RNA editing study shows potential for more effective precision cancer treatment
If there is one thing all cancers have in common, it is they have nothing in common. A multi-center study […]
A Brazilian study published April 26 in the journal Cancer Research shows for the first time in vivo that Zika […] Some 80,000 Americans will be diagnosed with a brain tumor this year according to the American Brain Tumor Association. Many […] Worse cognitive function in soccer players stems mainly from frequent ball heading rather than unintentional head impacts due to collisions, […] Glioblastoma (GBM) is the most common and aggressive form of brain cancer. Response to standard-of-care treatment is poor, with a […] Using a patient’s skin cells to restore his vision? Thanks to a promising technique known as cell reprogramming, this science […] For years, bioengineer Yaling Liu has been in pursuit of the deadly tumor cell. Liu has been perfecting a microfluidic […] A new type of cancer vaccine has yielded promising results in an initial clinical trial conducted at the Perelman School […] Matching unique genetic information from cancer patients’ tumors with treatment options — an emerging area of precision medicine efforts — […] Hematopoietic stem cells, that form mature blood cells, require a very precise amount of protein to function — and defective […]Brain Tumor
Zika virus eliminates advanced human tumor in central nervous system of rodents: A group of Brazilian researchers confirmed for the 1st time in vivo the efficiency of Zika virus in infecting CNS tumor cells – tests even showed that the resulting viral particles were less harmful than the ones created from infection of healthy cells
Doctors may soon be able to see a brain tumor burned away in real time
Soccer heading — not collisions — cognitively impairs players
The role of ‘extra’ DNA in cancer evolution and therapy resistance: Extrachromosomal DNA can change levels of oncogene amplification
Let’s talk about sex chromosomes: Why male and female cells behave differently after being reprogrammed into stem cells
Engineering a better cancer blood test to detect tumors early
Personalized tumor vaccine shows promise in pilot trial: Vaccine against patients’ own tumors triggers a broad response, and induced five-year remission in one patient with advanced ovarian cancer
Machine learning finds tumor gene variants and sensitivity to drugs in The Cancer Genome Atlas
Mechanism vital to keeping blood stem cells functional uncovered