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…
Researchers are focusing on effects the signal protein has on controlling the growth of blood vessels could be used to suppress tumors in prostate cancer. V ascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) inhibits vascular growth which is then able to deprive…
Recently, a professor at Tulsa College in Oklahoma made a breakthrough linking parthenogenetic snakes to curing ovarian cancer. Each year, over 14,000 women die of ovarian cancer, which also makes it one of the leading cancers in the US. Though the link…
Recently, three breakthroughs have aided in the fight against breast cancer; three being chemoprevention, detection of circulation tumor cells and scintimammography. The main technology used in chemoprevention is Fenretinide, synthetic retinoid derivative, that is believed to reduce the chances of developing…
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…