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NIH researchers describe spontaneous cure of rare immune disease
2/09/2015
A genetic phenomenon called chromothripsis, or "chromosome shattering," may have spontaneously cured the first person to be documented with WHIM syndrome, according to researchers at the National...
Signs of impending death identified in cancer patients
2/09/2015
The identification of eight physical signs associated with death within 3 days for patients with advanced forms of cancer could help with clinical decision making and patient care.
Clinical signs for impending death in cancer patients identified
2/09/2015
The identification of eight physical signs associated with death within 3 days for patients with advanced forms of cancer could help with clinical decision making and patient care.
Human stem cells repair damage caused by radiation therapy for brain cancer in rats
2/09/2015
For patients with brain cancer, radiation is a powerful and potentially life-saving treatment, but it can also cause considerable and even permanent injury to the brain.
An extra protein gives naked mole rats more power to stop cancer
2/09/2015
A protein newly found in the naked mole rat may help explain its unique ability to ward off cancer.Naked mole rats are subterranean rodents that appear to be impervious to cancer.
Electricity delivers therapy to tumors in potentially new treatment, bioengineer says
2/09/2015
Virginia Tech researcher helps find new way to use electric fields to deliver cancer treatmentA team of researchers has devised a new way to target tumors with cancer-fighting drugs, a discovery...
New nanoparticle gene therapy strategy effectively treats deadly brain cancer in rats
2/08/2015
Fast Facts Gene therapy may effectively treat glioma, a deadly form of brain cancer, but getting the right genes to cancer cells in the brain is difficult.
Potential pancreatic cancer treatment could increase life expectancy
2/08/2015
Device that drives drugs into solid tumors that are poorly vascularized opens the possibility of life-saving surgeries in cancer patientsPancreatic cancer cells are notorious for being protected...
Lung cancer now leading cause of cancer death in females in developed countries
2/07/2015
A new analysis led by researchers at the American Cancer Society in collaboration with the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) finds lung cancer has surpassed breast cancer as the...
Dartmouth researchers reprogram tumor's cells to attack itself
2/07/2015
Inserting a specific strain of bacteria into the microenvironment of aggressive ovarian cancer transforms the behavior of tumor cells from suppression to immunostimulation, researchers at Norris...