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Tumor development
Tumor development, or tumorigenesis, broadly describes the process by which normal cells gain malignant properties. Tumor development includes growth functions like cellular differentiation, proliferation, and metastasis.
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AUG 26, 2018Genetics & Genomics
Scientists have been confounded for years by genetic errors with the sequence, but a different effect on people.Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 21, 2018Cancer
Researchers have discovered a gene that can protect elephants from cancer. An estimated 17 percent of humans worldwide d ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)AUG 21, 2018Immunology
Brain tumors prevent T cells from escaping the bone marrow by altering levels of the S1P1 protein.Written By: Caitlin WilliamsAUG 16, 2018Clinical & Molecular DX
Researchers have developed a proof-of-concept technique that allows them to detect brain tumor biomarkers with a simple ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)AUG 14, 2018Cancer
An already existing combination of arsenic and all-trans retinoic acid is found to inhibit a key signaling pathway that ...Written By: Mauri BrueggemanAUG 14, 2018Cancer
Mogamulizumab was approved by the FDA this month after a very successful Phase III clinical trial demonstrating its effe ...Written By: Mauri BrueggemanAUG 14, 2018Cancer
Researchers in Florida published the potential for Zika virus to help in the treatment of Neuroblastoma in patients of a ...Written By: Mauri BrueggemanAUG 12, 2018Technology
MIT researchers are developing novel machine-learning techniques to reduce toxic chemotherapy and radiotherapy dosing fo ...Written By: Nouran AminAUG 09, 2018Cell & Molecular Biology
A new method can track the formation and movement of lipids, DNA and proteins in live cells.Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 07, 2018Cancer
DNA methylation patterns in renal cell carcinoma (RCC) have a strong association with myelodysplastic syndrome DNA hyper ...Written By: Mauri BrueggemanAUG 02, 2018Genetics & Genomics
In some of our body's tissues, cells have to replicate many times. That introduces a chance for new genetic errors every ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 01, 2018Neuroscience
Head injuries, more commonly referred to as traumatic brain injuries (TBI) are a concern for parents, athletes, and spor ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUL 30, 2018Cancer
Researchers have found key markers in identifying the progression of melanoma by stages.Written By: Mauri BrueggemanJUL 26, 2018Genetics & Genomics
All cells carry a gene named p53, which has a vital role in shielding the body from cancer. But it can betray cells too.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 25, 2018Neuroscience
Medical imaging has gone from fuzzy X-rays that didn't show much, to real-time functional MRI scans in just a few de ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUL 24, 2018Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers at Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center in University of North Carolina revealed a therapeutic target for ...Written By: Nouran AminJUL 24, 2018Cancer
A new drug and new drug class have been approved by the FDA for relapsed or refractory AML patients with an IDH1 mutatio ...Written By: Mauri BrueggemanJUL 22, 2018Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers are getting closer to creating targeted therapies that are delivered directly where needed.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 18, 2018Immunology
Use of Checkpoint Blockade Immunotherapy increases survival rates in Melanoma Brain Metastases patients, with a 4-year s ...Written By: Caitlin WilliamsJUL 18, 2018Neuroscience
While most think of artificial intelligence (AI) as the stuff of sci-fi movies and futuristic novels, it actually has ma ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUL 17, 2018Cancer
A new subtype of small cell lung cancer is reported to account for potentially 20% of small cell lung cancers diagnosed; ...Written By: Mauri BrueggemanJUL 17, 2018Cancer
The largest coordinated study on Prostate cancer aims to look at both genetic and environmental factors that lead to inc ...Written By: Mauri BrueggemanJUL 12, 2018Cell & Molecular Biology
New techniques that can make stem cells could have a big impact on therapeutics.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 11, 2018Drug Discovery & Development
Acetazolamide, which is sold under the trade name Diamox and used to treat altitude sickness, is considere ...Written By: Nouran Amin
AUG 26, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
Scientists have been confounded for years by genetic errors with the sequence, but a different effect on people.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 21, 2018
Cancer
Researchers have discovered a gene that can protect elephants from cancer. An estimated 17 percent of humans worldwide d
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
AUG 21, 2018
Immunology
Brain tumors prevent T cells from escaping the bone marrow by altering levels of the S1P1 protein.
Written By:
Caitlin Williams
AUG 16, 2018
Clinical & Molecular DX
Researchers have developed a proof-of-concept technique that allows them to detect brain tumor biomarkers with a simple
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
AUG 14, 2018
Cancer
An already existing combination of arsenic and all-trans retinoic acid is found to inhibit a key signaling pathway that
...
Written By:
Mauri Brueggeman
AUG 14, 2018
Cancer
Mogamulizumab was approved by the FDA this month after a very successful Phase III clinical trial demonstrating its effe
...
Written By:
Mauri Brueggeman
AUG 14, 2018
Cancer
Researchers in Florida published the potential for Zika virus to help in the treatment of Neuroblastoma in patients of a
...
Written By:
Mauri Brueggeman
AUG 12, 2018
Technology
MIT researchers are developing novel machine-learning techniques to reduce toxic chemotherapy and radiotherapy dosing fo
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
AUG 09, 2018
Cell & Molecular Biology
A new method can track the formation and movement of lipids, DNA and proteins in live cells.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 07, 2018
Cancer
DNA methylation patterns in renal cell carcinoma (RCC) have a strong association with myelodysplastic syndrome DNA hyper
...
Written By:
Mauri Brueggeman
AUG 02, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
In some of our body's tissues, cells have to replicate many times. That introduces a chance for new genetic errors every
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 01, 2018
Neuroscience
Head injuries, more commonly referred to as traumatic brain injuries (TBI) are a concern for parents, athletes, and spor
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUL 30, 2018
Cancer
Researchers have found key markers in identifying the progression of melanoma by stages.
Written By:
Mauri Brueggeman
JUL 26, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
All cells carry a gene named p53, which has a vital role in shielding the body from cancer. But it can betray cells too.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 25, 2018
Neuroscience
Medical imaging has gone from fuzzy X-rays that didn't show much, to real-time functional MRI scans in just a few de
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUL 24, 2018
Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers at Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center in University of North Carolina revealed a therapeutic target for
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
JUL 24, 2018
Cancer
A new drug and new drug class have been approved by the FDA for relapsed or refractory AML patients with an IDH1 mutatio
...
Written By:
Mauri Brueggeman
JUL 22, 2018
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers are getting closer to creating targeted therapies that are delivered directly where needed.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 18, 2018
Immunology
Use of Checkpoint Blockade Immunotherapy increases survival rates in Melanoma Brain Metastases patients, with a 4-year s
...
Written By:
Caitlin Williams
JUL 18, 2018
Neuroscience
While most think of artificial intelligence (AI) as the stuff of sci-fi movies and futuristic novels, it actually has ma
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUL 17, 2018
Cancer
A new subtype of small cell lung cancer is reported to account for potentially 20% of small cell lung cancers diagnosed;
...
Written By:
Mauri Brueggeman
JUL 17, 2018
Cancer
The largest coordinated study on Prostate cancer aims to look at both genetic and environmental factors that lead to inc
...
Written By:
Mauri Brueggeman
JUL 12, 2018
Cell & Molecular Biology
New techniques that can make stem cells could have a big impact on therapeutics.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 11, 2018
Drug Discovery & Development
Acetazolamide, which is sold under the trade name Diamox and used to treat altitude sickness, is considere
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin