2 compounds offer stronger, less toxic leukemia treatment

Newly identified compounds could lead to drugs that offer safer, more targeted treatment for leukemia patients, researchers report.

Harrison Tasoff-UC Santa Barbara • futurity
Aug. 25, 2022 ~10 min

Kids born near fracking may face higher leukemia risk

A new study finds that kids born near fracking sites in Pennsylvania were two to three times more likely to be diagnosed with leukemia between ages 2 and 7.

Fred Mamoun-Yale • futurity
Aug. 22, 2022 ~6 min


‘Chameleon compounds’ offer new way to fight brain tumors

Cancer-fighting "chameleon compounds" offer a potentially powerful new approach to treating drug-resistant glioma tumors in the brain and spinal cord.

Jim Shelton-Yale • futurity
Aug. 19, 2022 ~5 min

Hormone from fat cells impedes liver tumors in mice

A hormone secreted by fat cells can restrain the growth of liver cancer in mice, report researchers.

Jim Erickson-Michigan • futurity
Aug. 19, 2022 ~6 min

New system improves dog brain tumor diagnosis

A new study paves the way for more standardized diagnosis criteria for dogs with glioma brain tumors.

Tracey Peake-NC State • futurity
Aug. 16, 2022 ~6 min

Can black cardamom prevent lung cancer?

Black cardamom is a source of compounds that may be effective at treating or even preventing lung cancer, a new study shows.

National University of Singapore • futurity
Aug. 11, 2022 ~7 min

‘Hero’ protein has a helper for DNA repair

New research reveals that the "guardian of the genome," a protein called RPA, doesn't work alone on DNA repair.

Barbara Schindo-Penn State • futurity
Aug. 9, 2022 ~5 min

These factors make triple negative breast cancer different

New findings clarify why triple negative breast cancer is so resistant to treatment.

Vanessa Wasta-Johns Hopkins • futurity
Aug. 8, 2022 ~7 min


Locusts can ‘smell’ human cancer cells

New research could provide the basis for devices that use insect sensory neurons to enable the early detection of cancer using only a patient's breath.

Michigan State • futurity
Aug. 5, 2022 ~9 min

Tiny device models leukemia’s growth in bone marrow

A new microchip-like device can reliably model changes in the bone marrow as leukemia takes root and spreads, data show.

Leslie Orr-Rochester • futurity
Aug. 4, 2022 ~3 min

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