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Breakthrough in aging research: Blocking IL-11 extends lifespan and improves health in mice

Blocking IL-11 signaling extends lifespan and healthspan in mice, reducing age-related metabolic decline, frailty, and cancer incidence.

18 Jul 2024

Diverse genetic data illuminates health disparities across populations

The majority of genetic studies focus on people of European descent, which limits the understanding of how genes influence health in other populations.

18 Jul 2024

New drugs show promise in shrinking breast cancer brain metastases

Researchers from Drexel's College of Medicine have identified new drugs that show early success in shrinking breast cancer tumors that have metastasized in the brain.

18 Jul 2024

Unhealthy sleep patterns associated with Type 2 diabetes risk in racially and economically diverse adults

Persistently unhealthy sleep, either not enough or too much, is associated with a significantly increased risk of Type 2 diabetes in a racially and economically diverse adult population, an international team of researchers has reported.

18 Jul 2024

Study uncovers how OTX2 drives aggressive childhood brain cancer

In a report published in Nature Cell Biology, researchers at Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children's Hospital, the University of Manitoba and collaborating institutions revealed an unexpected way in which the protein OTX2 drives the progression of medulloblastoma – the most common aggressive childhood brain cancer.

18 Jul 2024

Blocking IL-11 protein extends lifespan and health in mice by 25%, study shows

Scientists at the Medical Research Council Laboratory of Medical Science and Imperial College London have discovered that 'switching off' a protein called IL-11 can significantly increase the healthy lifespan of mice by almost 25%.

18 Jul 2024

Western diets linked to increased risk of IBD and colorectal cancer

Western diets pose a greater risk of Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) and colorectal cancer, according to a milestone review of what people eat around the world.

18 Jul 2024

Research highlights green tea's potential role in improving ovarian cancer outcomes

The association between pre-diagnosis tea and coffee consumption and survival rates in women diagnosed with ovarian cancer.

18 Jul 2024

$Novel therapy can improve the prognosis of relapsed/refractory acute myeloid leukemia$

Novel therapy can improve the prognosis of relapsed/refractory acute myeloid leukemia

Relapsed/refractory acute myeloid leukemia (AML), a so-called blood cancer, has an extremely poor prognosis because of resistance to anti-cancer drugs and frailty of the patient's organ functions.

18 Jul 2024

Harnessing ctDNA measurements for response assessment in metastatic castration resistant prostate cancer

A new editorial paper was published in Oncotarget's Volume 15 on July 2, 2024, entitled, "Using early on-treatment circulating tumor DNA measurements as response assessment in metastatic castration resistant prostate cancer."

18 Jul 2024

Discovery of over 1,000 undetected proteins in metabolite samples

Van Andel Institute scientists have identified more than 1,000 previously undetected proteins in common metabolite samples, which persist despite extraction methods designed to weed them out.

18 Jul 2024

Distinct signaling pathway drives the transformation of epithelial cells into aggressive tumors

A distinct signaling pathway called TNF-α drives the transformation of epithelial cells into aggressive tumor cells.

18 Jul 2024

CU Boulder research uncovers role of endogenous retroviruses in cancer

Peek inside the human genome and, among the 20,000 or so genes that serve as building blocks of life, you'll also find flecks of DNA left behind by viruses that infected primate ancestors tens of millions of years ago.

18 Jul 2024

Study: Women with severe endometriosis 10 times more likely to get ovarian cancer

A landmark study from researchers at Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah (the U), the Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine at the U, and Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine found that women with severe endometriosis are 10 times more likely to get ovarian cancer, compared to women who do not have the disease.

18 Jul 2024

Sharp rise in long-term vaping among adults in England, study finds

The number of adults in England who report vaping for more than six months has increased substantially from around one in 80 in 2013 to one in 10 in 2023, finds a study published by The BMJ today.

18 Jul 2024

Tufts researchers uncover immune cell link to doxorubicin-induced heart damage

There's still much to learn about how doxorubicin, a 50-year-old chemotherapy drug, causes its most concerning side effects.

17 Jul 2024

New technique could one day be used to target glioblastoma

Tackling brain cancer is complicated, but groundbreaking new research could help add another tool to the cancer-fighting arsenal.

17 Jul 2024

Study finds genetic counseling gaps among breast cancer survivors

As cancer treatment and survivorship care relies more on understanding the genetic make-up of an individual's tumor, a new study from the University of Michigan Health Rogel Cancer Center finds that many breast cancer survivors who meet criteria for genetic counseling and testing are not receiving it.

17 Jul 2024

Researchers develop an analytical tool that could lead to lead to noninvasive "liquid biopsies"

Biopsies are clinical tools commonly used to diagnose a variety of diseases or to monitor tissue for abnormal growth or even rejection of a transplant.

17 Jul 2024

Study identifies a new way to make opioids safer

Researchers at the University of Arizona Health Sciences identified a new way to make opioids safer, increasing the pain-relieving properties of opioids while decreasing unwanted side effects through the spinal inhibition of a Heat shock protein 90 isoform.

17 Jul 2024

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Cancer News and Research

Latest Cancer News and Research

Breakthrough in aging research: Blocking IL-11 extends lifespan and improves health in mice

Diverse genetic data illuminates health disparities across populations

New drugs show promise in shrinking breast cancer brain metastases

Unhealthy sleep patterns associated with Type 2 diabetes risk in racially and economically diverse adults

Study uncovers how OTX2 drives aggressive childhood brain cancer

Blocking IL-11 protein extends lifespan and health in mice by 25%, study shows

Western diets linked to increased risk of IBD and colorectal cancer

Research highlights green tea's potential role in improving ovarian cancer outcomes

Novel therapy can improve the prognosis of relapsed/refractory acute myeloid leukemia

Harnessing ctDNA measurements for response assessment in metastatic castration resistant prostate cancer

Discovery of over 1,000 undetected proteins in metabolite samples

Distinct signaling pathway drives the transformation of epithelial cells into aggressive tumors

CU Boulder research uncovers role of endogenous retroviruses in cancer

Study: Women with severe endometriosis 10 times more likely to get ovarian cancer

Sharp rise in long-term vaping among adults in England, study finds

Tufts researchers uncover immune cell link to doxorubicin-induced heart damage

New technique could one day be used to target glioblastoma

Study finds genetic counseling gaps among breast cancer survivors

Researchers develop an analytical tool that could lead to lead to noninvasive "liquid biopsies"

Study identifies a new way to make opioids safer

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Small solutions for big problems in drug discovery and delivery

Professor Nancy Ip: Pioneering New Paths in Neurodegenerative Therapy

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