Tag: Cancer
-
Targeting Tumor Metabolism to Trigger Cancer Cell Death
Northwestern Medicine scientists have developed a promising approach to killing treatment-resistant cancer cells by exploiting their hidden metabolic vulnerabilities, according to a study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).
-
Understanding the Genomic Complexities of Glioblastoma Tumors
Genetic makeup and structure can shift dramatically across different areas of a single glioblastoma tumor, reveals a Northwestern Medicine study published in Science Advances.
-
New Scoring System Improves Colorectal Cancer Risk Prediction
A newly developed scoring system could enhance risk prediction and guide treatment decisions for colorectal cancer, according to a study published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.
-
Novel Longcoding RNA May Serve as Therapeutic Target for Prostate Cancer
Northwestern Medicine investigators have discovered that a novel long noncoding RNA, which are usually 200 nucleotides longer than typical RNAs, could serve as a prognostic biomarker and therapeutic target for prostate cancer, according to a recent study published in Science Advances.
-
Discovering New Ways to Recharge T-Cells Fighting Cancer
A pair of recent studies from the laboratory of Bin Zhang, MD, PhD, the Johanna Dobe Professor of Cancer Immunology, have uncovered new details about critical immunological processes that may help improve cancer treatments, according to the findings.
-
Novel Mechanisms Regulate Immune Response to Cancer and Infection
Northwestern Medicine investigators have discovered new intracellular mechanisms that help specialized immune cells adapt and respond to disease and acute inflammation, findings that may inform the development of targeted therapies for cancer and tissue injury, according to a recent study published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation.
-
Enzyme Drives Treatment Resistance in Ovarian Cancer
Northwestern Medicine scientists have identified a key driver of chemotherapy resistance in advanced ovarian cancer, according to a study published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation.
-
Protein Implicated as Driver of Lung Cancer
Northwestern Medicine scientists have uncovered how a testis-specific protein contributes to tumor growth and progression when it is mis-expressed in lung cancer, according to a study published in Science Advances.
-
Leading Precision Medicine Expert, Mohamed Abazeed, MD, PhD, Named Chair of Radiation Oncology
Mohamed Abazeed, MD, PhD, associate professor of Radiation Oncology and co-leader of the Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University’s Lung Cancer Program, has been named chair of the Department of Radiation Oncology.
-
Novel Approach Improves Protein Characterization in Human Tissue
Scientists have developed a novel, robust proteomics technique that can more accurately identify and spatially characterize thousands of proteins in single cells within human tissue samples, as detailed in a recent study published in Nature Communications.
