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Comprehensive tumour profiling promises new therapeutic options for patients with advanced cancer
Published in Nature Medicine, results of WINTHER trial has shown that RNA profiling together with DNA testing,…
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Scientists get sly, use deception to fight cancer
In recent years, it’s become clear that RNA-binding proteins play a major role in cancer…
The Leukaemia Atlas: researchers unveil proteins that signal disease
Only about one in four people diagnosed with acute myelogenous leukaemia (AML) survive five years…
‘Fingerprint database’ could help scientists to identify new cancer culprits
Scientists in Cambridge and London have developed a catalogue of DNA mutation ‘fingerprints’ that could…
Researchers succeed at removing some types of pancreatic cancer in animal models
Researchers from the Experimental Oncology Group, led by Mariano Barbacid at the Spanish National Cancer…
Researchers identify mechanism of resistance to BRAF inhibitors in melanoma
Melanoma is one of the most aggressive types of skin cancer, but recent advances in…
Researchers combine CRISPR gene-editing technology with drug discovery to understand why cancer treatment works
11,000 people are predicted to die from acute myeloid leukemia (AML) in 2019, according to…
Rare but important gene target found in many tumour types, suggesting new therapy possible
A consortium of researchers led by Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center investigators have completed the…
Decoding cancer’s molecular signature
Medications known as PARP inhibitors have emerged as a promising therapy for several forms of…
Ovarian cancer patients undertested for mutations that could guide clinical care
Fewer than a quarter of breast cancer patients and a third of ovarian cancer patients…