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Therapeutic target for aggressive cancers discovered through CRISPR
The RNA-modifying protein METTL1 could be targeted to treat some types of aggressive cancers, including brain, blood and kidney.
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New ‘smart’ cell therapies show promise in solid tumours
By combining machine learning and T-cell engineering researchers were able to develop cell therapies that can selectively and effectively target and destroy solid tumours.
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Activating c-Cbl gene causes immune system to attack cancer cells
Upregulation of the c-Cbl gene causes degradation of the immune checkpoint protein PD-1 and may provide a possible new avenue for cancer therapies, according to researchers.
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NOX4 mechanism identified as a culprit in kidney cancer evolution
Researchers have identified the molecular mechanism that causes kidney cancer to resist drug treatment...
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Improved analysis of kidney cancer
A research team have discovered that in the Cancer Genome Atlas database the gene expression in reference samples differs from normal tissue, depending on where in the kidney the samples happen to have been taken from...
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New mouse model to better kidney cancer treatment
Research in the field of kidney cancer, also called renal cancer, is vital, because many patients with this disease still cannot be cured today.
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Obesity behind surge in kidney cancers
Kidney cancer rates have increased by 40% over the last 10 years in the UK, and the rise is expected to continue. An estimated 20,000 kidney cancer cases have been caused by obesity over the last decade in England, according to new figures from Cancer Research UK.
