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Tumor Markers
Tumor Marker: a biomarker found in the body system that can be elevated by the presence of all types of cancer. Each tumor marker is indicative of a particular disease process, and are used in oncology to help detect the presence of cancer.
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FEB 07, 2018Clinical & Molecular DX
A new sensing instrument that can now dissolve on its own inside the body could offer a host of opportunities for health ...Written By: Kara MarkerJAN 23, 2018Immunology
Scientists propose extracting dendritic cells and priming them to fight cancer before returning them to a patient as par ...Written By: Kara MarkerJAN 11, 2018Clinical & Molecular DX
For the first time, scientists have made a connection between specific biomarkers and gastric cancer outcomes. Alcohol c ...Written By: Kara MarkerJAN 09, 2018Immunology
A drug used to lower blood pressure and prevent heart attacks could also be used to treat melanoma. From Penn State, res ...Written By: Kara MarkerJAN 04, 2018Videos
With breast cancer, early detection is crucial. Mammograms can find small lumps and tumors, but a new blood biomarker te ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimDEC 23, 2017Immunology
Immune cells that travel from tissue to tissue need to be able to adapt to different tissues, including the high-acidity ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 21, 2017Immunology
Plucking monocytes out of the human bloodstream is one approach to creating personalized cancer treatments, but this imm ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 16, 2017Immunology
Long-term immune protection isn’t the only job tasked to memory T cells, researchers are finding. In a new collabo ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 12, 2017Immunology
A certain type of T cells from the immune system is responsible for infiltrating cells infected by bacteria and viruses ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 04, 2017Immunology
As we get older, we become increasingly prone to various diseases like cancer and heart disease, but why is that? A new ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 02, 2017Cardiology
If human heart cells could regenerate the way salamander or zebrafish cells can, then perhaps cardiovascular disease wou ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 21, 2017Cardiology
A common ingredient in cancer drugs could also be used to treat hypertension, or high blood pressure. From Georgetown Un ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 18, 2017Drug Discovery & Development
PSMA, currently used for successful in prostate cancer, is found to have potential utility for diagnostics and therapuet ...Written By: Courtney SchaalNOV 16, 2017Immunology
With any cancer, developing treatments is difficult because cancer cells are an abnormal version of healthy cells. Any d ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 13, 2017Cancer
Surgical removal of the tumor remains one of the most effective lines of defense for cancer patients. However, among oth ...NOV 13, 2017Immunology
The battle between the immune system and growing tumors involves natural killer (NK) cells and a protective barrier put ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 10, 2017Videos
Medicine has been attempting to fight cancer for decades, but now scientists are calling for something better. For examp ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 09, 2017Immunology
Regulatory T cells control the activity of other cells, but who regulates the regulatory T cells? Scientists from the Sa ...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 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 LeitchSEP 22, 2017Cancer
With cancer putting up such strong fight, scientists are resorting to more unconventional therapies to give them the edg ...SEP 16, 2017Cancer
Unlike some liquid biopsies that look for remnants of free-floating cancer DNA in the blood, scientists have designed a ...SEP 11, 2017Immunology
A unique quality of the main toxic “ingredient” in fire ant venom makes it the newest, if unlikely, candidat ...Written By: Kara MarkerSEP 05, 2017Immunology
There are key differences between the two parts of the immune system - innate and adaptive - and a new study adds one mo ...Written By: Kara Marker
FEB 07, 2018
Clinical & Molecular DX
A new sensing instrument that can now dissolve on its own inside the body could offer a host of opportunities for health
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JAN 23, 2018
Immunology
Scientists propose extracting dendritic cells and priming them to fight cancer before returning them to a patient as par
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JAN 11, 2018
Clinical & Molecular DX
For the first time, scientists have made a connection between specific biomarkers and gastric cancer outcomes. Alcohol c
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JAN 09, 2018
Immunology
A drug used to lower blood pressure and prevent heart attacks could also be used to treat melanoma. From Penn State, res
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JAN 04, 2018
Videos
With breast cancer, early detection is crucial. Mammograms can find small lumps and tumors, but a new blood biomarker te
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
DEC 23, 2017
Immunology
Immune cells that travel from tissue to tissue need to be able to adapt to different tissues, including the high-acidity
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 21, 2017
Immunology
Plucking monocytes out of the human bloodstream is one approach to creating personalized cancer treatments, but this imm
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 16, 2017
Immunology
Long-term immune protection isn’t the only job tasked to memory T cells, researchers are finding. In a new collabo
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 12, 2017
Immunology
A certain type of T cells from the immune system is responsible for infiltrating cells infected by bacteria and viruses
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 04, 2017
Immunology
As we get older, we become increasingly prone to various diseases like cancer and heart disease, but why is that? A new
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 02, 2017
Cardiology
If human heart cells could regenerate the way salamander or zebrafish cells can, then perhaps cardiovascular disease wou
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 21, 2017
Cardiology
A common ingredient in cancer drugs could also be used to treat hypertension, or high blood pressure. From Georgetown Un
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 18, 2017
Drug Discovery & Development
PSMA, currently used for successful in prostate cancer, is found to have potential utility for diagnostics and therapuet
...
Written By:
Courtney Schaal
NOV 16, 2017
Immunology
With any cancer, developing treatments is difficult because cancer cells are an abnormal version of healthy cells. Any d
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 13, 2017
Cancer
Surgical removal of the tumor remains one of the most effective lines of defense for cancer patients. However, among oth
...
NOV 13, 2017
Immunology
The battle between the immune system and growing tumors involves natural killer (NK) cells and a protective barrier put
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 10, 2017
Videos
Medicine has been attempting to fight cancer for decades, but now scientists are calling for something better. For examp
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 09, 2017
Immunology
Regulatory T cells control the activity of other cells, but who regulates the regulatory T cells? Scientists from the Sa
...
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 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
SEP 22, 2017
Cancer
With cancer putting up such strong fight, scientists are resorting to more unconventional therapies to give them the edg
...
SEP 16, 2017
Cancer
Unlike some liquid biopsies that look for remnants of free-floating cancer DNA in the blood, scientists have designed a
...
SEP 11, 2017
Immunology
A unique quality of the main toxic “ingredient” in fire ant venom makes it the newest, if unlikely, candidat
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 05, 2017
Immunology
There are key differences between the two parts of the immune system - innate and adaptive - and a new study adds one mo
...
Written By:
Kara Marker