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Mutation stands in the way of healthy blood cell maturation
In the veins, stem cells constantly mature and develop into different blood cells that are…
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Patients resistant to breast cancer therapy show epigenetic differences
According to a new study, breast cancer patients who don’t respond to targeted therapy have…
AACR 2019: Cancer preventive vaccine showed promising results in preclinical model of Lynch syndrome
Vaccination with as few as four tumour antigens generated antigen-specific responses, reduced intestinal tumours, and…
AACR 2019: LOXO-195 promising against tumours with acquired resistance to first-generation therapeutics
The investigational anticancer therapeutic LOXO-195 (now known as BAY 2731954), which targets a family of…
AACR 2019: PARP inhibitors can shrink tumours in pancreatic cancer patients with specific mutations
Switching pancreatic cancer patients to the PARP inhibitor rucaparib as maintenance therapy instead of continuing…
AACR 2019: Genetic variant linked to increased stroke risk in childhood cancer survivors treated with CRT
A common single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) was associated with increased risk for developing stroke in…
A more accurate method to diagnose cancer subtypes
Developed by researchers at the Garvan Institute of Medical Research, this potential diagnostic method screens…
Three-pronged attack can overcome drug resistance in bowel cancer
Combining three targeted drugs together can block drug resistance in bowel cancer patients, a study…
Understanding gene interactions holds key to personalised medicine, scientists say
When the Human Genome Project was completed, in 2003, it opened the door to a…
Scientists uncover novel strategy to target common type of cancer
Researchers have identified a protein critical for the survival of a particular type of tumour…