Abnormal prenatal blood test results could indicate hidden maternal cancers

byNIH/Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human DevelopmentCredit: Josh Willink from PexelsResearchers at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) found previously undet

Updated on: December 20,2024

Abnormal prenatal blood test results could indicate hidden maternal cancers

byNIH/Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human DevelopmentCredit: Josh Willink from PexelsResearchers at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) found previously undet

Updated on:December 20,2024

How individual mutations of the tumor suppressor p53 affect pancreatic carcinomas

byUniversity of KonstanzMetabolic profile of p53 mutant variants in pancreatic cancer. Credit:Journal of Experimental & Clinical Cancer Research(2024). DOI: 10.1186/s13046-024-03

Updated on: December 21,2024

How individual mutations of the tumor suppressor p53 affect pancreatic carcinomas

byUniversity of KonstanzMetabolic profile of p53 mutant variants in pancreatic cancer. Credit:Journal of Experimental & Clinical Cancer Research(2024). DOI: 10.1186/s13046-024-03

Updated on:December 21,2024

Could a pill replace gene therapy for sickle cell disease? Research uncovers potential path to small-molecule drug

by Nancy Fliesler,Children's Hospital BostonNew work suggests ways to target the BCL11A protein with drugs, enabling patients with sickle cell disease to produce non-sickling fetal hemoglobi

Updated on: January 17,2025

Could a pill replace gene therapy for sickle cell disease? Research uncovers potential path to small-molecule drug

by Nancy Fliesler,Children's Hospital BostonNew work suggests ways to target the BCL11A protein with drugs, enabling patients with sickle cell disease to produce non-sickling fetal hemoglobi

Updated on:January 17,2025

Building better biomaterials for cancer treatments

Updated on: March 09,2025

Building better biomaterials for cancer treatments

Updated on:March 09,2025

Anticancer drugs could make immunotherapies more effective

byWeill Cornell Medical CollegePretreatment with EZH2 inhibitor (top right) leads to higher recruitment of CAR-T cells (red) into the lymph node tumor compared with control (top left). Pretreatm

Updated on: December 21,2024

Anticancer drugs could make immunotherapies more effective

byWeill Cornell Medical CollegePretreatment with EZH2 inhibitor (top right) leads to higher recruitment of CAR-T cells (red) into the lymph node tumor compared with control (top left). Pretreatm

Updated on:December 21,2024

Neurocognitive battery feasible in 3-year-olds during leukemia treatment

by Elana GotkineA brief neurocognitive battery is feasible for use in 3-year-olds during acute lymphoblastic leukemia treatment, according to a studypublishedonline Dec. 9 inPediatri

Updated on: January 22,2025

Neurocognitive battery feasible in 3-year-olds during leukemia treatment

by Elana GotkineA brief neurocognitive battery is feasible for use in 3-year-olds during acute lymphoblastic leukemia treatment, according to a studypublishedonline Dec. 9 inPediatri

Updated on:January 22,2025

Lung cancer cells can go 'off grid' and develop their own electrical network within the tumor, study shows

Updated on: March 27,2025

Lung cancer cells can go 'off grid' and develop their own electrical network within the tumor, study shows

Updated on:March 27,2025

Immunosuppression study helps understand why some prostate cancer treatments do not work as expected

byTampere UniversityOn the left is a tissue sample from the prostate stained with hematoxylin and eosin. Hematoxylin stains the nuclei blue or purple because it binds to DNA, and eosin stains th

Updated on: December 21,2024

Immunosuppression study helps understand why some prostate cancer treatments do not work as expected

byTampere UniversityOn the left is a tissue sample from the prostate stained with hematoxylin and eosin. Hematoxylin stains the nuclei blue or purple because it binds to DNA, and eosin stains th

Updated on:December 21,2024

How breast cancer cells survive in bone marrow after remission

byUniversity of MichiganGraphical abstract. Credit:Journal of Clinical Investigation(2024). DOI: 10.1172/JCI170953A study from researchers at the University of Michigan and the Unive

Updated on: December 21,2024

How breast cancer cells survive in bone marrow after remission

byUniversity of MichiganGraphical abstract. Credit:Journal of Clinical Investigation(2024). DOI: 10.1172/JCI170953A study from researchers at the University of Michigan and the Unive

Updated on:December 21,2024

CRISPR study silences gene mutations that drive aggressive cancers

byPeter MacCallum Cancer CentreMolecular principles of CRISPR-Cas13 mismatch intolerance enable selective silencing of point-mutated oncogenic RNA with single-base precision. Credit:Scienc

Updated on: January 21,2025

CRISPR study silences gene mutations that drive aggressive cancers

byPeter MacCallum Cancer CentreMolecular principles of CRISPR-Cas13 mismatch intolerance enable selective silencing of point-mutated oncogenic RNA with single-base precision. Credit:Scienc

Updated on:January 21,2025

Prevention and screening outpace treatment advances for averting death from five cancer types, study reveals

byNational Cancer InstituteCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainImprovements in cancer prevention and screening have averted more deaths from five cancer types combined over the past 45 years than t

Updated on: December 20,2024

Prevention and screening outpace treatment advances for averting death from five cancer types, study reveals

byNational Cancer InstituteCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainImprovements in cancer prevention and screening have averted more deaths from five cancer types combined over the past 45 years than t

Updated on:December 20,2024

Japan study finds decline in breast cancer screening participation rates during the COVID-19 pandemic

Updated on: March 25,2025

Japan study finds decline in breast cancer screening participation rates during the COVID-19 pandemic

Updated on:March 25,2025