Study links PFAS contamination of drinking water to series of rare cancers
Credit: Lisa Fotios from Pexels Communities exposed to drinking water contaminated with manufactured chemicals known as per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances ...
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Understanding how deadly lung cancers control the local immune system
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public domain Northwestern Medicine scientists have discovered how a protein found in a deadly type of lung cancer ...
Researchers develop analyzes of KRAS mutations in pancreatic cancers
Spatial molecular profiling of resected pancreatic adenocarcinoma. Fluorescently labeled probes bind to RNA targets to identify the location of different ...
Scientists decode a key mutation in many cancers, highlighting the increased role of RNA in human gene expression
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public domain Inside every cell, inside every nucleus, your existence depends on an incredibly complicated dance. Proteins are ...
Ultrasound test detects 96% of ovarian cancers in postmenopausal women
Intermediate magnification micrograph of a low malignant potential (LMP) mucinous ovarian tumor. H&E stain. The micrograph shows: a simple mucinous ...
Study finds estrogen plays hidden role in cancers, by inhibiting key immune cell
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public domain Estrogen is known to stimulate tumor growth in breast cancer cells that carry its receptors, but ...
Promising drug combination targets aggressive bladder cancers
Tumors in a section of untreated muscle-invasive bladder cancer (left) compared with a section treated with rosiglitazone and trametinib showing ...
Analytical tool quantifies cancer’s ability to change shape
Phylogenetic correlations quantify heritability versus plasticity of single-cell phenotypes. Credit: Genetics of nature (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41588-024-01920-6 A powerful new analytical ...
Small-molecule drug shows potential for hard-to-treat cancers
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Experts from the University of Dundee's Centre for Targeted Protein Degradation (CeTPD), in collaboration with scientists ...
Promising drug-like compounds found to have strong action against blood cancers
MuSyC dose response surface for the combination of C10 and venetoclax in HL60 (left), MV4:11 (middle), and NOMO-1 (right) cells. ...
