna have shown that the growth factor receptor FGFR3 increases the rate of growth and aggressiveness of hepatocellular...
View ArticleResearchers reveal new subtypes of invasive lobular carcinoma
Researchers from the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center and other academic centers have revealed new subtypes of invasive lobular carcinoma, the second most commonly diagnosed invasive breast...
View ArticleProposed thin-plate model sheds light on structural basis of chromosomal...
During cell division, each metaphase chromosome contains a single enormously long DNA molecule that is associated with histone proteins and forms a long chromatin filament with many nucleosomes.
View ArticleATA announces research grants to support projects proposed by young researchers
The American Thyroid Association is pleased to announce that grants have been awarded to support projects proposed by leading young researchers. Three of these projects involve the genetic analysis of...
View ArticleResearchers identify new regulatory pathway that may play vital role in...
Researchers have identified a new regulatory pathway that may play an important role in basal-like breast cancer (BLBC), a particularly aggressive form of breast cancer often referred to as "triple...
View ArticleNew therapeutic target can prevent abnormal blood vessel growth that causes...
A study by IRB Barcelona and IDIBAPS reveals a therapeutic target to prevent the development of the many abnormal blood vessels that cause gastrointestinal bleeding—the main complication in cirrhosis.
View ArticleBerkeley Lab researchers develop new mouse model for most common form of...
The first clinically-relevant mouse model of human breast cancer to successfully express functional estrogen receptor positive (ER+) adenocarcinomas has been developed by researchers at Lawrence...
View ArticleFraunhofer scientists use antibodies to detect cancer cells in tissue samples
Antibodies combat viruses and bacteria. They also attach themselves to cancer cells - in a typical, characteristic way. Fraunhofer scientists are using this property to detect cancer cells in tissue...
View ArticleChromoendoscopy superior to other surveillance methods in detecting dysplasia...
Chromoendoscopy is superior to random biopsy or white-light colonoscopy in detecting dysplasia in patients with inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD), according to a long-term surveillance study led by...
View ArticleLabCorp to offer Interpace's new ThyraMir microRNA classifier test
Interpace Diagnostics announced today that Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings, the world's leading health care diagnostics company, will begin offering Interpace's new ThyraMir microRNA...
View ArticleDuke researchers identify promising target for renal cell carcinomas
All cells need nutrients, but cancer cells are notoriously power hungry. As a result, cancer cells must alter their metabolism to provide the additional fuel needed for them to survive, grow and spread.
View ArticleNew method uses MRT with Dixon sequence for accurate measurement of breast...
A high breast density is an independent risk factor for breast cancer. MRT is the safest method for breast cancer diagnosis and is now used for early diagnosis. Medical University Vienna researchers at...
View ArticleRUVICA (ibrutinib) capsules approved for treatment-naïve CLL patients
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved IMBRUVICA (ibrutinib) capsules for treatment-naïve patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL).
View ArticleResearchers reveal how butterfly disease patients develop cutaneous squamous...
Fragile skin that blisters easily: 90 percent of the patients that suffer from the skin condition recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa (RDEB) develop rapidly progressing cutaneous squamous cell...
View ArticleStudy on kidney cancer can help pave way toward more effective personalized...
Understanding the complexity of cancer is a major goal of the scientific community, and for kidney cancer researchers this goal just got closer. Dr. Chad Creighton, associate professor of medicine and...
View ArticleSmartphone microscopes could improve detection of skin cancer in developing...
Everyone knows smartphones can be used as calendars, calculators, radios and cameras. But, did you know they can also be used as microscopes that have the potential to save lives? They are called...
View ArticleMolecular basis for tongue cancer progression: an interview with Dr Simona...
Head and neck cancers (HNC) are the sixth most common cancers worldwide, with approximately 600,000 new cases diagnosed every year.
View ArticleInnovative scanning-led surveillance can help identify need for neck dissection
Head and neck cancer patients may no longer have to undergo invasive post-treatment surgery to remove remaining cancer cells, as research shows that innovative scanning-led surveillance can help...
View ArticleImmunotherapy drug pembrolizumab shrinks tumors in patients with Merkel cell...
In a clinical trial of the immunotherapy drug pembrolizumab, half of 25 patients with a rare type of virus-linked skin cancer called Merkel cell carcinoma experienced substantial tumor shrinkage...
View ArticleFish oil supplements combined with anti-cancer therapy can reduce renal cell...
Researchers at UC Davis have shown that docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), a fatty acid commonly found in fish and fish oil supplements, reduces renal cell carcinoma invasiveness, growth rate, and blood...
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