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AI Tool Visualizes a Cell's "Social Network"

A first-of-its-kind artificial intelligence-based neural network can rapidly analyze and interpret millions of cells from a patient sample, predicting molecular changes in the tissue.
Cancer cell "feeding" off the healthy cell environment.
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Key Mechanism Behind Heavy-Ion Cancer Therapy Revealed

A recent study has made significant progress in uncovering the microscopic mechanism behind heavy-ion cancer therapy.
Glioblastoma stem cells with fluorescent labelling for prion protein (red), CD44 protein (green), and cell nucleus (blue).
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Blocking Prion Protein Slows Brain Cancer Progression

Researchers find that tumor stem cells became less able to proliferate and invade tissues when gene editing blocked the production of the prion protein; the results suggest that the molecule could be a therapeutic target.
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RNA-Editing Protein May Improve Cancer and Autoimmune Disease Treatment

Researchers uncover new insights into the molecular mechanisms of ADAR1, a protein that regulates RNA-induced immune responses. Their findings could open new pathways for treating autoimmune diseases and enhancing cancer immunotherapy.
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Muscle Strength and Fitness Lowered Mortality Risk in Cancer Patients

Research found that both muscle strength and cardiorespiratory fitness had a significant impact to lower the risk of all-cause and cancer-specific mortality in patients with any form of cancer and stage.
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Immunotherapy May Boost KRAS-Targeted Therapy in Pancreatic Cancer

New research finds, adding immunotherapy to a new type of inhibitor that targets multiple forms of the cancer-causing gene mutation KRAS kept pancreatic cancer at bay in preclinical models.
A graphic illustration of a poison exon being removed from pre-mRNA. The exclusion of a posion exon allows for tumors to grow,
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Reactivating Cancer’s Molecular “Kill Switch”

In a recent study, scientists not only show how cancer hijacks this tightly regulated splicing and rearranging of RNA but also introduce a potential therapeutic strategy that could slow or even shrink aggressive and hard-to-treat tumors.
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Cancer Immunotherapy Enhanced by Rewiring T-Cell Metabolism

Researchers from the VIB-KU Leuven Center for Cancer Biology, in collaboration with other scientists, have discovered a way to enhance the immune system's ability to fight cancer by reprogramming T-cell metabolism.
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Metabolism Switch Fuels Pancreatic Cancer Spread

Researchers at the Garvan Institute of Medical Research have uncovered how pancreatic cancer hijacks a crucial metabolism ‘switch’ to help it spread, revealing a potential new treatment strategy for this highly aggressive disease.
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Repurposed Drug Shows Promise as a High-Grade Glioma Treatment

Avapritinib, an FDA-approved drug used to treat other types of cancer, also decreases aggressive gliomas in animal models and in an initial cohort of patients with high-grade glioma.
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