Starving Tumors improves the effectiveness of Cancer Treatments
Pancreatic cancer cells are known for being hard to treat, partly because they change the environment around them to block drugs and immune cells. Scientists…
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A Quick Test could more Accurately Estimate your Risk of Heart Disease
For almost 60 years, measuring cholesterol levels in the blood has been the best way to identify individuals at high risk of cardiovascular disease. In…
AI identifies Fatal Cardiac Risks that most Doctors Miss
An advanced Johns Hopkins AI model called MAARS combs through underused heart MRI scans and complete medical records to spot hidden scar patterns that signal…
Leukemia Virus’s Hidden Gene could Transform HIV Therapy
Scientists in Japan have discovered a genetic “silencer” within the HTLV-1 virus that helps it stay hidden in the body, evading the immune system for…
A Novel Treatment for Lung Cancer uses Mitochondria to Boost Immune Cells
Scientists have found a way to supercharge lung cancer treatment by transplanting healthy mitochondria into tumors, which both boosts immune response and makes chemotherapy far…
Breakthrough – How the Immune System uses Radiation to Eradicate Cancer
Radiation therapy, once thought of mainly as a local cancer treatment, is now showing power to awaken the immune system in surprising ways. Researchers discovered…
A Fight against time in Pancreatic Cancer
Scientists have found a way to ‘intercept’ pancreatic cancer. By inhibiting the cancer gene FGFR2, they were able to slow tumor formation. By targeting the…
An Innovative Injection for Treating and Preventing Hypoglycemia
People with diabetes take insulin to lower high blood sugar. However, if glucose levels plunge too low – from taking too much insulin or not…
A Novel Approach to Protein breakdown in Cancer Treatment gives Promise
In drug discovery, targeted protein degradation is a method that selectively eliminates disease-causing proteins. A University of California, Riverside team of scientists has used a…
Toward Better Early Diagnosis of Pancreatic Cancer
Pancreatic cancer (PC) is the worst prognosis cancer globally, with just 13% of patients who are diagnosed with PC surviving for 5 years or more…
Sensory Neurons have been linked to Breast Cancer Metastasis
Cancer doesn’t grow in a vacuum – each tumor grows in a particular microenvironment within the body and spreads through a tangled web of vasculature…
Can Hormonal Therapy enhance Menopausal Women’s Heart Health?
Oral hormone therapy may benefit heart health in menopausal women. A new analysis of data from the Women’s Health Initiative found that estrogen-based oral hormone…
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