Cancer
Turning cancer against itself
18 Nov 2020Exploiting a mutation in a key tumor-fighting protein may provide a new opportunity to treat aggressive lung cancers.
Pressing pause on DNA damage
16 Nov 2020A protein known to switch on DNA repair genes also ‘pauses’ the cell cycle in response to DNA damage, A*STAR researchers find.
Reversing a cancer crisis
13 Nov 2020Researchers have pieced together a series of molecular events that trigger the progression of chronic myeloid leukemia to its acute phase—the ‘blast crisis.’
Hunting an East Asian killer cancer
2 Oct 2020A study implicates novel genetic risk factors in a rare and aggressive lymphoma affecting Asian populations.
Turning immunotherapy inside out
31 Aug 2020A novel targeting strategy may make pave the way for effective cancer immunotherapy against previously ‘undruggable’ targets.
How cancer cells tip the Bim balance in their favor
24 May 2019Cancer cells evade Taxol-induced cell death by downregulating the expression of a protein known as BimEL.
Poised for survival
16 Apr 2019State-of-the-art single-cell RNA sequencing technologies shed light on the mechanisms through which cancer cells become resistant to tumor-treating drugs
Tapeworm drug targets common vulnerability in tumor cells
17 Mar 2019Drug screen reveals safe, potent, broad-spectrum anticancer compound
Better imaging leads to more precise surgery
5 Mar 2019A new imaging method could reduce the number of repeat operations for breast cancer
New stem cell antibody targets cancer
14 Jan 2019An antibody that targets a protein on the surface of stem cells also targets the same protein on some cancer cells
Uncapping a new therapy
19 Dec 2018A deeper understanding of chromosome capping could improve therapies for both cancer and aging
Genetic model refines knowledge of new cancer drugs
29 Nov 2018Mouse studies have revealed more about the mechanisms
behind cancer drugs in trials