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Cancer Cell: is a cell that can divide relentlessly, forming solid tumors or flooding the blood with abnormal cells. Cell division is a normal process used by the body for growth and repair.
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MAR 18, 2016Videos
Lung cancer causes the most cancer deaths in the United States, upwards of 150,000 people are expected to die this year ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 17, 2016Cancer
To metastasize and invade distant parts of the body, cancer cells need help. And researchers from the Massachusetts Inst ...MAR 17, 2016Videos
Cancer isn't just one disease, it's a large group of diseases, affecting different organs and different body systems. Wh ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 16, 2016Cancer
As the patent protection on the blockbuster anticancer drug Gleevec expired earlier this year, the now available ...MAR 16, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
The microbiome is a specialized collection of bacteria residing in the human body. Mostly famous for their existence in ...MAR 16, 2016Cancer
Wistar Institute researchers recently discovered a protein in the endoplasmic reticulum of the cell, called STING, can i ...MAR 14, 2016Immunology
New research from a collaboration between the University of Bonn, University of Cologne, and the Technical University of ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAR 14, 2016Cancer
In a ground-breaking “surprise” finding, UK doctors announced a pair of drugs dramatically shrunk some breas ...MAR 12, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Chemotherapy is aggressive poisoning of rogue cells to cure cancer. But do all cancer patients benefit from this therapy ...MAR 11, 2016Immunology
In 2016, the five-year survival rate for pancreatic cancer increased from seven to eight percent (American Cancer Societ ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAR 10, 2016Cardiology
Heart attacks have the potential to kill over a billion cells, and scientists are looking for the best way to replenish ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAR 10, 2016Videos
Nature is full of inspiration for scientists and engineers. Discovered by Richard P. Blakemore in 1975, magnetotactic ba ...MAR 10, 2016Videos
Researchers at University College London think they have a "game changing" way to fight cancer. Each cancer cell has a u ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 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)MAR 09, 2016Videos
HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, attacks a vital group of white blood cells in the body, the T-cells. These cells are on ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 09, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Screening melanoma patients’ blood could allow doctors to predict chances of cancer relapse. According to a new st ...MAR 07, 2016Cancer
Once you’ve made it through lung cancer treatment, you want to make sure you catch it early if it comes back again ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)MAR 04, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Astrocytes are star-shaped cells in our brain that surround neurons and neural circuits, protecting them from injury and ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)MAR 03, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
For the first time, scientists have turned skin cells into cancer-hunting stem cells that destroy brain tumors known as ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)FEB 29, 2016Neuroscience
The blood brain barrier, or BBB is what protects the brain from harmful substances that enter the bloodstream. It acts a ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimFEB 27, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Survival of the fittest has a generally positive connotation. After all, this evolutionary principle is the driving forc ...FEB 25, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Cellular reprogramming has been a hot topic in translational and regenerative medicine ever since it was first described ...FEB 24, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Cancer cells are exquisitely cunning – they mutate and adapt to escape the body’s own defense mechanisms, an ...FEB 22, 2016Immunology
Around 15 to 20 percent of children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) have cancerous cells derived from T lymphocy ...Written By: Kara Marker
MAR 18, 2016
Videos
Lung cancer causes the most cancer deaths in the United States, upwards of 150,000 people are expected to die this year
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 17, 2016
Cancer
To metastasize and invade distant parts of the body, cancer cells need help. And researchers from the Massachusetts Inst
...
MAR 17, 2016
Videos
Cancer isn't just one disease, it's a large group of diseases, affecting different organs and different body systems. Wh
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 16, 2016
Cancer
As the patent protection on the blockbuster anticancer drug Gleevec expired earlier this year, the now available
...
MAR 16, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
The microbiome is a specialized collection of bacteria residing in the human body. Mostly famous for their existence in
...
MAR 16, 2016
Cancer
Wistar Institute researchers recently discovered a protein in the endoplasmic reticulum of the cell, called STING, can i
...
MAR 14, 2016
Immunology
New research from a collaboration between the University of Bonn, University of Cologne, and the Technical University of
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAR 14, 2016
Cancer
In a ground-breaking “surprise” finding, UK doctors announced a pair of drugs dramatically shrunk some breas
...
MAR 12, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Chemotherapy is aggressive poisoning of rogue cells to cure cancer. But do all cancer patients benefit from this therapy
...
MAR 11, 2016
Immunology
In 2016, the five-year survival rate for pancreatic cancer increased from seven to eight percent (American Cancer Societ
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAR 10, 2016
Cardiology
Heart attacks have the potential to kill over a billion cells, and scientists are looking for the best way to replenish
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAR 10, 2016
Videos
Nature is full of inspiration for scientists and engineers. Discovered by Richard P. Blakemore in 1975, magnetotactic ba
...
MAR 10, 2016
Videos
Researchers at University College London think they have a "game changing" way to fight cancer. Each cancer cell has a u
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
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)
MAR 09, 2016
Videos
HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, attacks a vital group of white blood cells in the body, the T-cells. These cells are on
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 09, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Screening melanoma patients’ blood could allow doctors to predict chances of cancer relapse. According to a new st
...
MAR 07, 2016
Cancer
Once you’ve made it through lung cancer treatment, you want to make sure you catch it early if it comes back again
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
MAR 04, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Astrocytes are star-shaped cells in our brain that surround neurons and neural circuits, protecting them from injury and
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
MAR 03, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
For the first time, scientists have turned skin cells into cancer-hunting stem cells that destroy brain tumors known as
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
FEB 29, 2016
Neuroscience
The blood brain barrier, or BBB is what protects the brain from harmful substances that enter the bloodstream. It acts a
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
FEB 27, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Survival of the fittest has a generally positive connotation. After all, this evolutionary principle is the driving forc
...
FEB 25, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Cellular reprogramming has been a hot topic in translational and regenerative medicine ever since it was first described
...
FEB 24, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Cancer cells are exquisitely cunning – they mutate and adapt to escape the body’s own defense mechanisms, an
...
FEB 22, 2016
Immunology
Around 15 to 20 percent of children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) have cancerous cells derived from T lymphocy
...
Written By:
Kara Marker