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New textbook explains cancer and how to fight it
Half of us will face a cancer diagnosis during our lifespan, but the good news…
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Widespread tumour suppression mechanism unveiled that stops cancer progression by interfering with cancer cell metabolism
According to a study by The Wistar Institute, USA, the tumour suppressor Parkin, whose levels…
Antibiotic repurposed to kill cancer cells with DNA-repair glitch
An antibiotic developed in the 1950s and largely supplanted by newer drugs, effectively targets and…
Drug combo could make surgery possible for some liver cancer patients
A combination of the kinase-inhibitor drug cabozantinib and the immunotherapy drug nivolumab can make curative…
Study on chromosomal rearrangements in yeast reveals potential avenue for cancer therapy
Gross chromosomal rearrangements – where portions of the genome become moved, deleted, or inverted -…
Novel agent MS21 has potential in several cancers
Researchers have developed a therapeutic agent that shows high effectiveness in vitro at disrupting a…
Single cancer cells have different appetites for fatty acids
A new method developed by Institute for Systems Biology (ISB) and University of California, Riverside…
Cell couriers deliver clue to cancer metastasis
A protein involved in making cells move offers a clue to how certain types of…
Researchers discover how cancer cells that spread to lymph nodes avoid immune destruction
Lymph nodes are critical to the body’s immune response against tumours but paradoxically, cancer cells…
Cancer cells eat themselves to survive
It is the membrane of cancer cells that is at the focus of the new…