Machine learning predicts how drugs will affect cancer cells

A new machine learning method can predict how individual cancer cells react to specific treatments, researchers report.

Florian Meyer-ETH Zurich • futurity
Oct. 6, 2023 ~7 min

Drug may offer relief from cancer-related fatigue

A new study with mice identifies a drug that could help ease cancer-related fatigue without interfering with treatments.

Fred Mamoun-Yale • futurity
Oct. 5, 2023 ~4 min


Science backs these mind-body tools for cancer anxiety

A new set of national guidelines recommends that cancer patients use certain mind-body techniques to ease anxiety and depression.

Leslie Orr-Rochester • futurity
Sept. 7, 2023 ~4 min

Naked mole rat ‘longevity gene’ lets mice live longer

When researchers transferred a longevity gene from naked mole rats to mice, the mice lived longer and staved off age-related diseases like cancer.

Lindsey Valich-Rochester • futurity
Aug. 25, 2023 ~6 min

Extra COVID boosters could benefit some cancer patients

Additional COVID-19 vaccine boosters could benefit people with cancer, depending on the treatment they're receiving, researchers report.

Michael Greenwood-Yale • futurity
Aug. 22, 2023 ~5 min

Cancer checks have given Americans 12 million more years of life

Preventive cancer screenings over the past 25 years have given Americans 12 million more years of life, researchers estimate.

Kara Gavin-U. Michigan • futurity
Aug. 18, 2023 ~8 min

Does low-dose radiation raise cancer risk?

A new study finds a link between long-term, low-dose radiation exposure and a higher risk of cancer. That matters for patients and workers.

Pat Harriman-UC Irvine • futurity
Aug. 17, 2023 ~4 min

5 tips for summer skin protection

A dermatologist has five tips for keeping your skin protected from the sun while spending time outside this summer.

Lori Barrette-Rochester • futurity
Aug. 10, 2023 ~6 min


Just like clock pendulums, cells move in sync

Just like pendulums in clocks, our cells move in synchronization, according to a new study. It makes them better at combating diseases.

Michael Skov Jensen-Copenhagen • futurity
Aug. 8, 2023 ~6 min

Engineered ‘tails’ tame killer T cells for immunotherapy

Fusing a molecular tail onto the engineered T cells used in immunotherapy can inhibit their proclivity to attack each other, say researchers.

Bill Hathaway-Yale • futurity
July 28, 2023 ~3 min

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