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Cancer begins in your cells, which are the building blocks of your body. Normally, your body forms new cells as you need them, replacing old cells that die. Sometimes this process goes wrong. New cells grow even when you don't need them, and old cells don't die when they should. These extra cells can form a mass called a tumor. Tumors can be benign or malignant. Benign tumors aren't cancer while malignant ones are. Cells from malignant tumors can invade nearby tissues. They can also break away and spread to other parts of the body.

Novel DNA-based nanogel for targeted delivery of chemotherapeutics

Current chemotherapy regimens slow cancer progression and save lives, but these powerful drugs affect both healthy and cancerous cells.

19 Nov 2020

New method could more sensitively detect circulating tumor cells

Breast cancer is the most frequently diagnosed cancer in women, and metastasis from the breast to other areas of the body is the leading cause of death in these patients.

19 Nov 2020

Study shows CRISPR/Cas9 system can effectively treat metastatic cancers

Researchers have shown that the advanced CRISPR/Cas9 system is extremely effective in curing metastatic cancers.

19 Nov 2020

Study reveals metabolic signaling pathways that influence key immune cells

Effector regulatory T cells, also known as eTreg cells, are a specialized subset of white blood cells that maintain the immune system.

18 Nov 2020

Simultaneous reduction of carbon dioxide and aerosol pollution can keep the planet cooler

Humans must reduce carbon dioxide and aerosol pollution simultaneously to avoid weakening the ocean's ability to keep the planet cool, new research shows.

18 Nov 2020

Salk’s HPI receives $30 million from Bezos Earth Fund to fight climate change

Salk's Harnessing Plants Initiative will receive $30 million from the Bezos Earth Fund to advance efforts to increase the ability of crop plants, such as corn and soybeans, to capture and store atmospheric carbon via their roots in the soil.

17 Nov 2020

New study shows patients' own stem cells can be used to grow new bone

A new, groundbreaking study from the University of Bergen (UiB) shows that a patients' own stem cells can be used to grow new bone. This can potentially help millions of people who are partially edentulous and have insufficient bone for the placement of dental implants.

17 Nov 2020

Unique experiment shows how corals manage deoxygenation stress

Oxygen is life, in or out of the water, raising concerns that declining ocean oxygen stores are adding an additional environmental stress to already highly vulnerable coral reef ecosystems.

17 Nov 2020

Scientists expand Darwin's evolutionary theory to include "molecular Darwinism"

Darwin's theory of evolution should be expanded to include consideration of a DNA stability "energy code" - so-called "molecular Darwinism" - to further account for the long-term survival of species' characteristics on Earth, according to Rutgers scientists.

From Rutgers University 17 Nov 2020

New way to predict who will respond to cancer therapies that block Wnt production

Scientists have identified possible means to prognosticate who will respond to cancer therapies that inhibit Wnt production.

16 Nov 2020

Light-activated liposomes could help deliver CRISPR gene therapy

Light-activated liposomes could help to deliver CRISPR gene therapy - and the method could prove safer and more direct than current methods.

From The University of New South Wales (UNSW) 16 Nov 2020

Presence of microbes in the lung can modulate lung cancer pathogenesis

Enrichment of the lungs with oral commensal microbes was associated with advanced-stage disease, worse prognosis, and tumor progression in patients with lung cancer.

12 Nov 2020

Study shows how chaperone activity influences the course of neurodegenerative diseases

In many neurodegenerative diseases like Parkinson's, protein aggregates form in the brain and are assumed to contribute to neuronal cell death.

12 Nov 2020

New data can aid research on disease mutations, preserve endangered species

A large international consortium led by scientists at Uppsala University and the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard has sequenced the genome of 130 mammals and analyzed the data together with 110 existing genomes to allow scientist to identify which are the important positions in the DNA.

12 Nov 2020

Discovering a new step in immune cell generation

In this interview, Dr. Shalin Naik speaks to AZoLifeSciences about his team's latest research that led to the discovery of a new step in the development of T and B cells that could help us to better understand leukemia.

From Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research (WEHI) 12 Nov 2020

Researchers identify key target to prevent viruses from disarming the human immune response

Viruses such as HIV, hepatitis B and hepatitis C evade or disrupt the immune system to create persistent infections.

11 Nov 2020

Genetic signature in localized prostate cancer can predict likelihood of tumor metastases

Researchers have identified a genetic signature in localized prostate cancer that can predict whether the cancer is likely to spread, or metastasize, early in the course of the disease and whether it will respond to anti-androgen therapy, a common treatment for advanced disease.

11 Nov 2020