cancer
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The Pandemic Has Made Lung Cancer Research More Difficult
A new study out Thursday highlights one of the indirect harms of the pandemic: Scientists are having trouble recruiting volunteers for their lung cancer research. The research found that enrollment in clinical trials declined by 43% in 2020 compared to the year before, forcing researchers to come up with some creative ways to reduce attrition as…
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Tiny Diamonds in Cells Could Help to Understand Cancer
Over the years, scientists have put together an amazing array of microscopic markers that they can place within cells whenever they need to label and observe distinct parts of a cell’s interior. Such labelling is used for a wide array of research, including cancer research. But sneaking these markers into cells, through the membrane that…
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Personalised Skin Cancer Vaccine Shows Promise in New Trial Results
The future of cancer treatment might involve personalised vaccines meant to manage or even prevent relapses — at least if new research published Thursday continues to pan out. In a small clinical trial, high-risk melanoma patients given such a vaccine were able to create a long term, durable immune response to their cancer, scientists said.…
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Tasmanian Devils May Overcome Transmissible Cancer That Nearly Wiped Them Out
A new study out Thursday suggests that Tasmanian devils are starting to adapt to one of the strangest diseases known in nature: a contagious cancer spread by biting. The study has found evidence that the disease is spreading more slowly and becoming endemic in the devil population, rather than the very fatal and rapidly spreading…