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Immune System
Researchers Develop Nanodiscs That Can Wipe Out Tumors
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Targeted Treatment Cancer research is an area of medical science that, rightfully, gets considerable attention. There are nearly 14.5 million …
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Cancer
Schoolboy who looked 'perfectly healthy' told this Christmas will be his last
mirror.co.uk - James Rodger
An 11-year-old boy will have the 'best Christmas ever' after his devastated family were told it will be his last. Just two weeks ago Reece Probert was …
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Cancer
'Irreverence is my f--- you to cancer. What’s the alternative?'
The Telegraph - By Anna Maxted
Lay off the paracetamol, the GP told 44-year old corporate lawyer Adam Blain, who was seeking counsel for stress-induced headaches. Adam obeyed, but they worsened: one morning in the bathroom, his wife
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Stephanie Ruhle
Dikembe Mutombo flies boy from Congo to CA to remove tumor
MSNBC - Stephanie Ruhle
NBA Hall of Famer Dikembe Mutombo flies a little boy across the world to California to have a life threatening tumor removed from his face. This …
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Immune System
Is a cancer vaccine on the horizon?
sciencefocus.com
The idea of using patients’ own immune cells to fight cancer is over a hundred years old. In the late 19th century, an American doctor called William …
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Cancer
'I wasn't strong enough to witness her last breath': Heartbreak as two-year-old girl dies on her mother's birthday after
dailymail.co.uk - Wade Sellers For Daily Mail Australia
A mother has told how she woke on her birthday to find her two-year-old daughter had tragically lost her battle with brain cancer. Charlene …
Los Angeles
Retired NBA Star helps boy with tumor on face
abc7chicago.com - By
Retired NBA star Dikembe Mutombo anxiously waited at the international terminal in LAX Wednesday afternoon. His guest of honor was an 8-year-old boy …
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Fiesta Bowl
Boy with terminal brain tumor receives thousands of Christmas cards, trip to Fiesta Bowl
Fox News - By
An 8-year-old boy’s mailbox has been filled with Christmas letters, including one from the White House, after a push for holiday cheer went viral. Drake Quibodeaux, from Louisiana, was diagnosed with Intrinsic
Conservative View
Secret Service Hand-Delivers Christmas Letter From Trump To 10-Year-Old With Brain Tumor
dailycaller.com - Benny Johnson | Columnist, Viral Politics
12:23 PM 12/13/2018 | Politics A 10-year-old girl with brain cancer received an unexpected Christmas visit from the Secret Service. Cleveland resident …
U.S. Secretary of Health
UK DNA project hits major milestone with 100,000 genomes sequenced
newscientist.com - New Scientist staff and Press Association
The UK’s 100,000 Genomes Project has hit its target of sequencing the complete genetic blueprints of 100,000 National Health Service patients with …
Buffalo
Herd of Hope Research Award Winner Announced
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Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center awarded David Goodrich and his team $500,000 for winning this year's Herd of Hope Research Award. It's the …
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Lifestyle (UK)
Why Having Cancer Has Finally Taught Me To Be Positive About Life
HuffPost UK - Natasha Shannahan
I now realise how valuable my life is. I appreciate the little things, I don’t take anything for granted, and I am grateful. torwai via Getty Images I …
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Cancer Screening
Blockchain cancer screening technology developed by tech entrepreneurs in London
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A start-up in London has created a blockchain-based cancer screening system that claims to provide results within minutes. Lancor Scientific, founded …
Cancer
Tumor cells conquer territory from their neighbors using a newly discovered mechanism
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Despite decades of cancer research, the early phases of tumour progression that connect the appearance of few abnormal cells to the formation of a …
News (Wales)
Gwynedd woman says she is being denied crucial scan because of where she lives
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A woman from Gwynedd living with suspected bowel cancer says she's being denied a potentially lifesaving PET scan because of where she lives. Nikki …
AstraZeneca
First line immunotherapy combination fails to improve overall survival in lung cancer
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ESMO Immuno-Oncology Congress, Dec. 13-16, Geneva, Switzerland Geneva, Switzerland, 13 December 2018 - First line immunotherapy with durvalumab or the …
Breast Cancer
Type I interferon/IRF7 axis instigates chemotherapy-induced immunological dormancy in breast cancer
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Abstract Neoadjuvant and adjuvant chemotherapies provide survival benefits to breast cancer patients, in particular in estrogen receptor negative …
Cancer Cells
New drug seeks receptors in sarcoma cells, attacks tumors in animal trials
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CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- A new compound that targets a receptor within sarcoma cancer cells shrank tumors and hampered their ability to spread in mice and …
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Cancer
Adrenaline fuels a cytokine storm during immunotherapy
nature.com - Stanley R. RIddell
Attempts to boost the body’s antitumour immune responses can trigger a harmful inflammatory reaction called a cytokine storm. New insights into the …
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Immunotherapy
MEK inhibition enhances oncolytic virus immunotherapy through increased tumor cell killing and T cell activation
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NHS
Wales cancer patients to get proton beam therapy on NHS
BBC News - BBC World
Cancer patients in Wales are to begin receiving proton therapy treatment on the NHS after a treatment centre was given the go-ahead by health boards. The Rutherford Cancer Centre South Wales was the first
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Jim Gaffigan
Jim Gaffigan happy to be wife Jeannie's caretaker during brain tumor battle
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Jim Gaffigan is honored to have been his wife's caretaker after she was diagnosed with a brain tumor — and said she's recovering beautifully, even if she's not back at 100 percent just yet. "I think society
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Cancer
Christopher is a promising child from Ghana in need of $3,402 for a brain tumor surgery
yen.com.gh - K. Effah
Within 72 hours, six-year-old Christopher with brain tumor needs an urgent surgery or he may lose his life. Now he can't talk, walk, eat or move. …
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Rugby World Cup
Rugby: All Blacks approached Ireland coach Joe Schmidt over role last year
nzherald.co.nz - NZ Herald
Ireland head coach Joe Schmidt rebuffed an approach from New Zealand Rugby to join the All Blacks coaching team late last year. NZ Rugby boss Steve …
Reuters
Immune System
Norway's Targovax eyes need for more cash in 2020
Reuters - Reuters Editorial
OSLO, Dec 12 (Reuters) - Norwegian biotech Targovax is fully financed into 2020, but the cancer drug maker must either raise more cash or enter a partnership to sustain itself to the end of that year,
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Science
To guide cancer therapy, device quickly tests drugs on tumor tissue
phys.org - Rob Matheson
MIT researchers have 3-D printed a novel microfluidic device that simulates cancer treatments on biopsied tumor tissue, so clinicians can better …
In Vivo
WDFY4 is required for cross-presentation in response to viral and tumor antigens
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Newfoundlander with brain cancer helping navigate world where 'everything changes'
cbc.ca - Garrett Barry
Matt Ralph's first brain tumour wasn't the one that changed everything. Ralph saw the seizure he had in his sleep at 22, which led to an MRI scan and …
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Breakthroughs
Thousands of men at risk of prostate cancer will be spared biopsies and surgery thanks to 'breakthrough' scan
thesun.co.uk - By Nick McDermott, Health Editor
THOUSANDS of men will be spared needless biopsies and surgery thanks to a “breakthrough” prostate cancer scan. Updated NHS guidance says suspected …
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Cancer
Cancer Researchers May Have Accidentally Found Genetic Cure For Baldness
ladbible.com - Jess Hardiman
No one likes to spot the tell-tale signs of ageing - a rogue grey hair, an extra wrinkle to that furrowed brow or a brand new smile line, a patch of …