Can a drug that prevents brain cancer in mice work for kids?

New research lays groundwork for clinical trial aimed at preventing brain cancer in children with NF1 with an epilepsy drug.

Tamara Schneider-Washington University in St. Louis • futurity
April 24, 2024 ~7 min

A closed-loop drug-delivery system could improve chemotherapy

New CLAUDIA system could continuously monitor patients during an infusion and adjust dosage to maintain optimal drug levels.

Anne Trafton | MIT News • mit
April 24, 2024 ~9 min


New method safely recruits immune cells to fight cancer

Researchers have developed a new way to safely boost immune cells to fight cancer without harming healthy cells.

Hailey Wade-Virginia Tech • futurity
April 23, 2024 ~9 min

Personalized cancer treatments based on testing drugs quickly leads to faster treatment, better outcomes

Functional precision medicine works to take the guesswork out of deciding which drug to try next for patients with cancers that don’t respond to standard treatments.

Diana Azzam, Assistant Professor of Environmental Health Sciences, Florida International University • conversation
April 11, 2024 ~7 min

PFAS ‘forever chemicals’: Why EPA set federal drinking water limits for these health-harming contaminants

These chemicals are now found on almost every part of the planet, including in the bodies of a large percentage of the American public. An environmental health scientist explains the risks.

Kathryn Crawford, Assistant Professor of Environmental Health, Middlebury • conversation
April 10, 2024 ~9 min

AI may cut mammogram false positives without missing cancer

Using AI to help doctors read mammograms may reduce false positives in testing without missing breast cancer cases, a new study shows.

Tamara Schneider-Washington University in St. Louis • futurity
April 10, 2024 ~6 min

UK's only research institute dedicated to understanding early cancer receives £11 million donation

The University of Cambridge’s Early Cancer Institute – the UK's only research facility dedicated to understanding early cancer – has received a landmark £11

Cambridge University News • cambridge
April 2, 2024 ~5 min

‘Exhausted’ immune cells in healthy women could be target for breast cancer prevention

Researchers at the University of Cambridge have created the world’s largest catalogue of human breast cells, which has revealed early cell changes in healthy

Cambridge University News • cambridge
March 28, 2024 ~6 min


Cancer often requires more than one treatment − an oncologist explains why some patients like Kate Middleton receive both chemotherapy and surgery

There are many approaches to treating cancer. Which ones work best is determined on an individual basis and informed by each tumor.

Alexander Olawaiye, Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of Pittsburgh • conversation
March 27, 2024 ~7 min

Team cracks 2 enzymes’ role in cancer mutation

Two enzymes that play a role in cancer mutation offer potential new targets for intervention strategies, researchers report.

UC Irvine • futurity
March 25, 2024 ~4 min

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