health

Adherence to a Mediterranean lifestyle associated with lower risk of all-cause and cancer mortality

Posted in Medicine on 17th Aug, 2023
by Alex Muller

Study one of few to examine health benefits of Mediterranean diet in a non-Mediterranean context and to assess the health benefits of an overall Mediterranean lifestyle

Researchers find increase in younger people diagnosed with cancer 

Posted in Medicine on 17th Aug, 2023
by Alex Muller

New research has found an increase in early-onset cancer rates among younger people between 2010 and 2019.

Understanding How Proteins Can Drive the Growth of Multiple Cancer Types

Posted in Medicine on 17th Aug, 2023
by Alex Muller

The new study investigates the key proteins driving cancer growth and how they’re regulated.

Enzyme "Scissors" Cut Off Cancer Cells’ Defenses Against the Immune System

Posted in Medicine on 17th Aug, 2023
by Alex Muller

Cancer cells can evade the body’s immune defenses by exploiting a normally helpful and ubiquitous group of molecules known as mucins. Now, Stanford researchers have engineered a biomolecule that removes mucins specifically from cancer cells.

Ovarian cancer patients enrolled in first-in-human trial of CAR T cell therapy

Posted in Medicine on 17th Aug, 2023
by Alex Muller

Recently published preclinical data by City of Hope scientists shows the immunotherapy is effective. Advanced ovarian cancer patients are now being enrolled in a Phase 1 first-in-human trial.