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How newly found tension sensor plays integral role in aligned chromosome partitioning

September 30, 2019 0 Comments Brain Tumor, Cancer, Diseases and Conditions, Down Syndrome, Leukemia, Lung Cancer, Lymphoma, Stem Cells

New research found that oncogene SET/TAF1, which was found to be a proto-oncogene of acute myeloid leukemia (AML), contributes to proper chromosome partitioning as a tension sensor. Additionally, abnormal SET protein disrupts tension sensor system at the centromere, leading to missegregation of the chromosomes and thereby cancer. These findings may lead to a discovery for a new kind of leukemia treatment.

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New blood test capable of detecting multiple types of cancer

September 28, 2019 0 Comments Brain Tumor, Breast Cancer, Cancer, Colon Cancer, Leukemia, Lung Cancer, Pancreatic Cancer, Skin Cancer

A new blood test in development has shown ability to screen for numerous types of cancer with a high degree of accuracy, a trial of the test shows.

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Pancreatic cancer discovery reveals how the aggressive cancer fuels its growth

September 26, 2019 0 Comments Brain Tumor, Breast Cancer, Cancer, Colon Cancer, Leukemia, Lung Cancer, Pancreatic Cancer, Skin Cancer

A new discovery about pancreatic cancer sheds light on how the cancer fuels its growth and may help explain how promising cancer drugs work — and for whom they will fail.

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Resistance to immune checkpoint blocker drug linked to metabolic imbalance

September 25, 2019 0 Comments Breast Cancer, Cancer, Colon Cancer, Diseases and Conditions, Leukemia, Lung Cancer, Lymphoma, Skin Cancer

A metabolic imbalance in some cancer patients following treatment with a checkpoint inhibitor drug, nivolumab, is associated with resistance to the immunotherapy agent and shorter survival, report scientists.

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Exploring the risk of ALL in children with Down syndrome

September 24, 2019 0 Comments ADD and ADHD, Autism, Child Development, Child Psychology, Children's Health, Down Syndrome, Infant's Health, Leukemia

Researchers discovered new clues that provide a better understanding of why children with Down syndrome have an increased risk of leukemia.

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Engineered killer T cells could provide long-lasting immunity against cancer

September 24, 2019 0 Comments Brain Tumor, Cancer, Immune System, Leukemia, Lymphoma, Prostate Cancer, Skin Cancer, Stem Cells

In experiments with mice, researchers have shown they can harness the power of iNKT cells to attack tumor cells and treat cancer. The new method suppressed the growth of multiple types of human tumors that had been transplanted into the animals.

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Pathway found for treatment-resistant lung cancer

September 23, 2019 0 Comments Brain Tumor, Breast Cancer, Cancer, Colon Cancer, Leukemia, Lung Cancer, Lung Disease, Lymphoma

A big way chemotherapy works is by prompting cancer cells to commit suicide, and scientists have found a pathway the most common lung cancer walks to avoid death. Scientists have found a first step appears to be lung cancer cells expressing high levels of the molecule TIMP-1, classically considered a tumor inhibitor but at high levels already associated with a poor prognosis for patients.

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Discovery of novel cancer signaling mechanism and design of new anticancer compound

September 23, 2019 0 Comments Brain Tumor, Breast Cancer, Cancer, Colon Cancer, Leukemia, Lung Cancer, Lymphoma, Skin Cancer

Active mutations of a certain signaling receptor protein called KIT tyrosine kinase are found in several cancers, such as acute myeloid leukemia (AML). However, the different locations in the AML cells where KIT induces cancer-specific signaling remain unclear. Now, a group of scientists has aimed to answer this question by using a newly synthesized compound (along with other existing ones) that targets intracellular transport, which may offer an attractive strategy to combat cancer.

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Do the costs of cancer drugs receive enough attention?

September 23, 2019 0 Comments Cancer, Colon Cancer, Diseases and Conditions, Leukemia, Lung Cancer, Personalized Medicine, Pharmaceuticals, Pharmacology

A recent analysis from Canada found that information on health-related quality of life is often not collected for investigational cancer drugs or used to calculate the balance of costs and benefits of these drugs when they are submitted for reimbursement.

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Leukemia drug shows promise for treating a childhood brain cancer

September 23, 2019 0 Comments Addiction, Brain Injury, Brain Tumor, Cancer, Dementia, Huntington's Disease, Leukemia, Lung Cancer

Researchers describe a new use of leukemia drug, nilotinib, to treat a subtype of medulloblastoma, a deadly pediatric brain cancer.