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Innovation, Research

Researchers discover unexpected role for the clock gene in prostate cancer progression

January 15, 2021

Via: The Medical News

Our biological or circadian clock synchronizes all our bodily processes to the natural rhythms of light and dark. It’s no wonder then that disrupting the clock can wreak havoc on our body. In fact, studies have shown that when circadian […]


Innovation, Research

Scientists discover novel molecular pathway involved in immunotherapy response

February 20, 2020

Via: The Medical News

Scientists at The Wistar Institute discovered a novel pathway that enables detection of DNA in the cytoplasm and triggers inflammation and cellular senescence. This pathway may be modulated during senescence-inducing chemotherapy to affect cancer cell response to checkpoint inhibitors. Results […]


Innovation, Research

Researchers discover how the body repairs damaged DNA

October 25, 2019

Via: The Medical News

Researchers from the University of Copenhagen have made an extraordinary discovery in how the body repairs damaged DNA, which can lead to better understanding and management of diseases such as cancer. After several years of an intensive study, researchers from […]


Innovation, Research

Failure of genetic repair system leads to chromosomal chaos

November 12, 2018

Via: The Medical News

Scientists at the German Cancer Research Center (Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, DKFZ) have now found a cause for the frequent catastrophic events in the genetic material of cancer cells that have only been known for a few years: If an important DNA […]


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US researchers develop test for DNA damage by chemical compounds

December 6, 2017

Via: medicaldevice-network.com

Researchers at Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Centre in the US have developed a new biomarker test, TGx-DDI, to accurately identify and predict chemical compounds that could cause DNA damage leading to cancer. TGx-DDI biomarker panel is based on actively transcribed […]