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New treatment targets cancers with particular genetic signature
11/02/2015
Mutations in gene SETD2 make cancer cells vulnerable to drug inhibiting the protein WEE1.
A Prkci gene keeps stem cells in check
11/02/2015
When it comes to stem cells, too much of a good thing isn't wonderful: producing too many new stem cells may lead to cancer; producing too few inhibits the repair and maintenance of the body.
Tumor RNA in platelets may diagnose and classify cancer, identify treatment strategies
11/02/2015
Platelet RNA may provide easily accessible 'liquid biopsy' for many types of tumor.
Around a fifth of unvaccinated ethnic school girls think they don't need HPV jab
11/02/2015
Around 20 per cent of girls from ethnic minority backgrounds are not being vaccinated against the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) because they feel they don't need to have it, according to a Cancer...
Skin cancer causing fusion gene identified
11/02/2015
Angiosarcoma is a malignant cancer of the endothelial cells of blood or lymphatic vessels.
Stool DNA test accurate in screening for colorectal cancer in Alaska Native people
11/02/2015
Alaska Native people have twice the rates of colorectal cancer as rest of US.
New computational strategy finds brain tumor-shrinking molecules
11/02/2015
Computer modeling identifies first-ever molecule to inhibit a transient cellular event that drives glioblastoma, and the molecule shrinks glioblastoma in mice.
Heat-activated 'grenade' to target cancer
10/31/2015
Researchers have developed cancer drug-packed 'grenades' armed with heat sensitive triggers, allowing for treatment to be targeted directly at tumours, according to two studies due to be presented...
Heat-activated 'grenade' to target cancer
10/30/2015
Researchers have developed cancer drug-packed 'grenades' armed with heat sensitive triggers, allowing for treatment to be targeted directly at tumours, according to two studies due to be presented...
Nuclear membrane repairs the 'dark matter' of DNA
10/30/2015
Once thought of simply as a barrier to keep DNA inside the nucleus of a cell, the membrane actually helps to fix catastrophically broken DNA strands.