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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.