Noelle Frey, an assistant professor of Medicine and an oncologist at Penn's Abramson's Cancer Center, has recently demonstrated a new T-cell engineering technique on treating patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). This gene transfer technique is able to train patient’s own T…
Styem cell treatments have been a hot topic lately, and researchers have found a number of conditions that could benefit from this technique.
An investigational personalized cellular therapy put 90 percent of children and adults with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) into remission,…
Anne Li March 8th, 2015
A protein commonly found in human cells could be an important switch that activates cancer cell metastasis, according to a new study by researchers…
Anne Li September 27th, 2015
Omega-3 fatty acids, in particular the long-chain fats eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) found abundantly in oily fish,…
Although non-smokers are not immune to lung cancer, cigarette smoking is by far the most important risk factor for this disease.
Compared with those who continue to smoke, people who do quit before they are 50 years old cut in half…
One of the most critical challenges a patient will face is how to make decisions about healthcare. With advances in technology and treatments, there are more options and more information available to patients – and their doctors – than ever before. The…
The holiday season is filled with get-togethers with family and friends and can be both fun and joyous. It can also be stressful and tiring at times. Experts warn about this combination of stress, fatigue, and high-fat foods—factors that can, over time,…
The global cancer epidemic is huge and is set to rise. Currently 8.2 million people die from cancer worldwide every year, out of which 4 million are premature deaths (aged 30 to 69 years).
Cancer must be stopped now! And you can join…
Speech by AFCR Founder and CEO Dr. Ba Sujuan at the Beijing GBM AGILE Press Conference
(21 January, 2016) Brain cancer patients are remarkably courageous. So are their caregivers, families and friends. The financial and emotional burden to GBM patients and indeed all…