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Scientists pinpoint mechanism by which mutant p53 protein promotes cancer
Scientists in Australia have discovered how the most important gene in preventing cancer, TP53, is hampered in its tumour-fighting efforts by mutant p53 proteins.
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Droplet Digital PCR detects and quantifies cancer mutation
Two ddPCR-based assays were developed to detect the two mutations in the promoter region of the TERT gene, which could be used as biomarkers...
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Water as a biomarker against cancer?
The Tn antigen appears in around 90 percent of cancers, and its structure is greatly affected by the addition of water molecules...
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Protein sequencing method could transform biological research
A team of researchers have demonstrated a new way to sequence proteins that are much more sensitive than existing technology, identifying individual protein molecules rather than requiring millions of molecules at a time
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Atg2 tethers pre-autophagosomal membranes to endoplasmic reticulum
Researchers at Tokyo University have investigated the role of the Atg2 protein in the process of autophagy to aid drug discovery into neurodegeneration...
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Single molecule fluorosequencing to transform biological research
Single molecule fluorosequencing could revolutionise the way researchers analyse disease, with the method enabling the investigation of single cells...
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Critical cancer immunity genes identified using genetic barcoding
Genetic barcoding using Pro-codes and CRISPR could be used to identify critical cancer immunity genes to aid future therapeutics...
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Protein mTOR regulated by Src in cancer growth
Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children's Hospital have identified a connection between cancer proteins mTORC1 and Src...
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RNA circuits making gene therapy more effective
Circuits consisting of single-stranded RNA have been shown to be make gene therapy more effective, and allows precise control over the therapy...
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Cancer stem cells use normal genes in abnormal ways
Researchers have identified that MHC Class I-high, CDK1 high molecules may be at the heart of conditions including melanoma, pancreatic and colon cancers...
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Elrig 2018: Drug discovery using small and large molecules
The Drug Target Review team are at Elrig Drug Discovery 2018 in the London ExCel...
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Researchers develop a potential tool for efficacious targeted cancer therapy
Researchers have developed PeptiENV, a cancer vaccine platform, which can be used to improve the therapeutic efficacy of oncolytic enveloped viruses...
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Prostate and lung cancers driven by common mechanisms
Lung and prostate small cell carcinomas are driven by common mechanisms, which could lead to the development of one treatment for all small cell cancers...
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Cancer immunotherapy researchers win Nobel prize
Researchers from the US and Japan have received the Nobel prize in medicine for their development of cancer immunotherapy using PD-1 and CTLA-4...
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Cancer vaccine shows promise for HER2-positive cancers
Treatment with a HER2-targeted therapeutic cancer vaccine provided clinical benefit to several patients with metastatic HER2-positive cancers...
