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Tumor
Tumor: is an abnormal mass of tissue that may be solid or fluid-filled. A tumor is not the same as cancer. Although, some tumors can develop into cancers. A tumor is a kind of lump or swelling and does not necessarily pose a health threat.
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APR 22, 2015Cancer
A new research study has shown that pancreatic cancer cells can be coaxed to revert back toward normal cells by introduc ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 21, 2015Cancer
Researchers from The University of Manchester working with drug development company Evgen Pharma, have developed a new c ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 20, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
Fastening protein-based medical treatments to nanoparticles isn't easy.
With arduous chemistry, scientists ca ...Written By: Will HectorAPR 20, 2015Cancer
Brain tumors are notoriously difficult for most drugs to reach, but Yale researchers have found a promising but unlikely ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 17, 2015Cancer
The first-ever systematic study of the genomes of patients with ALK-negative anaplastic large cell lymphoma (ALCL), a pa ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 16, 2015Cancer
When it comes to sequencing patients' tumor genomes to personalize cancer therapy, one very important step may be missin ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 15, 2015Cancer
The human immune system is poised to spring into action at the first sign of a foreign invader, but it often fails to el ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 14, 2015Cancer
Cancer researchers from the University of Zurich have identified a key signaling pathway in B-cell lymphoma, a malignant ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 14, 2015Cancer
An experimental drug that attacks brain tumor tissue by crippling the cells' energy source called the mitochondria has p ...Written By: Robert WoodardAPR 14, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
Outbreaks of leukemia that have devastated some populations of soft-shell clams along the east coast of North America fo ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeAPR 13, 2015Cancer
A new study by researchers at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology could hold a key to control cancer cell growth ...Written By: Will HectorAPR 10, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
U.S. scientists have discovered how tumor cells that mimic blood vessels could help breast cancer to spread around the b ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 10, 2015Cancer
Biologists at MIT and the Whitehead Institute have discovered a vulnerability of brain cancer cells that could be exploi ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 09, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Lung cancer is the second most common type of cancer and the number one cause of cancer-related mortality. It is estimat ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 08, 2015Cancer
Novartis announces that Health Canada has issued a marketing authorization with conditions for Zykadia (ceritinib), a lu ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 07, 2015Cancer
Cancer cells often break free from their original locations and circulate through the bloodstream, allowing them to form ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 07, 2015Neuroscience
DNA mutations can cause cancer but in some cases, more mutations may mean a better prognosis for patients. A Yale-led co ...Written By: Will HectorAPR 06, 2015Cancer
Northwestern Medicine scientists have identified a small RNA molecule called miR-182 that can suppress cancer-causing ge ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 06, 2015Cancer
Personalized melanoma vaccines can be used to marshal a powerful immune response against unique mutations in patients' t ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 06, 2015Cancer
Most of today's anticancer drugs target the DNA or proteins in tumor cells, but a new discovery by University of Califor ...Written By: Robert WoodardAPR 03, 2015Cancer
Cancer treatments that harness the body's immune system to wipe out tumors have begun paying off for some patients for w ...Written By: Will HectorAPR 02, 2015Cancer
Sven Pettersson, Ph.D., is a Professor at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden and the LKC School of Medicine at NTU of Singa ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 02, 2015Genetics & Genomics
As a patient prepares to become the first in history to receive his own genetically engineered stem cells for sickle cel ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 01, 2015Neuroscience
Memory and as well as connections between brain cells were restored in mice with a model of Alzheimer's given an experim ...Written By: Ilene Schneider
APR 22, 2015
Cancer
A new research study has shown that pancreatic cancer cells can be coaxed to revert back toward normal cells by introduc
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 21, 2015
Cancer
Researchers from The University of Manchester working with drug development company Evgen Pharma, have developed a new c
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 20, 2015
Cell & Molecular Biology
Fastening protein-based medical treatments to nanoparticles isn't easy.
With arduous chemistry, scientists ca ...
With arduous chemistry, scientists ca ...
Written By:
Will Hector
APR 20, 2015
Cancer
Brain tumors are notoriously difficult for most drugs to reach, but Yale researchers have found a promising but unlikely
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 17, 2015
Cancer
The first-ever systematic study of the genomes of patients with ALK-negative anaplastic large cell lymphoma (ALCL), a pa
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 16, 2015
Cancer
When it comes to sequencing patients' tumor genomes to personalize cancer therapy, one very important step may be missin
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 15, 2015
Cancer
The human immune system is poised to spring into action at the first sign of a foreign invader, but it often fails to el
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 14, 2015
Cancer
Cancer researchers from the University of Zurich have identified a key signaling pathway in B-cell lymphoma, a malignant
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 14, 2015
Cancer
An experimental drug that attacks brain tumor tissue by crippling the cells' energy source called the mitochondria has p
...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
APR 14, 2015
Cell & Molecular Biology
Outbreaks of leukemia that have devastated some populations of soft-shell clams along the east coast of North America fo
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
APR 13, 2015
Cancer
A new study by researchers at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology could hold a key to control cancer cell growth
...
Written By:
Will Hector
APR 10, 2015
Cell & Molecular Biology
U.S. scientists have discovered how tumor cells that mimic blood vessels could help breast cancer to spread around the b
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 10, 2015
Cancer
Biologists at MIT and the Whitehead Institute have discovered a vulnerability of brain cancer cells that could be exploi
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 09, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Lung cancer is the second most common type of cancer and the number one cause of cancer-related mortality. It is estimat
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 08, 2015
Cancer
Novartis announces that Health Canada has issued a marketing authorization with conditions for Zykadia (ceritinib), a lu
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 07, 2015
Cancer
Cancer cells often break free from their original locations and circulate through the bloodstream, allowing them to form
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 07, 2015
Neuroscience
DNA mutations can cause cancer but in some cases, more mutations may mean a better prognosis for patients. A Yale-led co
...
Written By:
Will Hector
APR 06, 2015
Cancer
Northwestern Medicine scientists have identified a small RNA molecule called miR-182 that can suppress cancer-causing ge
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 06, 2015
Cancer
Personalized melanoma vaccines can be used to marshal a powerful immune response against unique mutations in patients' t
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 06, 2015
Cancer
Most of today's anticancer drugs target the DNA or proteins in tumor cells, but a new discovery by University of Califor
...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
APR 03, 2015
Cancer
Cancer treatments that harness the body's immune system to wipe out tumors have begun paying off for some patients for w
...
Written By:
Will Hector
APR 02, 2015
Cancer
Sven Pettersson, Ph.D., is a Professor at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden and the LKC School of Medicine at NTU of Singa
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 02, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
As a patient prepares to become the first in history to receive his own genetically engineered stem cells for sickle cel
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 01, 2015
Neuroscience
Memory and as well as connections between brain cells were restored in mice with a model of Alzheimer's given an experim
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider