Cancer

melanoma cells

Bacteria May Aid Anti-Cancer Immune Response

17.03.2021

Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, Cancer, Personalized Medicine, Systems Biology, Molecular and Cell Biology, Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

The findings of a new study may explain the microbiome-immunotherapy connection

multiple myeloma drug resistant cells

Uncovering the Anti-Myeloma Resistance Files

22.02.2021

Cancer, Personalized Medicine, Immunology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Diagnostic Techniques and Drugs

From bedside to bench and back: Researchers reveal a genetic signature that could help overcome drug resistance in some of the most aggressive forms...

Colon extracellular matrix

Stress Response Protein Links Inflammatory Disease to Colon Cancer

18.02.2021

Biochemistry, Cancer, Personalized Medicine, Molecular and Cell Biology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

The findings might help identify those at extra risk of this cancer and develop means of prevention

How Cancers Hurt Themselves to Hurt Immune Cells More

How Cancers Hurt Themselves to Hurt Immune Cells More

16.12.2020

Cancer, Personalized Medicine, Immunology

A study of melanoma cells explains a puzzling response they exhibit to ward off T cell attacks

cells that remember their identity

Memories of a Cancer Cell

08.10.2020

Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, Cancer, Systems Biology, Genetics

Cancer cells turn out to have memories. But these are unreliable and can end up causing trouble

immune cells in cancer

Opening Cancer to Attack

31.08.2020

Cancer, Molecular and Cell Biology

A possible cause for cancer resistance to immunotherapy could be reversed

TOOKAD

Shining a Light on Laser-Based Therapy

24.08.2020

Cancer, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Diagnostic Techniques and Drugs

Researchers reveal early response of tumor vessels to anti-cancer therapy

Tissue sample from triple-negative breast cancer, stained for the presence of cancer cells (red) and the two types of cancer-associated fibroblasts: pCAFs (magenta) and sCAFs (green). The nuclei of all cells are stained blue

Cancer “Helpers” Come in Different Types

23.07.2020

Biochemistry, Cancer, Personalized Medicine

Supporting actors in cancer growth may help predict the course of the disease

Lung cancer samples: Far left untreated. Lung cancer tissue failed to respond when exposed to a microtubule inhibitor drug (left) or to a drug that enhanced the apoptosis-inducing pathway (middle). But when the two drugs were applied together to the same tissue, the cancer cells died (right)

A New Approach to Tailoring Cancer Therapy: Tapping into Signaling Activities in Cancer Cells

16.07.2020

Cancer, Personalized Medicine, Systems Biology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

Matching drugs to tumors may lead to personalized treatment and new therapies

bacteria in cancer cells

Cells inside Cells: The Bacteria That Live in Cancer Cells

28.05.2020

Cancer, Personalized Medicine, Viruses & Microorganisms, Molecular and Cell Biology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

The bacterial lodgers in cancer cells may hinder or help treatment

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