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Failed clinical trial leads to scientific breakthrough
It’s not often that a failed clinical trial leads to a scientific breakthrough. When patients…
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Breast cancer: Why metastasis spreads to the bone
When cancer cells break away from a primary tumour and migrate to other organs, it…
All cells are important: A roadmap to characterise lymphoma stroma
Lymphomas are blood cancers that often start from lymph nodes. Lymph nodes contain not only…
Evidence suggests cancer is not as purely genetic as once thought
While cancer is a genetic disease, the genetic component is just one piece of the…
Cancer: Sialylation of the epidermal growth factor receptor modulates cell mechanics and enhances invasion
For more than two decades, University of Alabama at Birmingham (USA) researcher Susan Bellis, Ph.D.,…
Reprogrammed macrophages promote spread of breast cancer
Metastatic breast cancer cells abuse macrophages, a type of immune cell, to promote the settlement…
Gut microbiome may alter response to cancer therapy
Since ancient times, our gut microbiome, home to a vast number of bacteria, viruses, fungi,…
New study reviews anti-cancer activity of sustained release capsaicin formulations
A study by a team of researchers at the Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School…
Artificial intelligence helps physicians better assess the effectiveness of bladder cancer treatment
In a small but multi-institutional study, an artificial intelligence-based system improved providers’ assessments of whether patients…
New self-cleaning optical fibre can help in monitoring environment and diagnosing cancer
When a high-power ultrashort pulse of light interacts with a material such as a glass…