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While better screening and improved treatments are leading to better outcomes for patients with breast cancer, 90% of breast cancer deaths are a result of metastasis, or the cancer growing and spreading to other parts of the body. Credit: Photo provided While better screening and

TAMPA, Fla. – Alex Jaeger, Ph.D., assistant member of the Molecular Oncology Department at Moffitt Cancer Center, has received a Damon Runyon-Rachleff Innovation Award. He is the first researcher in Florida and at Moffitt to earn this prestigious grant. Credit: Moffitt Cancer Center TAMPA, Fla. – Alex

BUFFALO, N.Y., — Many childhood cancers start with a hijacking at the molecular level.  Credit: Douglas Levere/University at Buffalo BUFFALO, N.Y., — Many childhood cancers start with a hijacking at the molecular level.  A group of abnormal proteins known as fusion proteins aberrantly engage with

TAMPA, Fla. — An international interdisciplinary team of researchers, including Moffitt Cancer Center’s Tiffany Carson, Ph.D., has been selected to receive a Cancer Grand Challenges award. Co-founded by the National Cancer Institute and Cancer Research UK, Cancer Grand Challenges supports a community of diverse, global

The team is co-led by Martin Eilers, Chair of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the University of Würzburg (JMU). “Our research project is called KOODAC,” he explains. “That stands for ‘Knocking-Out Oncogenic Drivers and Curing Childhood Cancer’”. Our goal is to develop well-tolerated drugs that

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Lung cancer cells survive better and exhibit less cell damage when exposed to cigarette smoke in cell culture experiments compared to non-cancerous lung cells. New research by a team of undergraduate students led by a Penn State molecular biologist may have

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Credit: Ie-Ming Shih (author) and Lydia Gregg (artist)/JHU FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center and the Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine have developed an algorithm to identify high-risk precancerous

One of the most complex challenges in international biomedical research is how to transfer the knowledge generated in research centres to clinical practice, and vice versa, in the most efficient and timely manner possible. This process, known as translational research, has been tackled worldwide through

Reston, VA — Radioguided surgery can detect and remove metastatic pelvic lymph nodes in patients newly diagnosed with prostate cancer, according to research published in the March issue of The Journal of Nuclear Medicine. Targeting the prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA), which is overexpressed in most prostate cancer

The Lancet: Experts warn about the overmedicalisation of menopause and call for a new approach to how society views menopause and supports women as they age Credit: The Lancet The Lancet: Experts warn about the overmedicalisation of menopause and call for a new approach to