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Category: What is the status of cancer research?

What cancers are being studied, what we know about them, and what are the latest findings?
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Battling ovarian cancer with light

Posted on June 5, 2023June 4, 2023 by Sciworthy

Researchers engineered a virus to deliver light-sensitive chemicals to ovarian cancer cells and targeted them with a laser. Their new…

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    Can aspirin slow the spread of breast cancer?

    Posted on May 29, 2023May 26, 2023 by Sciworthy

    Breast cancer is a common cancer that affects women worldwide. When cancerous cells spread to other parts of the body, a process known as…

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      A safer approach to gene editing

      Posted on May 18, 2023May 12, 2023 by Sciworthy

      Researchers used virus proteins to deliver the CRISPR system into cells for faster and safer gene editing.

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        Boosting immune cells to better fight cancer

        Posted on May 15, 2023May 11, 2023 by Sciworthy

        Scientists found blocking a specific protein from some immune cells can boost their ability to fight cancer.

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          How well does the HPV vaccine prevent cervical cancer?

          Posted on April 24, 2023March 30, 2023 by Sciworthy

          Scientists conducted a follow-up on the Costa Rica HPV vaccine trial after 11 years. They showed the HPV vaccine almost perfectly prevents…

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            Editing traitorous genes to fight cancer

            Posted on February 27, 2023February 26, 2023 by Sciworthy

            Scientists deleted genes responsible for "traitorous cells" that stop the immune system from fighting brain cancer.

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              New study on immunotherapy for bone cancer

              Posted on August 1, 2022October 24, 2022 by Sciworthy

              A study in mice tested the effectiveness of an oncolytic, or cancer-destroying, virus called Delta-24-ACT. The treatment group developed…

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                A protein that lets the immune system “see” lung cancer

                Posted on July 28, 2022October 24, 2022 by Sciworthy

                Personalized cancer treatment is on the rise. Cancer is not just one disease but thousands of different types and subtypes that each respond…

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                  How the HPV virus causes cells to become cancer

                  Posted on July 25, 2022October 24, 2022 by Sciworthy

                  By analyzing cervical tissue of women who had hysterectomies, researchers found that the virus sets off a domino effect in the tissue that…

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                    New therapy for non-small cell lung cancer

                    Posted on July 21, 2022October 24, 2022 by Sciworthy

                    Scientists at H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute recently completed a Phase 1 trial for a new therapy for non-small cell…

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