Tag: Cancer
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Harnessing Gut Bacteria to Combat Cancer: Innovations in Tumor-Targeted Immunotherapy
A team of researchers has examined a promising new approach, which uses engineered non-pathogenic bacteria to enhance the body’s immune response against tumors.
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Deepak Nagrath Receives Rogel Scholar Award
Rogel Scholar Awards provide recognition and discretionary funds to support exceptional Rogel Cancer Center faculty members dedicated to the pursuit of research to advance understanding of the origins and behaviors of cancer.
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Jiahe Li Receives Swim Across America–Motor City Mile Grant
Dr. Li’s research focuses on the development of molecular and live cell-based therapeutics.
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Deepak Nagrath’s Lab Highlighted in Rogel Cancer Center’s “Illuminate” Magazine
Story highlights ways the tumor microenvironment communicates with and fuels cancer cells.
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Tracking radiation treatment in real time promises safer, more effective cancer therapy
The ability to accurately detect where X-rays land and in what dose could reduce the collateral damage from radiation therapy.
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Shutting down backup genes leads to cancer remission, in mice
Cancer cells delete DNA when they go to the dark side, so a team of doctors and engineers targeted the “backup plans” running critical cell functions.
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Method of Immunomodulation at Biomaterial Scaffolds Can Help Detect Early Pancreatic Cancer
Many new technologies and techniques, such as the one applied in this study, aim to make early detection screenings more widely available and more likely to improve therapeutic benefit.
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Prof. Zhen Xu Receives Lockhart Memorial Prize from Focused Ultrasound Foundation
The $75,000 annual prize is awarded to an investigator to recognize outstanding contributions in advancing cancer treatment using focused ultrasound and the potential for continued achievements in the field.
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Implantable cancer traps could provide earlier diagnosis and help monitor treatment
Synthetic scaffolding could detect multiple types of cancers before they start to spread.
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Cancer is smarter than you think: Q&A with Geeta Mehta
Decoding the sophisticated inner workings of cancer may help us fight it.