Oncology

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Why Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Is Hard to Treat Health

Why Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Is Hard to Treat

Triple-negative breast cancer lacks the three receptors targeted by most breast cancer drugs, making it harder to treat than other subtypes — but new...

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How Antibody-Drug Conjugates Target Cancer Cells Health

How Antibody-Drug Conjugates Target Cancer Cells

Antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) are a new class of cancer drug that act like precision-guided missiles — delivering toxic chemotherapy directly inside...

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What Is a Nuclear Metabolic Fingerprint? Science

What Is a Nuclear Metabolic Fingerprint?

Scientists have discovered that hundreds of metabolic enzymes reside directly on human DNA inside the cell nucleus, creating unique "nuclear metabolic...

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What Is T Cell Exhaustion and Why It Limits Cancer Immunotherapy Health

What Is T Cell Exhaustion and Why It Limits Cancer Immunotherapy

T cell exhaustion is a state in which the immune system's most powerful cancer-fighting cells lose their killing ability. Understanding this process i...

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How CAR T-Cell Therapy Fights Cancer Health

How CAR T-Cell Therapy Fights Cancer

CAR T-cell therapy reprograms a patient's own immune cells to hunt and destroy cancer. Here's how this revolutionary treatment works, which cancers it...

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Why Pancreatic Cancer Is So Hard to Treat Health

Why Pancreatic Cancer Is So Hard to Treat

Pancreatic cancer kills more than 90% of patients within five years of diagnosis. Here is why this disease is so uniquely difficult to detect, fight,...

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Hidden DNA Enzymes Reveal a Mini-Metabolism in Cells Science

Hidden DNA Enzymes Reveal a Mini-Metabolism in Cells

A landmark study published in Nature Communications has discovered more than 200 metabolic enzymes sitting directly on human DNA, revealing a hidden '...

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How Liquid Biopsies Detect Cancer From a Blood Test Health

How Liquid Biopsies Detect Cancer From a Blood Test

Liquid biopsies scan a simple blood draw for tiny fragments of tumor DNA, offering a less invasive way to detect, monitor, and guide treatment of canc...

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What Is a Liquid Biopsy and How Does It Detect Cancer? Health

What Is a Liquid Biopsy and How Does It Detect Cancer?

A liquid biopsy is a simple blood test that hunts for fragments of cancer DNA circulating in your bloodstream — no surgery, no tissue sample. Here's t...

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GLP-1 Drugs Protect Hearts; Aspirin Fails Cancer Test Health

GLP-1 Drugs Protect Hearts; Aspirin Fails Cancer Test

Two landmark findings are reshaping clinical medicine: GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy show powerful cardioprotection after heart attacks, while a...

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How CRISPR Edits Genes Without Cutting DNA Science

How CRISPR Edits Genes Without Cutting DNA

A new generation of CRISPR tools can switch genes on and off by targeting chemical tags rather than cutting the DNA strand — offering safer, potential...

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Why Colorectal Cancer Is Surging in Adults Under 50 Health

Why Colorectal Cancer Is Surging in Adults Under 50

Colorectal cancer is now the leading cause of cancer death in adults under 50, with rates rising roughly 3% per year in younger age groups. Here's wha...

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