Sickle cell disease is a genetic disorder that causes lifelong suffering—here's what you need to know

by Cristina Pina and Victor Hernandez-Hernandez,The ConversationCredit: National Institutes of HealthRight now, approximately20 billion red blood cellsare busy traveling through your

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Sickle cell disease is a genetic disorder that causes lifelong suffering—here's what you need to know

by Cristina Pina and Victor Hernandez-Hernandez,The ConversationCredit: National Institutes of HealthRight now, approximately20 billion red blood cellsare busy traveling through your

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Patients with MAFLD have 4.7 times higher risk of developing liver cancer, study finds

by Korea University College of MedicineEvolutionary changes in MASLD are associated with differential risks of hepatocellular carcinoma. Credit: Korea University MedicineResearch has revealed that in

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Patients with MAFLD have 4.7 times higher risk of developing liver cancer, study finds

by Korea University College of MedicineEvolutionary changes in MASLD are associated with differential risks of hepatocellular carcinoma. Credit: Korea University MedicineResearch has revealed that in

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Researchers design novel immunotherapy for brain cancer

byThe Wistar InstituteCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainThe Wistar Institute's David B. Weiner, Ph.D.—Executive Vice President, director of the Vaccine & Immunotherapy Center and W.W. Sm

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Researchers design novel immunotherapy for brain cancer

byThe Wistar InstituteCredit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainThe Wistar Institute's David B. Weiner, Ph.D.—Executive Vice President, director of the Vaccine & Immunotherapy Center and W.W. Sm

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Highly invasive tumor hijacks neurons to grow, but a common heart medication offers hope

byChinese Academy of SciencesMouse craniopharyngioma. Credit: IGDBChinese researchers have revealed new insights into the growth of craniopharyngioma and identified a potential therapeutic treat

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Highly invasive tumor hijacks neurons to grow, but a common heart medication offers hope

byChinese Academy of SciencesMouse craniopharyngioma. Credit: IGDBChinese researchers have revealed new insights into the growth of craniopharyngioma and identified a potential therapeutic treat

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Adding polyvinyl alcohol to a boron-containing drug leads to strong antitumor activity in head and neck cancers

byUniversity of TokyoCancer cell during cell division. Credit: National Institutes of HealthTreatment for more advanced and difficult-to-treat head and neck cancers can be improved with the addi

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Adding polyvinyl alcohol to a boron-containing drug leads to strong antitumor activity in head and neck cancers

byUniversity of TokyoCancer cell during cell division. Credit: National Institutes of HealthTreatment for more advanced and difficult-to-treat head and neck cancers can be improved with the addi

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Researchers discover 'crosstalk' mechanism in two key breast cancer molecules

byUniversity of LiverpoolIntegrin αVβ6recruits HER2 and a trafficking regulatory subnetwork comprising RAB5/RAB7A/GDI2 in HER2+ breast cancer cells. Credit:Science Advances(202

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Researchers discover 'crosstalk' mechanism in two key breast cancer molecules

byUniversity of LiverpoolIntegrin αVβ6recruits HER2 and a trafficking regulatory subnetwork comprising RAB5/RAB7A/GDI2 in HER2+ breast cancer cells. Credit:Science Advances(202

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New treatment target for neuroendocrine prostate cancer discovered

by Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer CenterMitochondria are dysfunctional in neuroendocrine prostate tumors. Credit:Oncogene(2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41388-024-03261-4A team of researchers at

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New treatment target for neuroendocrine prostate cancer discovered

by Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer CenterMitochondria are dysfunctional in neuroendocrine prostate tumors. Credit:Oncogene(2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41388-024-03261-4A team of researchers at

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Cell-based immunotherapy shows promise in early clinical trial for breast cancer

byKent State UniversityBreast imaging of one trial patient before (left image) and after (right image) six weeks of experimental immunotherapy. Note diminution of area of disease (dense white ar

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Cell-based immunotherapy shows promise in early clinical trial for breast cancer

byKent State UniversityBreast imaging of one trial patient before (left image) and after (right image) six weeks of experimental immunotherapy. Note diminution of area of disease (dense white ar

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Recommendations to increase access to whole genome sequencing for children with cancer

byWellcome Trust Sanger InstituteCredit:BMC Medical Education(2024). DOI: 10.1186/s12909-024-06219-yExperts have published a series of recommendations for improving equity of access

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Recommendations to increase access to whole genome sequencing for children with cancer

byWellcome Trust Sanger InstituteCredit:BMC Medical Education(2024). DOI: 10.1186/s12909-024-06219-yExperts have published a series of recommendations for improving equity of access

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New toolkit to support the collection of cancer-patient-reported outcome measures

byUniversity of Strathclyde, GlasgowCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainA new Scotland-wide toolkit is supporting the collection of patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) to understand the impac

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New toolkit to support the collection of cancer-patient-reported outcome measures

byUniversity of Strathclyde, GlasgowCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainA new Scotland-wide toolkit is supporting the collection of patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) to understand the impac

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Study links vaginal microbiome differences to higher cervical cancer rates in Native American women

by Lisa Marie Dahm,University of ArizonaVaginal microbiota composition of Native American women in our study. Bar plots show the relative abundance of taxa assigned to the A, genus or B, species

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Study links vaginal microbiome differences to higher cervical cancer rates in Native American women

by Lisa Marie Dahm,University of ArizonaVaginal microbiota composition of Native American women in our study. Bar plots show the relative abundance of taxa assigned to the A, genus or B, species

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AI model achieves high accuracy in skin cancer detection

by TranSpreadThe proposed model architecture. Note: TTA: test-time augmentation. Credit:Data Science and Management(2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.dsm.2024.10.002Led by Aliyu Tetengi Ibrahim and hi

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AI model achieves high accuracy in skin cancer detection

by TranSpreadThe proposed model architecture. Note: TTA: test-time augmentation. Credit:Data Science and Management(2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.dsm.2024.10.002Led by Aliyu Tetengi Ibrahim and hi

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