Yale Cancer Center Carves New Path in ImmunotherapyCancer immunotherapy is showing promise in treating patients with a variety of advanced, metastatic tumors.
Preclinical Tests Shows Agent Stops “Slippery” Proteins from Binding, Causing Ewing SarcomaSome tumors regressed to the point that cancer cells could not be detected microscopically.
Researchers Unearth New Clues About How Prostate Cancer EvolvedWith the help of a computational model, Broad researchers were able to reconstruct the genomes of prostate cancer cells.
Researchers Identify Four New Genetic Risk Factors for Testicular CancerLarge, first-of-its-kind study finds genomic regions associated with higher risk.
CU Study Suggests Link Between Tumor Suppressors and Starvation SurvivalA particular tumor suppressor gene that fights cancer cells does more than clamp down on unabated cell division, it also can help make cells more fit by allowing them to fend off stress.
Studies Generate ‘Comprehensive’ List of Genes Required to Defend Sex Cells from TransposonsThe piRNA pathway protects eggs and sperm from ‘jumping genes’ that can cause developmental defects, sterility.
Your Immune System: On Surveillance in the War Against CancerWake Forest Baptist Research looks at gene expression profiling in breast cancer.
Endometrial Cancer Findings Emerge from Genome Sequencing StudyNovel tumor sub-types have been identified that could lead to better risk stratification and more individualized and targeted treatments.
Duke Researchers Describe How Breast Cancer Cells Acquire Drug ResistanceA seven-year quest has revealed a previously unknown molecular network that regulates cell death.
microRNA Cooperation Mutes Breast Cancer OncogenesTurning up a few microRNAs a little may offer as much anti-breast-cancer activity as turning up one microRNA a lot – and without the unwanted side effects.
