‘Hot spots’ may improve breast cancer mapping

A new technique that clarifies what breast cancer cells "feel" inside a tumor could lead to better ways to detect and map aggressive disease.

Katherine Gombay-McGill • futurity
Nov. 3, 2020 ~4 min

Breast cancer is rising among South Asians in US

Indian and Pakistani women with breast cancer are more likely to be diagnosed at a younger age and at more advanced stages of the disease, research finds.

Michelle Edelstein-Rutgers • futurity
Oct. 27, 2020 ~6 min


Atom swap turns glowy molecules into cancer killers

While aiming to improve fluorescent tags, researchers found a way to kill breast cancer cells by activating a molecule with light.

Jeff Falk-Rice • futurity
June 12, 2020 ~4 min

Atom swap turns glowy molecules into cancer killers

While aiming to improve fluorescent tags, researchers found a way to kill breast cancer cells by activating a molecule with light.

Jeff Falk-Rice • futurity
June 12, 2020 ~4 min

Switch ‘turns off’ breast cancer metastasis in mice

Researchers have pinpointed a gene that causes an aggressive form of breast cancer to rapidly grow in animal models and how to "switch it off."

Carolyn Scofield-Tulane • futurity
June 3, 2020 ~4 min

Drug combo could treat triple-negative breast cancer

Triple-negative breast cancer accounts for about 25% of all breast cancer-related deaths. New research identifies a potential treatment.

Tom Wilemon-Vanderbilt • futurity
April 6, 2020 ~3 min

Tumor imaging lights up cancer and its ‘shield’

A new tumor imaging agent not only illuminates cancer, but also the cells it hijacks to use as a shield against treatments that could destory it.

Julia Evangelou Strait-WUSTL • futurity
March 13, 2020 ~6 min

Breast cancer cells shift metabolism to spread

The discovery of how breast cancer cells shift to mitochondrial metabolism to metastasize could lead to new ways to stop their spread and reduce mortality.

Anne Warde-UC Irvine • futurity
March 9, 2020 ~3 min


Women firefighters face high exposure to toxic ‘forever chemicals’

In 2012, five women firefighters in San Francisco received a breast cancer diagnosis. That led many to question, "Is our job causing cancer?"

Kara Manke-UC Berkeley • futurity
Feb. 26, 2020 ~8 min

1 number could make the hunt for cancer cells easier

A method for counting a cell's RNA-producing genes could help scientists track down some of the most dangerous cancer cells.

Stanford • futurity
Jan. 29, 2020 ~7 min

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