Novel RNA factors may help cancer cells thrive
Like Peter Pan, some cells never grow up. In cancer, undifferentiated stem cells may help…
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Single-cell analysis of metastatic gastric cancer finds diverse tumour cell populations associated with patient outcomes
Researchers from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, USA, who profiled more than…
Study sheds light on genetic basis of Black men’s higher prostate cancer risk
Black men are more likely than their White or Asian counterparts to have a range…
The Achilles’ heel of cancer stem cells
Since colonoscopies were introduced in Germany for early cancer detection, the number of diagnoses of…
Gene could help predict response to cervical cancer treatment
UCLA researchers have identified a potential diagnostic marker that could help predict how likely someone…
New combination therapy could help fight difficult-to-treat cancers with common mutations
Scientists have long known that therapies that target the cancer-driving MAPK pathway are only effective…
Evolution may be to blame for high risk of advanced cancers in humans
Compared to chimpanzees, our closest evolutionary cousins, humans are particularly prone to developing advanced carcinomas…
Researchers create framework to help determine timing of cancer mutations
UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center (USA) researchers studying cancer evolution have created a framework to…
A library of mice to look up the best liver cancer treatment
If you want to get smarter, the library is a good place to start. And…
More evidence that cellular ‘death by iron’ could be promising avenue of cancer treatment
If there is a silver lining in cancer’s chaotic biology, it’s that the same traits…