Get screened for breast cancer at 40, panel says

A national panel officially lowered the recommended age when individuals should receive routine screening mammograms from 50 to 40.

Leslie Orr-Rochester • futurity
May 6, 2024 ~5 min

Team cracks cancer’s mysterious ‘doubling’ origins

Researchers have charted a pathway that lures cells down a risky path of duplicating their genome too many times, a hallmark of cancer cells.

Vanessa Wasta-Johns Hopkins • futurity
May 3, 2024 ~7 min


Keto supplement may improve immunotherapy for prostate cancer

In a lab setting, adding a component of a ketogenic diet to immunotherapy proved highly effective for treating prostate cancer.

Jessica Sieff-Notre Dame • futurity
April 30, 2024 ~7 min

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

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

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

Method could pave way for drugs to target ‘rogue enzymes’

When enzymes go rogue, they can cause a range of diseases, including cancers. A new platform could reveal molecules that target them.

Katherine Fenz-Rockefeller • futurity
March 20, 2024 ~5 min

Can the Zika vaccine fight brain cancer?

New research potentially offers a new treatment alternative for brain cancer patients who currently have a poor prognosis.

Duke-NUS • futurity
March 11, 2024 ~7 min


100-year-old TB vaccine shrinks liver tumors in mice

In a new study, a single dose of the vaccine for tuberculosis cut liver tumor burden and extended the survival of mice with liver cancer.

Nadine Yehya - UC Davis • futurity
Feb. 23, 2024 ~6 min

Plant protein discovery could pave way for new anti-cancer drugs

The discovery of never-before-seen biochemistry in plants could lead to uncovering new drugs to fight cancer, researchers say.

Kim North Shine-U. Michigan • futurity
Feb. 21, 2024 ~6 min

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