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Treatment of Cancer
Cancers can be treated in various ways depending on the type of cancer and how advanced the cancer is at diagnosis. Patients can be treated with a single treatment (monotherapy) or a combination of treatments. Common cancer treatments include surgery, chemotherapy, radiation, targeted therapy, hormonal therapy, and immunotherapy.
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OCT 04, 2018Videos
Cannabis is known to treat nausea and vomiting from cancer chemotherapy. Most recent studies have revealed that THC and ...Written By: Amanda KahlOCT 04, 2018Genetics & Genomics
Small cell cancers often have poor prognoses.Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 03, 2018Cell & Molecular Biology
One cell meant a very different outcome for a patient that was the recipient of a cutting-edge cancer therapy.Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 03, 2018Immunology
Two laureates receive Nobel Prize for their work regarding immune checkpoint therapyWritten By: Nicholas BreehlSEP 27, 2018Microbiology
Some types of bacteria create tiny versions of themselves that cannot reproduce - miniature spheres lacking chromosomal ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 27, 2018Health & Medicine
Binge drinking is not a good idea. Alcohol is linked to cardiovascular disease, obesity, diabetes, and some forms of can ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimSEP 26, 2018Cancer
More than 2,500 Americans are diagnosed with mesothelioma cancer each year. The cancer is rare but very serious - most p ...SEP 24, 2018Drug Discovery & Development
Driven by the effort to identify effective non-opioid pain medications, a recent international research study with a pub ...Written By: Nouran AminSEP 24, 2018Cannabis Sciences
It's important to be made aware of the differences between the cannabinoids that are produced by the cannabis plant. ...Written By: Amanda KahlSEP 21, 2018Clinical & Molecular DX
Clinical diagnosis are now possible in the hands of computers through machine learning. Whence, the reports of successfu ...Written By: Sharvin ManickamSEP 20, 2018Cannabis Sciences
Hemp is a form of the cannabis plant that was specially bred for its use in textiles. It contains very little of the psy ...Written By: Amy LoriauxSEP 18, 2018Cell & Molecular Biology
Instead of fluorescent labeling, scientists found a way to use computers to identify cellular structures.Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 13, 2018Cannabis Sciences
It's known that marijuana makes people crave food in a phenomenon commonly called the munchies; until now, we didn't kno ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 12, 2018Microbiology
Helicobacter pylori is a bacterium that causes stomach ulcers, and can lead to gastric cancer.Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 11, 2018Drug Discovery & Development
In a research study at the University of Dundee, Queen Mary University of London and the Wellcome Sanger Institute, a dr ...Written By: Nouran AminSEP 11, 2018Cannabis Sciences
They're known for helping to reduce the impact of cancer drug side effects, but it's possible that cannabinoids themselv ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 06, 2018Microbiology
Scientists want to know more about how the microbes we carry in and on us are related to cancer development.Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 05, 2018Clinical & Molecular DX
A new method for loading iron inside nanoparticles creates MRI contrast agents that work better than the mainstay gadoli ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)SEP 05, 2018Videos
Senator John McCain passed away recently after battling brain cancer. Most forms of brain cancer are aggressive and diff ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimSEP 04, 2018Drug Discovery & Development
According to a new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a genetic disorder kno ...Written By: Nouran AminSEP 04, 2018Cell & Molecular Biology
With a tool called lattice light sheet microscopy, scientists can view biological processes as they happen in live cells ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 04, 2018Immunology
Development of damaging white blood cells occurs during Tuberculosis infection leading to a maladaptive immune response.Written By: Caitlin WilliamsSEP 04, 2018Cancer
Brain tumors are one of the most challenging types of cancers to treat. Only 1 in 7 patients will survive the disease, a ...Written By: Heba El-wassefSEP 02, 2018Cell & Molecular Biology
New research shows that scientists have to take steps to verify the identity of the cell lines they grow.Written By: Carmen Leitch
OCT 04, 2018
Videos
Cannabis is known to treat nausea and vomiting from cancer chemotherapy. Most recent studies have revealed that THC and
...
Written By:
Amanda Kahl
OCT 04, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
Small cell cancers often have poor prognoses.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 03, 2018
Cell & Molecular Biology
One cell meant a very different outcome for a patient that was the recipient of a cutting-edge cancer therapy.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 03, 2018
Immunology
Two laureates receive Nobel Prize for their work regarding immune checkpoint therapy
Written By:
Nicholas Breehl
SEP 27, 2018
Microbiology
Some types of bacteria create tiny versions of themselves that cannot reproduce - miniature spheres lacking chromosomal
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 27, 2018
Health & Medicine
Binge drinking is not a good idea. Alcohol is linked to cardiovascular disease, obesity, diabetes, and some forms of can
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
SEP 26, 2018
Cancer
More than 2,500 Americans are diagnosed with mesothelioma cancer each year. The cancer is rare but very serious - most p
...
SEP 24, 2018
Drug Discovery & Development
Driven by the effort to identify effective non-opioid pain medications, a recent international research study with a pub
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
SEP 24, 2018
Cannabis Sciences
It's important to be made aware of the differences between the cannabinoids that are produced by the cannabis plant.
...
Written By:
Amanda Kahl
SEP 21, 2018
Clinical & Molecular DX
Clinical diagnosis are now possible in the hands of computers through machine learning. Whence, the reports of successfu
...
Written By:
Sharvin Manickam
SEP 20, 2018
Cannabis Sciences
Hemp is a form of the cannabis plant that was specially bred for its use in textiles. It contains very little of the psy
...
Written By:
Amy Loriaux
SEP 18, 2018
Cell & Molecular Biology
Instead of fluorescent labeling, scientists found a way to use computers to identify cellular structures.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 13, 2018
Cannabis Sciences
It's known that marijuana makes people crave food in a phenomenon commonly called the munchies; until now, we didn't kno
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 12, 2018
Microbiology
Helicobacter pylori is a bacterium that causes stomach ulcers, and can lead to gastric cancer.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 11, 2018
Drug Discovery & Development
In a research study at the University of Dundee, Queen Mary University of London and the Wellcome Sanger Institute, a dr
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
SEP 11, 2018
Cannabis Sciences
They're known for helping to reduce the impact of cancer drug side effects, but it's possible that cannabinoids themselv
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 06, 2018
Microbiology
Scientists want to know more about how the microbes we carry in and on us are related to cancer development.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 05, 2018
Clinical & Molecular DX
A new method for loading iron inside nanoparticles creates MRI contrast agents that work better than the mainstay gadoli
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
SEP 05, 2018
Videos
Senator John McCain passed away recently after battling brain cancer. Most forms of brain cancer are aggressive and diff
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
SEP 04, 2018
Drug Discovery & Development
According to a new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a genetic disorder kno
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
SEP 04, 2018
Cell & Molecular Biology
With a tool called lattice light sheet microscopy, scientists can view biological processes as they happen in live cells
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 04, 2018
Immunology
Development of damaging white blood cells occurs during Tuberculosis infection leading to a maladaptive immune response.
Written By:
Caitlin Williams
SEP 04, 2018
Cancer
Brain tumors are one of the most challenging types of cancers to treat. Only 1 in 7 patients will survive the disease, a
...
Written By:
Heba El-wassef
SEP 02, 2018
Cell & Molecular Biology
New research shows that scientists have to take steps to verify the identity of the cell lines they grow.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch