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CCTSI's Boot Camp Translation cuts medical jargon, improves community health
4/08/2016

Medical guidelines use language and concepts that are not always understood by patients, making it difficult for them to choose the best treatment.

Cancer thwarts treatment by 'stealing' blood vessels
4/08/2016

Cancers can resist treatment by 'stealing' blood vessels from nearby tissues, a new study shows.

Cancer risk falls with higher levels of vitamin D
4/08/2016

A new study shows that blood levels of vitamin D are linked to the risk of developing cancer, where the lower the vitamin D level, the higher the cancer risk.

CNIO scientists discover a new mechanism of resistance to chemotherapy
4/08/2016

The occurrence of chemotherapy resistance is one of the major reasons for failure in cancer treatment.

UCI study finds safer stem cell-derived therapy for brain radiation recovery
4/08/2016

While stem cells have shown promise for treating brain regions damaged by cancer radiation treatments, University of California, Irvine researchers have found that microscopic vesicles isolated...

New predictive tool for assessing breast cancer risk
4/08/2016

Levels of molecular marker Ki67 in healthy breast tissue predicts a woman's risk of developing breast cancer.

Methods used to create textiles also could help manufacture human tissues
4/08/2016

Tissue engineering is a process that uses novel biomaterials seeded with stem cells to grow and replace missing tissues.

Function of mysterious RNAs may often lie in their genes
4/08/2016

Study co-led by Penn Medicine researcher shows non-coding DNA acting as enhancer of nearby gene's expression.

Nanoparticles show promise for treating intestinal inflammation, study finds
4/08/2016

Nanoparticles designed to block a cell-surface molecule that plays a key role in inflammation could be a safe treatment for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), according to researchers in the...

Tracking of therapeutic stem cells reveals no cancer risk
4/08/2016

Growing pluripotent stem cells in a lab for therapeutic purposes in regenerative medicine does not cause genetic changes that could lead to cancer, researchers say.