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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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Creating a better algorithm to detect ovarian cancer

Posted on May 13, 2021June 24, 2025 by Sciworthy

The studying of chromosome lengths could potentially act as a better algorithm for detecting probability of ovarian cancer in women.

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    What naked mole rats can teach us about tumors

    Posted on May 10, 2021October 24, 2022 by Sciworthy

    Naked mole rats possess unique machinery that allows them avoid cancer and still live for up to 30 years.

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      Can parts of our immune system lead to a cure for cancer?

      Posted on May 6, 2021October 24, 2022 by Sciworthy

      What if your own immune system cells could be genetically engineered to treat your cancer? The future is now!

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        How tumor cells control their environment to survive

        Posted on May 3, 2021June 24, 2025 by Sciworthy

        Why are some cancers harder to fight than others? By analyzing the cells of one of the most difficult cancers to treat, liver cancer,…

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          This new tiny biomedical device makes diagnosing cancer types easier

          Posted on August 14, 2020October 24, 2022 by Sciworthy

          A team of scientists has made valves which can operate on tiny channels of fluid the width of 3 human hairs! This paper, published in the…

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            One way that oxygen can damage our DNA

            Posted on August 10, 2020December 5, 2023 by Sciworthy

            Guanine, a component of DNA, is revealed to react with oxygen and change how your genes are expressed.

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              Trying to prevent cancer and heart disease? Skip the Vitamin D.

              Posted on December 4, 2018December 5, 2023 by Sciworthy

              Vitamin D does not appear to help prevent cancer and heart disease in a 5 year long study of over 25,000 older Americans.

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                Brain Cancer Treatment Finishes Phase 3 of Clinical Trials

                Posted on July 9, 2018June 13, 2025 by Nathan Gock

                For most types of cancer, survival rates have steadily been improving since the 1970s as medical advancements have been made in both cancer…

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                  Popular over-the-counter sleep aid may help with cancer treatment side effects

                  Posted on May 8, 2017June 25, 2025 by Gina Misra

                  An over-the-counter hormone supplement called melatonin, typically made from animal pineal glands or synthesized in a laboratory, was tested…

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                    Viruses may help us in the fight against cancer

                    Posted on March 27, 2017June 24, 2025 by Gina Misra

                    Cancer is one of the greatest challenges of our time. A common misconception about cancer is that it is one disease. There are hundreds of…

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