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Cancer and Metastasis
Cancer is a disease that can develop in almost any part of the body when abnormal cells arise and divide uncontrollably. Metastasis occurs when cancer cells migrate from the original cancer site to a secondary location.
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JUN 06, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
It’s long been accepted that the human genome instructs our bodies on what proteins to make using molecules called ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 23, 2016Genetics & Genomics
Geneticists are learning not to dismiss something just because they do not understand it. In the realm of studying non-c ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAY 05, 2016Videos
Cancer spreads by the process of metastasis, where malignant cells break off from tumors in one part of the body and tra ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAY 02, 2016Cancer
For women diagnosed with breast cancer, is it more beneficial to undergo mastectomy or breast conserving therapy (BCT)? ...APR 29, 2016Cancer
What do cancer researchers think is the most dangerous part of cancer? Metastasis. This is the ability of cancer to spre ...APR 22, 2016Cancer
Aspirin, formally known as acetylsalicylic acid (ASA), is one of the cheapest and most widely used over-the-counter drug ...APR 17, 2016Cancer
Virtually every type of cancer has metastatic potential – that is, the tumor cells can leave its original site and ...APR 16, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
MIT researchers recently engineered a flexible polymer implant that can directly release chemotherapy drugs to pancreati ...APR 02, 2016Cancer
In cancer, scientists note a strange correlation: tumors that had low oxygen seemingly couldn’t cope and died off, ...MAR 30, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
To help treat pancreatic cancer, scientists are taking a step back to diagnose the disease before it becomes lethal. In ...MAR 29, 2016Cancer
When cells migrate, they sometimes have to squeeze themselves through tiny openings. The mechanical stress of this can r ...MAR 28, 2016Cancer
Precision medicine is an emerging field where clinicians tailor treatment plans for each individual based on their genet ...MAR 24, 2016Cancer
About 90% of cancer-related deaths are attributed to metastasis, events where cancer migrates from its original source o ...MAR 24, 2016Genetics & Genomics
What does Brad Pitt have in common with a fruit fly? They both have cowlicks—a swirl of hair caused by a patternin ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)MAR 17, 2016Cancer
To metastasize and invade distant parts of the body, cancer cells need help. And researchers from the Massachusetts Inst ...MAR 09, 2016Genetics & Genomics
Natural killer cells that can kill and contain viruses and cancerous tumors can be manipulated by epigenetics, a finding ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)FEB 10, 2016Genetics & Genomics
Scientists from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, North Carolina Central University’s Nutrition Resea ...Written By: Kara MarkerFEB 04, 2016Cancer
Cancer cells rarely spread on their own, preferring to travel in groups from their original tumor site, a new study with ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)JAN 30, 2016Cancer
A new therapy uses white blood cells to ferry cancer-killing proteins through the bloodstream. Tests show it virtually e ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)JAN 15, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Metastasis is one of the biggest challenges facing current available cancer treatments. It is this unpredictable progres ...JAN 12, 2016Cancer
A gene that is known to suppress the growth and spread of many types of cancer has the opposite effect in some forms of ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)DEC 26, 2015Immunology
Plants get infected with viruses just like what we do. Scientists recently discovered that a virus that infects the cowp ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 15, 2015Clinical & Molecular DX
Instead of invasive biopsies, doctors could soon detect melanoma metastasis with a handheld scanning device. A team of r ...DEC 10, 2015Immunology
Superior technology brings us novel images of cancer cells and lymphocytes this week, and now scientists can learn more ...Written By: Kara Marker
JUN 06, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
It’s long been accepted that the human genome instructs our bodies on what proteins to make using molecules called
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 23, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
Geneticists are learning not to dismiss something just because they do not understand it. In the realm of studying non-c
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAY 05, 2016
Videos
Cancer spreads by the process of metastasis, where malignant cells break off from tumors in one part of the body and tra
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAY 02, 2016
Cancer
For women diagnosed with breast cancer, is it more beneficial to undergo mastectomy or breast conserving therapy (BCT)?
...
APR 29, 2016
Cancer
What do cancer researchers think is the most dangerous part of cancer? Metastasis. This is the ability of cancer to spre
...
APR 22, 2016
Cancer
Aspirin, formally known as acetylsalicylic acid (ASA), is one of the cheapest and most widely used over-the-counter drug
...
APR 17, 2016
Cancer
Virtually every type of cancer has metastatic potential – that is, the tumor cells can leave its original site and
...
APR 16, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
MIT researchers recently engineered a flexible polymer implant that can directly release chemotherapy drugs to pancreati
...
APR 02, 2016
Cancer
In cancer, scientists note a strange correlation: tumors that had low oxygen seemingly couldn’t cope and died off,
...
MAR 30, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
To help treat pancreatic cancer, scientists are taking a step back to diagnose the disease before it becomes lethal. In
...
MAR 29, 2016
Cancer
When cells migrate, they sometimes have to squeeze themselves through tiny openings. The mechanical stress of this can r
...
MAR 28, 2016
Cancer
Precision medicine is an emerging field where clinicians tailor treatment plans for each individual based on their genet
...
MAR 24, 2016
Cancer
About 90% of cancer-related deaths are attributed to metastasis, events where cancer migrates from its original source o
...
MAR 24, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
What does Brad Pitt have in common with a fruit fly? They both have cowlicks—a swirl of hair caused by a patternin
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
MAR 17, 2016
Cancer
To metastasize and invade distant parts of the body, cancer cells need help. And researchers from the Massachusetts Inst
...
MAR 09, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
Natural killer cells that can kill and contain viruses and cancerous tumors can be manipulated by epigenetics, a finding
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
FEB 10, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
Scientists from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, North Carolina Central University’s Nutrition Resea
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
FEB 04, 2016
Cancer
Cancer cells rarely spread on their own, preferring to travel in groups from their original tumor site, a new study with
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
JAN 30, 2016
Cancer
A new therapy uses white blood cells to ferry cancer-killing proteins through the bloodstream. Tests show it virtually e
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
JAN 15, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Metastasis is one of the biggest challenges facing current available cancer treatments. It is this unpredictable progres
...
JAN 12, 2016
Cancer
A gene that is known to suppress the growth and spread of many types of cancer has the opposite effect in some forms of
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
DEC 26, 2015
Immunology
Plants get infected with viruses just like what we do. Scientists recently discovered that a virus that infects the cowp
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 15, 2015
Clinical & Molecular DX
Instead of invasive biopsies, doctors could soon detect melanoma metastasis with a handheld scanning device. A team of r
...
DEC 10, 2015
Immunology
Superior technology brings us novel images of cancer cells and lymphocytes this week, and now scientists can learn more
...
Written By:
Kara Marker