Certain bacteria can override a defence mechanism of the immune system, so called programmed cell death, through inhibition of death effector molecules by their outer membranes components. Shigella bacteria, which cause diarrhoea, use lipopolysaccharides (LPS) on their surface to block the effector caspases. Lipopolysaccharides are a component of the bacterial outer membrane. This strategy…
Sen. John Hickenlooper will tour the CU Anschutz Cancer Lab in Aurora and discuss the impacts of the Trump administration’s decision to cut billions of…
Mass General Brigham said it will invest $400 million on cancer care, not long after announcing layoffs.
A new precision oncology paper was published in Oncotarget, Volume 16, on March 12, 2025, titled “Worldwide Innovative Network (WIN) Consortium in Personalized Cancer Medicine:…
The renovations at the state’s biggest health system will help create the Mass General Brigham Cancer Institute.
It is a deep question, from deep in our history: when did human language as we know it emerge? A new survey of genomic evidence…
Most deaths avoided from common cancers between 1975 and 2020 could be traced to prevention and screening efforts.
Over the past year, I noticed several books written by giants in our field, people everyone knows, people I am honored to know personally. I…
If a person carries a mutation in the DPYD gene, certain chemotherapies, including fluorouracil (5-FU) or capecitabine (Xeloda or CAPE), may make them ill or…
Chen et al. propose a mechanism accounting for the abscopal effects of radiotherapy on distal non-irradiated cancer lesions under immunotherapy. In eight retrospective studies and a…
As federal and state governments look for ways to save money, there is one project Missouri sees fit for extra investments: cancer treatments.
