Artificial intelligence (AI) is a popular and evolving technology that is often defined as computer programs or algorithms trained to “think like” or replicate human intelligence. The applications of AI…
Continue ReadingCAR-T immunotherapy is an up-and-coming cancer treatment; however, the tumor microenvironment in solid cancers poses a challenge. The tumor microenvironment suppresses the immune system from doing its job properly and instead, uses it to grow and thrive.
Continue ReadingMany people are under the impression that radioactivity causes cancer. Can we use radioactivity to cure it?
Continue ReadingScientists recently discovered a new peptide that inhibits a disease-protein by recruiting it to an intracellular protein shredder. This peptide shows proof of concept for a potential class of drugs that act by degrading misbehaving proteins in the body.
Continue ReadingCan diet improve cancer treatment outcome? Research shows it might.
Continue ReadingCancer research discovery makes undruggable Ras druggable.
Continue ReadingWe eat (or drink) them all the time, but what about in the lab? For scientists, yeast has been an invaluable tool for making biological discoveries.
Continue ReadingCancer is an immensely complex disease to treat. The number of mutations and combinations of mutations that can lead to its development make each “cure” more of a patch to…
Continue ReadingAs a cancer researcher, I often wonder about patients after their ordeal with cancer. How does the body change after facing a life-threatening illness? Do cells in our body hold…
Continue ReadingAs early as 1999, a scientific study in Denmark found that patients with Huntington’s disease (HD) are less likely to develop cancer when compared to their healthy relatives and the…
Continue ReadingT cell-based therapies, or “living drugs” as coined by Dr. Carl June, utilize the potent killing activity of T cells, an arm of the immune system, to target cancers. In…
Continue ReadingOne of the most overwhelming aspects of modern-day biomedical research is the overarching heterogeneity that consumes all realms of biology. Ranging from cell to cell to human to human, we…
Continue ReadingSummertime is well underway, and you may find yourself lathering on sunscreen more often – or like me, you may forget you even have a bottle sitting in your bathroom…
Continue Reading“Did you hear that such-and-such causes cancer?” Every time you turn around, there is a new report about a study supposedly linking a food or ingredient to some form of…
Continue ReadingIf I told you that a tumor DNA sequencing research study found 25% of lung cancer patients have a mutation in the gene KRAS, would that truly mean that if…
Continue ReadingThis past October, CBS 60 Minutes aired a feature on Artificial Intelligence. They were taking a peek into the world of Watson, a computer system developed by I.B.M that can…
Continue ReadingWe all get that same question over and over again from everyone we meet — the old friend at the grocery store, an uncle at a family reunion, or even…
Continue ReadingFormer President Jimmy Carter was diagnosed with stage IV malignant melanoma in 2015, an aggressive form of cancer that spread to his liver and his brain. Until recently, this would…
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