Hacker News with Generative AI: Cancer Research

Engineered adipocytes implantation suppresses tumor progression in cancer models (nature.com)
Tumors exhibit an increased ability to obtain and metabolize nutrients. Here, we implant engineered adipocytes that outcompete tumors for nutrients and show that they can substantially reduce cancer progression, a technology termed adipose manipulation transplantation (AMT).

Cancer Research, Bioengineering, Adipose Tissue, Medical Technology, Drug Development

26 points by richardboegli 17 days ago | 0 comments

Blocking surprising master regulator of immunity eradicates liver tumors in mice (med.stanford.edu)
A protein identified nearly 40 years ago for its ability to stimulate the production of red blood cells plays a surprising, critical role in dampening the immune system’s response to cancer.

Cancer Research, Immunology, Medicine, Genetics

18 points by rbanffy 21 days ago | 2 comments

Pancreatic cancer: blocked nerves as a possible new treatment strategy (dkfz.de)
Pancreatic cancer is fueled by connections to the nervous system. This is reported by scientists from the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) and the Heidelberg Institute for Stem Cell Technology and Experimental Medicine (HI-STEM)* in their current publication in Nature. The team discovered that the tumor reprograms the neurons for its own benefit. In mice, blocking nerve function inhibited cancer growth and increased the sensitivity of tumor cells to certain chemotherapies and immunotherapies.

Cancer Research, Neuroscience, Treatment, Immunotherapy, Mice Studies

4 points by gmays 94 days ago | 0 comments

HORNET: RNA structure visualization method correlates sequence and 3D topology (phys.org)
National Cancer Institute researchers have developed a method called HORNET for characterizing 3D topological structures of large and flexible RNA molecules.

RNA, Molecular Biology, Science, Visualization, Cancer Research

42 points by bryanrasmussen 140 days ago | 8 comments

Vaccine shows promise against aggressive breast cancer (medicine.washu.edu)
A small clinical trial shows promising results for patients with triple-negative breast cancer who received an investigational vaccine designed to prevent recurrence of tumors.

Cancer Research, Medicine, Vaccines, Breast Cancer

7 points by geox 190 days ago | 0 comments

Survival Analysis Part I: Basic concepts and first analyses (2003) (nature.com)
In many cancer studies, the main outcome under assessment is the time to an event of interest.

Survival Analysis, Cancer Research, Statistics, Medical Research, Biostatistics

38 points by sebg 207 days ago | 9 comments

Nanorobot with hidden weapon kills cancer cells (news.ki.se)

Nanotechnology, Cancer Research, Medicine

20 points by gmays 312 days ago | 7 comments

Re-engineering cancerous tumors to self-destruct and kill drug-resistant cells (psu.edu)

Cancer Research, Drug Resistance, Biotechnology

17 points by wjSgoWPm5bWAhXB 318 days ago | 0 comments

Why haven't biologists cured cancer? (writingruxandrabio.com)

Cancer Research, Biology, Science, Medicine

83 points by zdw 321 days ago | 104 comments

Personalised melanoma mRNA cancer trial in stage 3 (theguardian.com)

Cancer Research, Medicine, Personalized Medicine, Clinical Trials

21 points by robaato 392 days ago | 3 comments