Cancer Research

Oncology research and the tools behind it – tumour models, sequencing, imaging and emerging therapeutic approaches.

67 articles

3D Scaffolds and Biomechanical Forces Imitate Conditions for Cancer Growth

Scientists from Rice University and University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have developed a new system to test cancer drugs. The researchers have created a...

Biomedicine

Long Telomeres May Cause Lung Cancer

  Scientists from the University of Chicago have found out that long telomeres are related to higher chances of lung cancer. The article, appeared in...

Biomedicine

Non-Genetic Mechanism Can Cause Cancer

Researchers from the University of Leeds and the University of Texas – MD Anderson Cancer Center involved in ovarian cancer have discovered that protein imbalance can cause cancer....

Biomedicine
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CRISPR/Cas9 Successfully Modifies T Cells

Scientists from University of California San Francisco (USCF) have found an improved method to successfully edit the genome of mature human T cells. The research...

Bioengineering

Telomerase Promoter Cancerous Mutations Act When Cells Differentiate

Human telomerase reverse transcriptase (hTERT) promoter mutations can cause oncogenesis in somatic cells. The molecular mechanism, eluded so far, consists on failing to silence TERT...

Cancer Research

New Immunotherapy Based on Magnetic Cells

Scientists from Johns Hopkins University have found a way to improve immunotherapy with magnetic nanoparticles. The researchers used magnetic cells with artificial antigens to extract...

Bioengineering

Epigenetic marks associated with aging can predict cancer

A recent study demonstrates that epigenetic marks generally associated with aging are actually indicators of cancer. Scientists from the RWTH Aachen University Medical School have...

Biomedicine

Agreement Between Juno and Celgene for Immunotherapies Development

Celgene Corporation and Juno Therapeutics will partner for the following 10 years to create innovative immunotherapies for patients of cancer and autoimmune diseases. The first efforts will be...

Bioengineering