‘Smart toilet’ checks you for diseases like cancer

A new kind of smart toilet can check users for diseases using a variety of biomarkers. It even comes with an ID scanner and can send data to the cloud.

Stanford • futurity
April 6, 2020 ~8 min

93% of cancer patients respond to souped-up immune cells

CAR T-cell therapy even saved the life of a researcher working on a new study of the treatment's effectiveness.

Leslie Orr-Rochester • futurity
April 2, 2020 ~5 min


Nerves are a lifeline for growing cancers

The link between nerves and cancer may be a promising target for new therapies, researchers report.

U. Zurich • futurity
March 24, 2020 ~4 min

Cancer cell scavengers gobble up dead cells for fuel

Drug resistance is a major challenge in the fight against cancer. A new discovery could offer a way to overcome the obstacle.

Tom Vasich-UC Irvine • futurity
March 20, 2020 ~2 min

1 protein can shield against intestinal cancer and drive it

A protein that regulates cell death is key to protecting the intestines against intestinal cancer, but it can also amp tumors up.

U. Zurich • futurity
March 19, 2020 ~5 min

Deadly colon cancer grows differently in women and men

Women have a lower rate of colon cancer than men but a higher prevalence of the right-sided type that comes with a 20% increased risk of death.

Fred Mamoun-Yale • futurity
March 18, 2020 ~4 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

Statins kill cancer cells by starving them to death

New research adds to evidence that statins can kill cancer cells. Researchers also dig into how the common drugs do it.

Johns Hopkins University • futurity
March 12, 2020 ~5 min


Protein signals if non-small cell lung cancer will spread

A newly identified protein indicates which non-small cell lung cancer is more likely to metastasize.

Carolyn Scofield-Tulane • futurity
March 12, 2020 ~4 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

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