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Risk of secondary cancers after CAR-T cell therapy low, according to large study
Science Daily· 5 days agoIn November 2023, the FDA issued a warning about a risk of secondary cancers -- particularly blood cancers -- that may be associated with CAR-T
Nano-immunotherapy developed to improve lung cancer treatment
Medical Xpress· 2 days ago"Nanoparticles have been used for years to deliver targeted medication to tumor cells, while immunotherapy has also had a paradigm-shifting impact on how we treat cancer, ...
Study reveals metformin's role in slowing colorectal cancer cell growth
Medical Xpress· 5 days agoThe new study investigated what happens when metformin, a type 2 diabetes medication, is used to treat colorectal cancer cells, in the process demonstrating that it could ...
Study finds how lung cancer mutations may influence treatment response
Euronews via Yahoo News· 3 days agoThe mutations concern the genes EGFR, which is involved in cell growth, and TP53, which helps...
S3 Episode 5: Important Advances in Small Cell Lung Cancer
Medscape· 6 days agoFor more episodes, download the Medscape app or subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify,...
2024 Warren Alpert Foundation Prize Honors Four Pi | Newswise
Newswise· 6 days agoThe 2024 Warren Alpert Foundation Prize has been awarded to four scientists whose transformational discoveries led to the creation of chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cells, a treatment that ...
Cervical cancer screening rates are dropping. Here's why that's an issue.
Yahoo Life Style via AOL· 3 days ago"Without an increase in patient access to screening, there may be an increase in cervical dysplasia...
Cancer’s Molecular Achilles Heel: Key to Improving Cancer Treatments Discovered
SciTechDaily· 1 day agoResearch at the University of Würzburg aims to refine these inhibitors to target more specifically...
NIH Reports Inherited Genetic Factors May Predict the Pattern of X Chromosome Loss in Older Women
Sierra Sun Times· 15 hours agoJune 16, 2024 – Researchers have identified inherited genetic variants that may predict the loss of one copy of a woman’s two X chromosomes as she ages, a phenomenon known as mosaic loss of ...
Cancer genome research analyzes molecular evolution of tumors after chemical exposure
Medical Xpress· 4 days agoThis enabled the researchers to distinguish the contribution of the triggering lesion from that of the subsequent repair in shaping the mutation pattern. After DNA damage, for example by chemicals ...