Drugmakers are abandoning cheap generics, and now US cancer patients can't get meds, say doctors

by Arthur AllenCredit: CC0 Public DomainOn Nov. 22, three FDA inspectors arrived at the sprawling Intas Pharmaceuticals plant south of Ahmedabad, India, and found hundreds of trash bags full of shredd

Updated on: February 03,2024 20

Drugmakers are abandoning cheap generics, and now US cancer patients can't get meds, say doctors

by Arthur AllenCredit: CC0 Public DomainOn Nov. 22, three FDA inspectors arrived at the sprawling Intas Pharmaceuticals plant south of Ahmedabad, India, and found hundreds of trash bags full of shredd

Updated on:February 03,2024 20

How music can help boost cognition in cancer patients and COVID-19 survivors

by Tina Meketa,University of South FloridaCredit: University of South FloridaIn a first-of-its-kind study, University of South Florida researchers are finding that music can help boost cognition

Updated on: November 09,2024 0

How music can help boost cognition in cancer patients and COVID-19 survivors

by Tina Meketa,University of South FloridaCredit: University of South FloridaIn a first-of-its-kind study, University of South Florida researchers are finding that music can help boost cognition

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Diverticular disease associated with cancer outside gastrointestinal tract

by Karolinska InstitutetIllustration of bacteria in the human gut. Credit: Darryl Leja, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of HealthThrough the ESPRESSO cohort, researc

Updated on: February 18,2024 12

Diverticular disease associated with cancer outside gastrointestinal tract

by Karolinska InstitutetIllustration of bacteria in the human gut. Credit: Darryl Leja, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of HealthThrough the ESPRESSO cohort, researc

Updated on:February 18,2024 12

Researchers discover a new mechanism of cancer immune defense

by Universitätsmedizin MagdeburgGraphical summary of inflammatory cell death induction of MHC-deficient and IFN-unresponsive tumors by CD4+ T cells in cooperation with iNOS-expressing myeloid cells. C

Updated on: February 01,2024 16

Researchers discover a new mechanism of cancer immune defense

by Universitätsmedizin MagdeburgGraphical summary of inflammatory cell death induction of MHC-deficient and IFN-unresponsive tumors by CD4+ T cells in cooperation with iNOS-expressing myeloid cells. C

Updated on:February 01,2024 16

A 'dirty bomb' battles cancer metastasis

by Northwestern UniversityMetarrestin treatment markedly reduced the number of metastatic tumors in the liver and lung of mice with pancreatic cancer. Credit: K.J. Frankowski et al., Science Translati

Updated on: May 21,2024 3

A 'dirty bomb' battles cancer metastasis

by Northwestern UniversityMetarrestin treatment markedly reduced the number of metastatic tumors in the liver and lung of mice with pancreatic cancer. Credit: K.J. Frankowski et al., Science Translati

Updated on:May 21,2024 3

Cancer genes' age and function strongly influence their mutational status

by eLifeCredit: CC0 Public DomainResearchers have provided new insight on why some genes that formed during the evolution of the earliest animals on earth are particularly impaired (or dysregulat

Updated on: April 09,2024 11

Cancer genes' age and function strongly influence their mutational status

by eLifeCredit: CC0 Public DomainResearchers have provided new insight on why some genes that formed during the evolution of the earliest animals on earth are particularly impaired (or dysregulat

Updated on:April 09,2024 11

Mailed self-sampling kits helped more women get screened for cervical cancer

by University of WashingtonHigh grade dysplasia (carcinoma in situ) in the uterine cervix. The abnormal epithelium is extending into a mucus gland to the left of centre. This disease can progress

Updated on: May 09,2024 7

Mailed self-sampling kits helped more women get screened for cervical cancer

by University of WashingtonHigh grade dysplasia (carcinoma in situ) in the uterine cervix. The abnormal epithelium is extending into a mucus gland to the left of centre. This disease can progress

Updated on:May 09,2024 7

Mailing colorectal cancer screening kit found effective, regardless of financial incentive

by Perelman School of Medicine at the University of PennsylvaniaCancer—Histopathologic image of colonic carcinoid. Credit: Wikipedia/CC BY-SA 3.0Colorectal cancer is the second deadliest cancer i

Updated on: May 09,2024 5

Mailing colorectal cancer screening kit found effective, regardless of financial incentive

by Perelman School of Medicine at the University of PennsylvaniaCancer—Histopathologic image of colonic carcinoid. Credit: Wikipedia/CC BY-SA 3.0Colorectal cancer is the second deadliest cancer i

Updated on:May 09,2024 5

A rare disease inspires a new way to attack cancer

by Nathan Collins,Stanford UniversityPostdoctoral fellow Ulla Gerling-Driessen, right, and her adviser, Carolyn Bertozzi, discuss their work on the NGLY1 molecule. Credit: L.A. CiceroSome of the

Updated on: May 20,2024 5

A rare disease inspires a new way to attack cancer

by Nathan Collins,Stanford UniversityPostdoctoral fellow Ulla Gerling-Driessen, right, and her adviser, Carolyn Bertozzi, discuss their work on the NGLY1 molecule. Credit: L.A. CiceroSome of the

Updated on:May 20,2024 5

A step toward understanding gastric cancer

by Sanjay Mishra,Vanderbilt UniversityHistopathology of Helicobacter pylori infection in a gastric foveolar pit demonstrated in endoscopic gastric biopsy. Credit: Wikipedia.Helicobacter pylori&n

Updated on: April 18,2024 17

A step toward understanding gastric cancer

by Sanjay Mishra,Vanderbilt UniversityHistopathology of Helicobacter pylori infection in a gastric foveolar pit demonstrated in endoscopic gastric biopsy. Credit: Wikipedia.Helicobacter pylori&n

Updated on:April 18,2024 17

Chip-based blood test for multiple myeloma could make bone biopsies a relic of the past

by University of KansasA new University of Kansas research effort featured in the current edition of Integrative Biology has resulted in a low-cost, reliable blood test that uses a small plastic

Updated on: March 01,2024 10

Chip-based blood test for multiple myeloma could make bone biopsies a relic of the past

by University of KansasA new University of Kansas research effort featured in the current edition of Integrative Biology has resulted in a low-cost, reliable blood test that uses a small plastic

Updated on:March 01,2024 10

Scientists aim to understand why men with prostate cancer are at higher risk of Alzheimer's

byMedical College of Georgia at Augusta UniversityDr. Qin Wang and Augusta University graduate student Mae Aida. Credit: Michael Holahan, Augusta UniversityResearchers at the Medical College of

Updated on: September 07,2024 0

Scientists aim to understand why men with prostate cancer are at higher risk of Alzheimer's

byMedical College of Georgia at Augusta UniversityDr. Qin Wang and Augusta University graduate student Mae Aida. Credit: Michael Holahan, Augusta UniversityResearchers at the Medical College of

Updated on:September 07,2024 0