Anne Li 7/22/2017 [email protected] The Department of Health has published its long-awaited Tobacco Control Plan for England. The plan aims to create a “smokefree generation” by reducing smoking…...
Macrophages made to engulf cancer cells in solid tumors
Anne Li 7/22/2017 [email protected] One reason cancer is so difficult to treat is that it avoids detection by the body. Agents of the immune system are constantly checking the surfaces…...
Using a pig model to study chronic diseases may help minimize drug failure rate
Anne Li 7/22/2017 [email protected] Scientists may be able to minimize the failure rate of drugs for diseases linked to high-calorie diets, such as colon cancer and type 2 diabetes, if…...
New way found to boost immunity in fight cancer and infections
Anne Li 7/22/2017 [email protected] An international research team led by Université de Montréal medical professor Christopher Rudd, director of research in immunology and cell therapy at Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital Research Centre, has identified a…...
Immune-cell numbers predict response to combination immunotherapy in melanoma
Anne LI 7/22/2017 [email protected] Whether a melanoma patient will better respond to a single immunotherapy drug or two in combination depends on the abundance…...
Molecular changes with age in normal breast tissue are linked to cancer-related changes
Anne Li 7/22/2017 [email protected] Several known factors are associated with a higher risk of breast cancer including increasing age, being overweight after menopause, alcohol intake, and family history. However, the…...
Genetic predisposition to breast cancer due to non-BRCA mutations in Ashkenazi Jewish women
Anne LI 7/22/2017 [email protected] Genetic mutations in BRCA1 and BRCA2 increase the risk of breast and ovarian cancer in Ashkenazi Jewish women. A new…...
New discovery could lead to better results for patients undergoing radiation
Anne Li 7/22/2017 [email protected] More than half of cancer patients undergo radiotherapy, in which high doses of radiation are aimed at diseased tissue to kill cancer cells. But…...
Shooting the Achilles heel of nervous system cancers
Anne Li 7/22/2017 [email protected] Virtually all cancer treatments used today also damage normal cells, causing the toxic side effects associated with cancer treatment. A cooperative research…...
Novel CRISPR-Cas9 screening enables discovery of new targets to aid cancer immunotherapy
Anne Li 7/22/2017 [email protected] A novel screening method developed by a team at Dana-Farber/Boston Children's Cancer and Blood Disorders Center — using CRISPR-Cas9…...
