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Date: 02/10/2021
Homing in on about 20 key genes known to be associated with breast or ovarian cancer is likely to provide patients and their doctors with “news they can use," according to a new study.
Date: 01/30/2021
An unexpected discovery led to the question: why game-changing cancer immunotherapy treatments work for only a fraction of patients? The answer: stanniocalcin-1, a glycoprotein.
Date: 01/29/2021
A coalition of 76 organizations has released an open letter reminding the public that cancer still poses a major threat to people’s health, but acting as soon as is safely possible can lead to much better outcomes
in the future.
Date: 01/28/2021
Engineers and oncologists teamed to develop a microfluidic chip capable of capturing the body’s natural killer immune cells to harvest their cancer-killing exosomes.
Date: 01/28/2021
A new understanding of intracellular pathways activated as T cells start to mount an immune response offers clues against graft-versus-host disease, a serious complication of bone marrow transplantation.
Date: 01/26/2021
The University of Michigan ranks No. 9 among institutions globally in cancer research according to the U.S. News & World Report 2021 Best Global University Rankings.
Date: 01/17/2021
Research at the U-M Rogel Cancer Center finds that tumors in the liver siphon off critical immune cells, rendering immunotherapy ineffective. But coupling immunotherapy with radiotherapy to the liver in mice restored the immune cell function and led to better outcomes.
Date: 12/19/2020
Two proteins, ACE2 and TMPRSS2, help the coronavirus gain entry and replicate within cells. TMPRSS2 is well-known to Arul Chinnaiyan, M.D., Ph.D.
Date: 12/19/2020
A new study finds that appealing to people’s concerns for their loved ones could overcome this resistance. And it may have implications for encouraging people to get the new vaccine.
Date: 12/19/2020
Income level, employment, housing location, medical insurance, education, tobacco and alcohol use, diet and obesity, access to medical care. These are some of the factors causing worse COVID-19 outcomes in people who are Black.