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Targeted Therapy: one of the major modalities of medical treatment for cancer, others being hormonal therapy and cytotoxic chemotherapy.
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JUN 20, 2017Cancer
The cancer drug olaparib was recently shown to be effective in some types of advanced prostate cancer. Now, scientists s ...JUN 19, 2017Health & Medicine
Immune cells, like all cells of the human body, come from less-specific ancestor cells, sometimes called progenitor cell ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 17, 2017Cardiology
People with chronic immune-mediated inflammatory diseases (IMIDs) like rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 16, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
90 percent of cancer deaths result from metastasis; this work may unlock the mystery of how to stop it.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 16, 2017Cancer
Over the years, vitamin C has become synonymous with health, vigor, and vitality. Now the compound, in combination with ...JUN 14, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
The Myasthenia Gravis Foundation of America thinks the disease is more common than thought. New work has revealed more a ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 12, 2017Immunology
Johns Hopkins scientists have a new tool against cancer, and it’s a thousand times smaller than a human hai ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 08, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers have learned more about an important cellular signaling pathway that has been linked to cancer and genetic d ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 06, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers want to develop good markers for longevity and good health to ensure quality anti-aging therapies.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 03, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers hope to relieve the symptoms of severe allergies by targeting the overactive immune system instead of just t ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 31, 2017Immunology
Drug-resistant bacteria have made curing some infections challenging, if not nearly impossible. By 2050, it's e ...Written By: Invisiverse PuccioMAY 31, 2017Health & Medicine
Developing a new, specialized treatment for autoimmune disease that doesn’t shut down the entire immune sys ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAY 30, 2017Health & Medicine
Nearly 40,000 study participants helped scientists discover 16 novel genetic markers associated with psoriasis, joining ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAY 27, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers that set out to study metabolism in cancer cells came to an interesting conclusion - some kinds of cancer ha ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 26, 2017Cancer
For the first time, the US FDA approved a cancer drug for patients based on presence of genetic biomarkers. Whereas canc ...MAY 26, 2017Immunology
How does the Ebola virus prevent immune cells from doing their job - protecting the body from infection - if it d ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAY 24, 2017Chemistry & Physics
A slingshot is often associated with the children’s toy and mischievous behaviors. But now it might just become a ...Written By: Daniel DuanMAY 22, 2017Neuroscience
Researchers at Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute (SBP), together with teams from Yokohama School of Med ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAY 10, 2017Immunology
The ability of HIV to hide in the body’s own immune cells is what makes an HIV infection and infection for life. B ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAY 05, 2017Cancer
High blood sugar is a risk factor for diabetes, but for some reason, the elevated sugar levels seem to reduce the risk f ...MAY 03, 2017Cardiology
Waiting for the perfect heart can be a long and unsuccessful process, made necessary by specific antigens and antibodies ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAY 02, 2017Immunology
While most traditional imaging techniques fall short for scientists looking to predict the effects of cancer immunothera ...Written By: Kara MarkerAPR 27, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
Abnormal levels and types of gut bacteria may be behind chronic fatigue syndrome, researchers report. The findings add t ...APR 22, 2017Immunology
It seems humans share a common enemy with some viruses: bacteria. Viruses invade bacterial cells with generally the same ...Written By: Kara Marker
JUN 20, 2017
Cancer
The cancer drug olaparib was recently shown to be effective in some types of advanced prostate cancer. Now, scientists s
...
JUN 19, 2017
Health & Medicine
Immune cells, like all cells of the human body, come from less-specific ancestor cells, sometimes called progenitor cell
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 17, 2017
Cardiology
People with chronic immune-mediated inflammatory diseases (IMIDs) like rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis,
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 16, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
90 percent of cancer deaths result from metastasis; this work may unlock the mystery of how to stop it.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 16, 2017
Cancer
Over the years, vitamin C has become synonymous with health, vigor, and vitality. Now the compound, in combination with
...
JUN 14, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
The Myasthenia Gravis Foundation of America thinks the disease is more common than thought. New work has revealed more a
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 12, 2017
Immunology
Johns Hopkins scientists have a new tool against cancer, and it’s a thousand times smaller than a human hai
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 08, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers have learned more about an important cellular signaling pathway that has been linked to cancer and genetic d
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 06, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers want to develop good markers for longevity and good health to ensure quality anti-aging therapies.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 03, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers hope to relieve the symptoms of severe allergies by targeting the overactive immune system instead of just t
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 31, 2017
Immunology
Drug-resistant bacteria have made curing some infections challenging, if not nearly impossible. By 2050, it's e
...
Written By:
Invisiverse Puccio
MAY 31, 2017
Health & Medicine
Developing a new, specialized treatment for autoimmune disease that doesn’t shut down the entire immune sys
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAY 30, 2017
Health & Medicine
Nearly 40,000 study participants helped scientists discover 16 novel genetic markers associated with psoriasis, joining
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAY 27, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers that set out to study metabolism in cancer cells came to an interesting conclusion - some kinds of cancer ha
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 26, 2017
Cancer
For the first time, the US FDA approved a cancer drug for patients based on presence of genetic biomarkers. Whereas canc
...
MAY 26, 2017
Immunology
How does the Ebola virus prevent immune cells from doing their job - protecting the body from infection - if it d
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAY 24, 2017
Chemistry & Physics
A slingshot is often associated with the children’s toy and mischievous behaviors. But now it might just become a
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
MAY 22, 2017
Neuroscience
Researchers at Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute (SBP), together with teams from Yokohama School of Med
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAY 10, 2017
Immunology
The ability of HIV to hide in the body’s own immune cells is what makes an HIV infection and infection for life. B
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAY 05, 2017
Cancer
High blood sugar is a risk factor for diabetes, but for some reason, the elevated sugar levels seem to reduce the risk f
...
MAY 03, 2017
Cardiology
Waiting for the perfect heart can be a long and unsuccessful process, made necessary by specific antigens and antibodies
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAY 02, 2017
Immunology
While most traditional imaging techniques fall short for scientists looking to predict the effects of cancer immunothera
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
APR 27, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
Abnormal levels and types of gut bacteria may be behind chronic fatigue syndrome, researchers report. The findings add t
...
APR 22, 2017
Immunology
It seems humans share a common enemy with some viruses: bacteria. Viruses invade bacterial cells with generally the same
...
Written By:
Kara Marker