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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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OCT 21, 2017Videos
A new kind of treatment for some kinds of cancer has been in development for many years. Called CAR T-cell therapy, for ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 20, 2017Genetics & Genomics
Researchers are always looking for new ways to treat cancer more effectively, and utilizing mechanisms that we already h ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 20, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
Using cutting-edge gene-editing technologies, Japanese scientists have modified hens to produce eggs that now contain a ...OCT 20, 2017Cancer
According to a new review, cancer associated with breast implants is increasing, and researchers aren’t sure why. ...OCT 19, 2017Cancer
To fuel their growth and edge out healthy cells, breast cancer cells recycle a waste product into nutrients, researchers ...OCT 19, 2017Chemistry & Physics
If there are only two things to be said about proton therapy, the first is that it is superior in treatment quality for ...Written By: Daniel DuanOCT 18, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Stem cells are hold tremendous therapeutic value, but it has been a challenge finding a way to harvest enough of them fo ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 18, 2017Videos
In 2016, an estimated 246,660 women in the US was diagnosed with breast cancer - a disease that currently ranks as one o ...OCT 18, 2017Cancer
Using gene-editing technology in mice, scientists implicate a new fusion gene in the development of liver cancer. Becaus ...OCT 17, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
Before chemotherapy can be injected into a cancer-ridden eye, doctors must first release some of the eye fluid, also kno ...OCT 17, 2017Immunology
The influenza vaccine may not be as effective as it needs to be for young leukemia patients, who are at an especially hi ...Written By: Kara MarkerOCT 16, 2017Videos
Scientists have solved the mystery of the connection between high cholesterol levels and increased rates of breast cance ...Written By: Kara MarkerOCT 10, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Durian is a favorite fruit in Asia, nicknamed the king of fruits. It has a legendary, pungent aroma.Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 10, 2017Drug Discovery & Development
After nearly a decade of searching, scientists from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine have found a molecule that k ...OCT 10, 2017Neuroscience
The lymphatic system is the body's way of keeping cells moving along. It's an integral part of the circulatory s ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimOCT 07, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers Jeffrey Hall, Michael Rosbash, and Michael Young have been awarded the 2017 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Med ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 07, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
The most common cancer of the blood is lymphoma, but that designation encompasses a wide range of illnesses.Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 06, 2017Cancer
Earlier this week, a man’s “lung cancer” turned out to be a toy he swallowed 40 years ago. To continue ...OCT 05, 2017Videos
In this short video from the Koch Institute at MIT, Erik Dreaden, a postdoctoral researcher, discusses his award-winning ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 04, 2017Microbiology
Statins are widely used to help treat cardiovascular disease - they work by inhibiting the production of cholesterol. Ne ...Written By: Kerry EvansOCT 03, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers compared the effects of conventional soybean oil to genetically modified soybean oil.Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 03, 2017Cancer
A drug commonly used to treat symptoms of Parkinson’s disease may have the capacity to stop pancreatic tumor cells ...OCT 02, 2017Cancer
A mineral common in everyday foods may have cancer-fighting potential when it comes to esophageal cancer, according to a ...OCT 02, 2017Immunology
Miscommunication between the nervous system and the immune system leads to the coughing and wheezing known all too well ...Written By: Kara Marker
OCT 21, 2017
Videos
A new kind of treatment for some kinds of cancer has been in development for many years. Called CAR T-cell therapy, for
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 20, 2017
Genetics & Genomics
Researchers are always looking for new ways to treat cancer more effectively, and utilizing mechanisms that we already h
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 20, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
Using cutting-edge gene-editing technologies, Japanese scientists have modified hens to produce eggs that now contain a
...
OCT 20, 2017
Cancer
According to a new review, cancer associated with breast implants is increasing, and researchers aren’t sure why.
...
OCT 19, 2017
Cancer
To fuel their growth and edge out healthy cells, breast cancer cells recycle a waste product into nutrients, researchers
...
OCT 19, 2017
Chemistry & Physics
If there are only two things to be said about proton therapy, the first is that it is superior in treatment quality for
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
OCT 18, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Stem cells are hold tremendous therapeutic value, but it has been a challenge finding a way to harvest enough of them fo
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 18, 2017
Videos
In 2016, an estimated 246,660 women in the US was diagnosed with breast cancer - a disease that currently ranks as one o
...
OCT 18, 2017
Cancer
Using gene-editing technology in mice, scientists implicate a new fusion gene in the development of liver cancer. Becaus
...
OCT 17, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
Before chemotherapy can be injected into a cancer-ridden eye, doctors must first release some of the eye fluid, also kno
...
OCT 17, 2017
Immunology
The influenza vaccine may not be as effective as it needs to be for young leukemia patients, who are at an especially hi
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
OCT 16, 2017
Videos
Scientists have solved the mystery of the connection between high cholesterol levels and increased rates of breast cance
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
OCT 10, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Durian is a favorite fruit in Asia, nicknamed the king of fruits. It has a legendary, pungent aroma.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 10, 2017
Drug Discovery & Development
After nearly a decade of searching, scientists from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine have found a molecule that k
...
OCT 10, 2017
Neuroscience
The lymphatic system is the body's way of keeping cells moving along. It's an integral part of the circulatory s
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
OCT 07, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers Jeffrey Hall, Michael Rosbash, and Michael Young have been awarded the 2017 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Med
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 07, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
The most common cancer of the blood is lymphoma, but that designation encompasses a wide range of illnesses.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 06, 2017
Cancer
Earlier this week, a man’s “lung cancer” turned out to be a toy he swallowed 40 years ago. To continue
...
OCT 05, 2017
Videos
In this short video from the Koch Institute at MIT, Erik Dreaden, a postdoctoral researcher, discusses his award-winning
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 04, 2017
Microbiology
Statins are widely used to help treat cardiovascular disease - they work by inhibiting the production of cholesterol. Ne
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
OCT 03, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers compared the effects of conventional soybean oil to genetically modified soybean oil.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 03, 2017
Cancer
A drug commonly used to treat symptoms of Parkinson’s disease may have the capacity to stop pancreatic tumor cells
...
OCT 02, 2017
Cancer
A mineral common in everyday foods may have cancer-fighting potential when it comes to esophageal cancer, according to a
...
OCT 02, 2017
Immunology
Miscommunication between the nervous system and the immune system leads to the coughing and wheezing known all too well
...
Written By:
Kara Marker