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• Non-coding DNA located outside chromosomes may help drive glioblastoma November 21, 2019
  According to a new study, extra DNA scooped up and copied alongside cancer-causing genes helps keep tumors going -- elements that could represent new drug targets for brain tumors and other cancers notoriously difficult to treat.
• Scientists find promising drug combination against lethal childhood brain cancers November 20, 2019
  Researchers have devised a new, promising plan of attack against deadly childhood brain cancers called diffuse midline gliomas (DMG). Scientists have shown that combining two drugs killed DMG patient cells grown in the laboratory and in animal models. The drugs countered the effects of a genetic mutation that causes the diseases. Their studies also uncovered […]
• Vicious circles: Ring-shaped DNA provides cancer cells with a malignant twist November 20, 2019
  Researchers describe how circular extrachromosomal DNA in cancer cells boosts aggressiveness and resistance to therapies.
• A new pathway to 'reprogram' killer cells November 20, 2019
  Killer cells of the immune system detect and kill infected cells or cancer cells. Researchers have now discovered that the mechanism by which certain immune cells kill their target cells can also be used to control the killer cells themselves. This finding may be relevant to cancer immunotherapy.
• Technique identifies T cells primed for certain allergies or infections November 19, 2019
  Researchers can now identify T cells reactive to a particular target from a patient's cells, and to perform high-throughput single-cell RNA sequencing of those cells.
• New screening method identifies inhibitors of cancer cell metabolism November 19, 2019
  A new screening system developed by scientists leverages redundancy in an important component of a cell - nucleotide metabolism - to help identify new drugs that specifically and potently block processes that are essential for cancer cell growth.
• Gut microbiota imbalance promotes the onset of colorectal cancer November 18, 2019
  Researchers have demonstrated that an imbalance in the gut microbiota, also known as 'dysbiosis', promotes the onset of colorectal cancer. The teams demonstrated that transplanting fecal flora from patients with colon cancer into mice caused lesions and epigenetic changes characteristic of the development of a malignant tumor. The pilot study led t […]