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cancer, disease & medicine

State Marijuana Legalization Aids Research Very Little
Ashley Yeager | Sep 20, 2019 | 7 min read
Recent federal announcements serve as reminders that in the US policy continues to outpace science when it comes to cannabis.
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Cancer Drugs in Development May Be Targeting Wrong Proteins
Shawna Williams | Sep 12, 2019 | 3 min read
A study of 11 drugs now in clinical trials suggests they do kill cancer cells—but through a different mechanism than indicated in previous research.
Cigall Kadoch Unravels Chromatin’s Role in Cancer
Chia-Yi Hou | Sep 1, 2019 | 3 min read
The Dana-Farber Cancer Institute researcher is developing cancer therapeutics based on how the physical structure of DNA contributes to the disease.
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Image of the Day: Tamed Gut Bacteria
Nicoletta Lanese | Aug 8, 2019 | 2 min read
Curbing the growth of harmful bacteria in mouse microbiomes reduces the animals’ incidence of inflammation-related colorectal cancer.
Virologist Keerti Shah Dies
Catherine Offord | Aug 2, 2019 | 3 min read
The Johns Hopkins University researcher’s work helped solidify the link between human papillomavirus and cervical cancer, leading to the approval of the HPV vaccine in 2006.
Hydrogel injected near tumors help recruit cancer drugs to the site
Image of the Day: Right on Target
Nicoletta Lanese | Jul 23, 2019 | 1 min read
An injectable biomaterial calls cancer drugs to tumor sites in mice.
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Smart Pills Help Monitor Cancer Patients’ Therapy
Chia-Yi Hou | Jul 15, 2019 | 5 min read
Sensors encapsulated with oral chemotherapy drugs help patients and physicians keep track of treatments.
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Contributors
The Scientist | Jul 15, 2019 | 3 min read
Meet some of the people featured in the July/August 2019 issue of The Scientist.
Mardis on the Future of Clinical Genomics
The Scientist | Jul 15, 2019 | 1 min read
Meet researcher Elaine Mardis of the Institute for Genomic Medicine at Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Ohio and coauthor of a feature article on cancer vaccines.
3-D Treatment
Tumor Organoids Hold Promise for Personalizing Cancer Therapy
Jef Akst | Jul 15, 2019 | 4 min read
The three-dimensional cell cultures are still in the development phase, but researchers are excited about their use to predict patients’ responses to various treatment options.
Organoids grown from a mouse’s colon
Caught on Camera
The Scientist | Jul 15, 2019 | 1 min read
Selected Images of the Day from the-scientist.com
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Laura Bowers Works to Sever the Link Between Obesity and Cancer
Shawna Williams | Jul 15, 2019 | 3 min read
The Purdue University nutrition researcher delves into the details of how fat tissue affects tumors.
Chronic lymphocytic leukemia
T Cell Proliferation Linked to CAR T Responses
Ashley Yeager | Jul 15, 2019 | 2 min read
Comparing the cells of cancer patients who did and did not respond to the immunotherapy could reveal biomarkers to predict who should receive it in the first place.
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Infographic: Neoantigen Prediction for Personalized Vaccine Design
Jasreet Hundal and Elaine R. Mardis | Jul 15, 2019 | 3 min read
See how a computational pipeline uses next-generation sequencing data to identify genetic alterations that produce cancer-specific antigens.
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Personalized Cancer Vaccines in Clinical Trials
Jasreet Hundal and Elaine R. Mardis | Jul 15, 2019 | 10+ min read
The field is young, but predicting antigens produced by patients’ malignant cells could yield successful treatments for individuals with a range of cancer types.
Does the Microbiome Help the Body Fight Cancer?
Catherine Offord | Jul 10, 2019 | 4 min read
Research in mice and humans is beginning to establish a link between the composition of microbes in the gut and immune responses to tumor cells, but the mechanisms are not yet clear.
Even Healthy Tissues Carry Clusters of Cells with Mutations: Study
Ashley Yeager | Jun 7, 2019 | 2 min read
Most of the genetic alterations are harmless, but some may contribute to cancer.
Cancer Leader LaSalle Leffall, Jr. Dies
Ashley Yeager | May 30, 2019 | 2 min read
The Howard University surgeon was the first African American president of the American Cancer Society and mentored thousands of medical students.
Genetically Personalized Fruit Flies Screen for Cancer Drugs
Ruth Williams | May 22, 2019 | 4 min read
Fly avatars bearing multiple genetic changes akin to those of a cancer patient lead to a tailor-made treatment that has shrunk the patient’s tumors.
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AI Accurately Detects Lung Cancer in Scans
Shawna Williams | May 21, 2019 | 2 min read
An artificial intelligence program called a neural network exceeds radiologists’ ability to detect malignancies, but more testing is needed before using the program clinically.
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