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Here's how cancer cells repair DNA damage
Updated : 4 days, 22 hours ago IST
A team of scientists led by Dr Kei-ichi TAKATA from the Institute for Basic Science's Center for Genomic Integrity (CGI) discovered a new type of DNA repair mechanism that cancer cells use to recover from next-generation cancer radiation therapy.
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Artificial human skin now part of new skin cancer therapy
Updated : 1 week, 4 days ago IST
A research team from the University of Copenhagen has been successful in stopping invasive growth in a skin cancer model by utilising synthetic human skin.
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New technology to improve cancer detection and treatment
Updated : 3 weeks, 4 days ago IST
Researchers from the University of Technology Sydney have created a novel tool that enables doctors to skip invasive biopsy operations and to track the effectiveness of treatment by detecting and analysing cancer cells from blood samples.
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Head injuries could be risk factor for developing brain cancer
Updated : 3 weeks, 4 days ago IST
A very uncommon but frequently aggressive type of brain tumour called a glioma may be caused by damage, according to key molecular research from the UCL Cancer Centre. Although there may be a connection between head trauma and an increase in brain tumour incidence, the evidence is conflictin
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Scientists make breakthrough for 'next generation' cancer treatment
Updated : 1 month ago IST
Scientists at the University of East Anglia are a step closer to creating a new generation of light-activated cancer treatments. The procedure, which sounds futuristic, would function by turning on embedded LED lights adjacent to a tumour, which would then activate biotherapeutic chemicals.
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Scientists reengineer cancer drugs to be more versatile
Updated : 1 month ago IST
Rice University scientists have enlisted widely used cancer therapy systems to control gene expression in mammalian cells, a feat of synthetic biology that could change how diseases are treated.
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Study reveals how breast MRI is effective at detecting cancer
Updated : 1 month, 2 weeks ago IST
In comparison to other conventional supplemental screening methods, breast MRI was more successful at detecting cancer in women with dense breasts.
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Scientists develop new design principles to improve cancer vaccine structu
Updated : 1 month, 3 weeks ago IST
A new way to significantly increase the potency of almost any vaccine has been developed by researchers from the International Institute for Nanotechnology (IIN) at Northwestern University. The scientists used chemistry and nanotechnology to change the structural location of adjuvants and an
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Breast MRI effective at detecting cancer: Research
Updated : 1 month, 3 weeks ago IST
Compared to other common supplemental screening methods, breast MRI was superior at detecting breast cancer in women with dense breasts, according to a study published in Radiology, a journal of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA).
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World's first guidelines created to prevent heart problems in kids fightin
Updated : 1 month, 3 weeks ago IST
The world's first international clinical guidelines to help prevent and treat heart complications in children undergoing cancer treatment have been created.
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Study suggests way to re-energise tired T cells when treating cancer
Updated : 1 month, 3 weeks ago IST
A new study by researchers at The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center -- Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute (OSUCCC -- James) suggests a way to re-energize critical killer immune cells that have become exhausted when fighting cancer or chro
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SPOP protein contributes to cancer: Research
Updated : 1 month, 4 weeks ago IST
SPOP is the most mutated protein in prostate cancer and plays a role in endometrial, uterine and other cancers. Despite this importance, how SPOP mutations drive cancer has been incompletely understood. Scientists at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital used cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-E
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