Global Cancer News
Breast cancer metastasis: Immune cells called PoEMs promote spread of cancer cells
When breast cancer cells spread through the body, they do so mainly through the lymph system that normally removes excess fluid and waste products from our tissues. Now, scientists from the group of Professor Massimiliano…
Breast cancer: Hormone therapy may only put some cells to ‘sleep’
Why does breast cancer sometimes recur after treatment? A new study suggests that in part, the answer may lie in the effect of adjuvant hormone therapy on some cancer cells. Luca Magnani, who is a…
Synthetic biologists extend functional life of cancer fighting circuitry in microbes
Bioengineers at the University of California San Diego have developed a method to significantly extend the life of gene circuits used to instruct microbes to do things such as produce and deliver drugs, break down…
Harvard Study Say Cannabis May Help Fight Pancreatic Cancer
Marijuana has long been used to manage pain from cancer treatments. The study from Harvard’s Dana-Farber Cancer Institute is different because it discovered cannabis might go beyond treatment for cancer-related pain and nausea. The study found…
Removing cancer’s protective barrier could boost immunotherapy treatments
Scientists may have found a way to pull down the protective wall that surrounds tumors, potentially re-exposing them to the killing power of the immune system and immunotherapy treatments, according to a study part funded…
