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Calming down immune cells could hold key to melanoma treatment
Sep 26, 2014
Immune cells may be responsible for drug resistance in melanoma patients, according to research published in Cancer Discovery. Read More
Research uncovers tumors self-protection mechanism
Sep 26, 2014
Stephan Ladisch, MD, a hematologist-oncologist in the Center for Cancer and Immunology Research at Children's National Health System, and his laboratory have uncovered a mechanism by which tumors... Read More
Discrepancies in access to new cancer drugs revealed
Sep 26, 2014
Access to potentially life-extending cancer drugs varies significantly in different regions of the world, two new studies show at the ESMO 2014 Congress in Madrid, Spain. Read More
Epigenetic programming of immune system training unravelled
Sep 26, 2014
Our immune response is much stronger regulated by environmental factors than was known so far. Read More
Trained immunity in white blood cells is induced by monocyte glycolysis
Sep 26, 2014
Cells undergoing trained immunity switch their internal metabolism. BLUEPRINT scientists spearheaded by prof. dr. Netea from the Radboud University Medical Center conclude this in Science. Read More
Catalogue of how white cells are formed by blood stem cells
Sep 26, 2014
For the first time, a comprehensive catalogue has been generated of transcription factors and other proteins that regulate the sophisticated processes leading to the formation of different types of... Read More
Simple blood test could be used as tool for early cancer diagnosis
Sep 26, 2014
High levels of calcium in blood, a condition known as hypercalcaemia, can be used by GPs as an early indication of certain types of cancer, according to a study by researchers from the universities... Read More
UCLA scientists unlock protein that can accelerate recovery in cancer patients following radiation and chemotherapy
Sep 26, 2014
Scientists from UCLA's Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center (JCCC) have shown for the first time how a unique protein found in human bone marrow can drive stem cells to repair our blood system after... Read More
Improved survival for children with a leukemia subtype associated with poor prognosis
Sep 26, 2014
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital study shows that adjusting treatment based on early response to chemotherapy boosts survival of young patients with Philadelphia chromosome-like acute... Read More
Screening for and treating early-stage lung cancer better economically than treating late-stage lung cancer
Sep 26, 2014
The average cost to screen high-risk individuals for developing lung cancer with low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) plus the average cost of curative intent treatment, like surgery, is lower than... Read More
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