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Tumors Use Mitochondrial Transfer to Reprogram Surrounding Cells

Tumors have developed many strategies and tricks to gain advantages in the body. Led by cell biology professor Sabine Werner, researchers at ETH Zurich have now discovered another surprising trick that certain tumors resort to in ensuring their survival and growth.

1 Sep 2025

Epigenetic Noise Enables Cells to Shift Identity and Influence Immunity

All cells in the body contain the same DNA, but different cell types express different genes; skin cells express genes for the skin, liver cells express liver genes, and so on.

21 Aug 2025

High Survival Rates With Low-Dose Radiation and Rituximab for Lymphoma

Combining adaptive ultra-low-dose radiation therapy with rituximab shows promise in treating indolent B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphomas with reduced toxicity.

14 Aug 2025

AI-Driven Precision for Next-Gen Cancer Immunotherapy

Consider how immune cells may be tailored to combat any type of cancer. T cell receptor (TCR) therapy has the potential to become the standard cancer treatment.

29 Jul 2025

GlycoPro Platform Enhances High-Throughput Glycosylation Analysis

A recent study published in Engineering introduces GlycoPro, a novel high-throughput sample-processing platform that aims to transform the field of multi-glycosylation-omics analysis.

18 Jul 2025

New Study Reveals Varied CAR T-Cell Therapy Benefits in Large B-Cell Lymphoma

A study identifies three patient subgroups in large B-cell lymphoma, revealing distinct responses to CD19 CAR T cell therapy and enhancing precision medicine.

20 Jun 2025

Bats Hold Clues to Natural Cancer Resistance

A study to look at why long-lived bats do not get cancer has broken new ground about the biological defenses that resist the disease.

11 Jun 2025

Herpes Virus Protein Enhances T-Cell Survival for Cancer Therapy

Recent studies reveal the herpes virus may enhance cancer treatment by activating T cell pathways, improving immunotherapy effectiveness against tumors.

29 May 2025

New Genomic Score Predicts Risk of Progression in Multiple Myeloma

A new risk assessment score developed by researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard reveals how multiple myeloma, a form of blood cancer, begins and progresses from precancerous to malignant states by tracing DNA mutations.

24 May 2025

Researchers Create 'Colocatome' to Study Tumor Cell Interactions

Even cells experience peer pressure. Scientists have long studied the ins and outs of cancer cells to learn more about the disease, but they're increasingly finding that noncancerous cells near the cancer cells exert a powerful influence over a tumor's trajectory.

13 Mar 2025

Circular RNA's Transformative Role in Tumor Biology and Treatment

A new review article highlights the transformative role of circular RNA (circRNA) in cancer, revealing its potential as both a key player in tumor biology and a promising avenue for future therapies.

10 Mar 2025

Breakthrough mRNA Technology Paves the Way for Precision Medicine

Imagine a breakthrough in cancer treatment where only malignant cells are targeted, sparing healthy host cells; or patients with abnormal protein synthesis are treated to produce a healthy protein.

20 Feb 2025

Study Shows How Anticancer Drug is Drawn into Cancer Cells

A new study shows how an anticancer drug triggers an "outside in" signal that gets it sucked into a cancer cell.

5 Feb 2025

Inflammasome Helps Block Malignancy in Blood Stem Cells

A group of immune proteins called the inflammasome can help prevent blood stem cells from becoming malignant by removing certain receptors from their surfaces and blocking cancer gene activity, according to a preclinical study by Weill Cornell Medicine investigators.

17 Jan 2025

New Treatment Targets Tumor Microenvironment to Fight Breast Cancer

"Build your enemy a golden bridge to retreat across" is a piece of advice offered by Sun Tzu in his ancient military treatise, The Art of War. It turns out that cancerous growths adopt this strategy in their battle against the immune system.

24 Dec 2024

AI Creates the First Virtual Human Cell

A team of scientists from Stanford University, Genentech, and the Chan-Zuckerberg Initiative claims that science has an “unprecedented opportunity” to use artificial intelligence (AI) to create the first virtual human cell in history, pointing out that recent advancements in AI and the availability of extensive experimental data about human biology have reached a critical mass.

13 Dec 2024

Genetic Mutation in the Inherited DNA Found to Drive Breast Cancer Metastasis

Ninety percent of cancer deaths are due to the spread of cancer, not complications from the original tumor.

10 Dec 2024

Unveiling the Epigenetic Landscape of Blood Cancers

In recent years, biomedical laboratory research has undergone tremendous change, to the extent that computers have frequently replaced test tubes.

27 Nov 2024

A Closer Look at CAR T-Cell Therapy — Successes, Challenges, And Future

Chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy enhances immune response against cancer, with promising results in hematological malignancies and ongoing advancements.

13 Nov 2024

Innovative Genomic Technology Uncovers Mechanisms of Marjolin's Ulcer

Researchers utilized specialized genomic technology at the University of Calgary to enhance our understanding of Marjolin's ulcer (MU), a rare, highly aggressive skin cancer that affects chronic wounds that can often arise from established scars like those caused by severe burns.

29 Oct 2024