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New drug combination could transform treatment for childhood leukemia

New treatment with the potential to be less toxic than current treatment.

Electron microscopy image of young naïve CD8+ T cells.

Aging reduces CAR-T cell effectiveness by impairing metabolism

Researchers identify a decline in NAD levels as a key driver of T cell dysfunction.

In therapy- or illness-induced brain fog (right), microglia produce inflammatory chemicals that deplete oligodendroglial cells and their created myelin. Researchers have partly reversed this process in mice

CAR-T cell therapy causes mild cognitive impairments

The identified compounds that may help reverse it.

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Study sheds light on the biological mechanisms of aging

Clusterin expression marks aging in Hematopoietic stem cells.

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A ‘metal detector’ algorithm to hunt down vulnerable tumors

Cambridge researchers have created a ‘metal detector’ algorithm that can hunt down vulnerable tumours.

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Tattoos can increase the risk of cancer

The findings raise new questions about the long-term health effects of tattoos.

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Tardigrade proteins show promise in cancer care

A new strategy that may protect cancer patients from the side effects of radiation therapy.

The removal of the fallopian tube while preserving the ovary.

Reducing ovarian cancer risk with fallopian tube removal

Mathematical modeling study suggests this approach could also reduce total healthcare costs in Germany.

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Green tea-based adhesive films: A novel treatment for oral mucositis

The film adheres to the mouth and delivers active ingredients directly to affected areas.

Study links forever chemicals in drinking water to a range of rare cancers

An association between levels of manmade “forever chemicals” in drinking water and a range of rare cancers.

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What drives aggressive bone cancer?

Study reveals a novel mechanism driving osteosarcoma.

DNA damage on chromosomes

A big mystery in cancer research solved

Breakthrough in understanding how tumor cells die after radiotherapy.

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Study uncover key insights into how the body tolerates cancer mutations

Tracking metabolic origins of cancer from a mosaic of cells.

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Smartwatches could help people give up smoking

The technology has the potential to help over two thirds of trial participants quit the habit.

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Reverting cancer cells to normal cells

A technology to create a digital twin of the gene network.

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The impact of coffee and tea on head and neck cancer prevention

Head and neck cancer (HNC) is the seventh most common cancer worldwide, and its rates are on the rise, especially in low- and middle-income...

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Lymphomoids: A lab model of lymphoma tumors

New cancer models could help personalize lymphoma treatments.

Stained pancreatic cancer organoid

First-ever tumor organoids grown in laboratory

Foundation for new cancer treatment strategies.

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Hair growth drug appears to regrow hair in most cancer patients

Reassurance to breast cancer patients that there is indeed a safe way.

Marlow, a black Labrador, one of the dogs used in the study that was trained by Medical Detection Dogs.

Dogs can smell bladder cancer in other dogs

This could be an effective new way to diagnose the disease in dogs.

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Lab experiments with cancer cells reveal two ways in which tumors evade drugs

Study details how cancer cells fend off starvation & death from chemotherapy.

heterogeneous lung tumor

Examining antigen architectures for better cancer immunotherapies

MIT researchers built a therapeutic cancer vaccine.

A U-M Health neurosurgical team performing an operation.

AI model detects residual tumor in 10 seconds

AI can determine during surgery if any part of a cancerous brain tumor that could be removed remains.

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AI can be used to detect brain tumors

The researchers investigated how neural network models can be trained on brain cancer imaging data.

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AI tool reads biopsy images

It could guide treatment without costly genomic tests.

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