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Lung Cancer
Lung Cancer: is a cancer that ignites in the lungs and most often exist in people who smoke. Two major types of lung cancer are non-small cell lung cancer and small cell lung cancer. The roots of lung cancer include smoking, secondhand smoke, exposure to certain toxins, and family history. The treatments vary but may include surgery, chemotherapy, targeted drug therapy, radiation therapy, and immunotherapy.
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JUN 24, 2021Clinical & Molecular DX
Researchers from Singapore have created the ExoSCOPE, the world’s first blood test for tracking whether or not a p ...Written By: Tara FernandesJUN 18, 2021Cancer
A new study finds cultured cancer cells lack genetic similarity to humans. This is concerning because cancer cell lines ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUN 07, 2021Health & Medicine
A Taiwanese study looked at the incidence of breast cancer in areas of Taiwan with varying levels of air pollutants. Air ...Written By: Alexandria BassJUN 06, 2021Cancer
The most recent results from the CODEBREAK 100 phase 2 clinical trial support the use of the drug sotorasib to reduce tu ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAY 19, 2021Technology
Attempts to understand the SARS-CoV-2 virus have focused on a key mechanism of action: the use of a “spike pr ...Written By: Ryan VingumMAY 19, 2021Health & Medicine
The answer depends on what's considered more important – quantity or quality of years? Previous studies ...Written By: Alexandria BassMAY 14, 2021Cancer
A study published this week in JAMA Network Open shows that although obesity-related cancer deaths are falling, they are ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAY 10, 2021Cancer
New research from Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) reports on a development in improving the effectiveness of c ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAPR 21, 2021Cancer
New research published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society reports on another cancer-fighting development, t ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAPR 11, 2021Genetics & Genomics
Vaccines are mostly known as tools to prevent illness. But cancer vaccines are a bit different, and aim to treat existin ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 08, 2021Clinical & Molecular DX
Canadian researchers have observed that individuals who smoke marijuana are more at risk than tobacco cigarette smokers ...Written By: Tara FernandesAPR 06, 2021Earth & The Environment
A new study, led by, has yielded the first-ever multi-year ambient PM2.5 dataset in Kinshasa and Brazzaville. The team d ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAPR 05, 2021Cannabis Sciences
So far, there is no firm consensus on whether smoking cannabis can cause lung cancer. As cannabis smoke contains many si ...Written By: Annie LennonMAR 31, 2021Cancer
New research from the Comprehensive Cancer Center (CCC) of Medical University of Vienna and Vienna General Hospital sugg ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAR 22, 2021Cell & Molecular Biology
Immunotherapy aims to make a patient's immune cells better at fighting cancer. The immune system has to be used carefull ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 11, 2021Cell & Molecular Biology
Cancer is most deadly when it metastasizes; when cells break away from a primary site of cancer and move through the bod ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 10, 2021Cancer
In a revision of a ten-year-old lung cancer screening guideline that initially recommended low-dose CT (LDCT) screening ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAR 04, 2021Clinical & Molecular DX
A newly-developed tool could help physicians monitor the performance of colorectal cancer therapies simply by examining ...Written By: Tara FernandesMAR 02, 2021Health & Medicine
Scientists are trying to learn more about whether any nutrients, like vitamins C, D, and now B6, can provide some protec ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 19, 2021Cancer
A study from Penn State Great Valley researchers describes how a deep learning model could be used to predict the surviv ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanFEB 03, 2021Immunology
Researchers are still studying how long a person can stay immune against COVID-19 following infection. A new study by a ...Written By: Heba El-wassefJAN 30, 2021Cancer
New research published in Advanced Science from scientists at the University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center and U- ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJAN 09, 2021Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers from the Heidelberg University in Germany have found that anticoagulant drugs that inhibit thrombin (an enzy ...Written By: Annie LennonJAN 06, 2021Genetics & Genomics
Our bodies run on a kind of molecular clock, which helps regulate and time certain functions beyond just waking and slee ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
JUN 24, 2021
Clinical & Molecular DX
Researchers from Singapore have created the ExoSCOPE, the world’s first blood test for tracking whether or not a p
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
JUN 18, 2021
Cancer
A new study finds cultured cancer cells lack genetic similarity to humans. This is concerning because cancer cell lines
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUN 07, 2021
Health & Medicine
A Taiwanese study looked at the incidence of breast cancer in areas of Taiwan with varying levels of air pollutants. Air
...
Written By:
Alexandria Bass
JUN 06, 2021
Cancer
The most recent results from the CODEBREAK 100 phase 2 clinical trial support the use of the drug sotorasib to reduce tu
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAY 19, 2021
Technology
Attempts to understand the SARS-CoV-2 virus have focused on a key mechanism of action: the use of a “spike pr
...
Written By:
Ryan Vingum
MAY 19, 2021
Health & Medicine
The answer depends on what's considered more important – quantity or quality of years? Previous studies
...
Written By:
Alexandria Bass
MAY 14, 2021
Cancer
A study published this week in JAMA Network Open shows that although obesity-related cancer deaths are falling, they are
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAY 10, 2021
Cancer
New research from Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) reports on a development in improving the effectiveness of c
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
APR 21, 2021
Cancer
New research published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society reports on another cancer-fighting development, t
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
APR 11, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
Vaccines are mostly known as tools to prevent illness. But cancer vaccines are a bit different, and aim to treat existin
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 08, 2021
Clinical & Molecular DX
Canadian researchers have observed that individuals who smoke marijuana are more at risk than tobacco cigarette smokers
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
APR 06, 2021
Earth & The Environment
A new study, led by, has yielded the first-ever multi-year ambient PM2.5 dataset in Kinshasa and Brazzaville. The team d
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
APR 05, 2021
Cannabis Sciences
So far, there is no firm consensus on whether smoking cannabis can cause lung cancer. As cannabis smoke contains many si
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
MAR 31, 2021
Cancer
New research from the Comprehensive Cancer Center (CCC) of Medical University of Vienna and Vienna General Hospital sugg
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAR 22, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
Immunotherapy aims to make a patient's immune cells better at fighting cancer. The immune system has to be used carefull
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 11, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
Cancer is most deadly when it metastasizes; when cells break away from a primary site of cancer and move through the bod
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 10, 2021
Cancer
In a revision of a ten-year-old lung cancer screening guideline that initially recommended low-dose CT (LDCT) screening
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAR 04, 2021
Clinical & Molecular DX
A newly-developed tool could help physicians monitor the performance of colorectal cancer therapies simply by examining
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
MAR 02, 2021
Health & Medicine
Scientists are trying to learn more about whether any nutrients, like vitamins C, D, and now B6, can provide some protec
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 19, 2021
Cancer
A study from Penn State Great Valley researchers describes how a deep learning model could be used to predict the surviv
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
FEB 03, 2021
Immunology
Researchers are still studying how long a person can stay immune against COVID-19 following infection. A new study by a
...
Written By:
Heba El-wassef
JAN 30, 2021
Cancer
New research published in Advanced Science from scientists at the University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center and U-
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JAN 09, 2021
Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers from the Heidelberg University in Germany have found that anticoagulant drugs that inhibit thrombin (an enzy
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JAN 06, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
Our bodies run on a kind of molecular clock, which helps regulate and time certain functions beyond just waking and slee
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch