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Potential cancer-causing chemicals found in U.S. drinking water
8/09/2016
Unsafe levels of toxic chemicals linked to the development of cancer were found in drinking water serving 6 million people in the United States.
Two new studies indicate that health insurance status may impact patients' health outcomes following a diagnosis of cancer.
Active hedgehog signalling in connective tissue cells protects against colon cancer
8/09/2016
Many types of cancer are caused by gene mutations in the signalling pathways that control cell growth, such as the hedgehog signalling pathway.
Wistar scientists identify marker for myeloid-derived suppressor cells
8/09/2016
Higher numbers of cells positive for the marker were associated with larger tumor sizeMyeloid-derived suppressor cells (MDSCs) are a population of immune cells that have been implicated in tumor...
Therapeutic strategies for targeting cancer stem cell
8/09/2016
This report describes important methodologies for isolating and developing targeted treatment of cancer stem cells (CSCs), which are recognized as the source of most malignant cells in tumor...
How staphylococci trigger blood poisoning
8/09/2016
Tübingen researchers identify lipopeptides as the culprit.Septicemia or blood poisoning caused by Staphylococcus aureus leads to thousands of deaths each year in Germany alone.
Researchers from CSI Singapore discover new way to inhibit development of lung cancer
8/08/2016
Researchers from the Cancer Science Institute of Singapore (CSI Singapore) at the National University of Singapore (NUS), in collaboration with Harvard Stem Cell Institute (HSCI), have discovered a...
Blocking the migration of cancer cells to destroy them
8/08/2016
Lymphoma is a cancer that affects lymphocytes, a type of white blood cell. The disease originates in a lymphoid organ (lymph node, spleen, or bone marrow) before spreading through the blood to...
Study shows cell-free DNA sequencing is more accurate for diagnosing myelodysplastic syndrome
8/08/2016
Using next-generation sequencing (NGS) methods to analyze cell-free DNA in the blood of patients with myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) yields more accurate results than the current standard approach...
Renal cell carcinomas positive for the protein PD-L1 from patients who did not respond to treatment with the anti-PD-1 therapeutic nivolumab (Opdivo) had significantly higher expression of genes...