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Overcoming the Limitations of CAR-T Therapy: Burnout
Reading time: 4 minutes Alex S. Woodell Marathon runners are an interesting breed. In order to complete the grueling 26.2 mile circuit, they must push their mental and physical boundaries to the limit. Seasoned runners possess great strength, focus, resilience, and determination. Each of these qualities is a testament to the intense training schedules they …
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Maternal Cancer and its Impact on Infants
Reading time: 4 minutes Varshit Dusad Cancer by no stretch of the imagination is a rare disease. It affects a significant population worldwide, and every year millions of dollar are spent investigating the causes of cancer and searching for a potential cure. However, a rarely discussed topic is the adverse impact on the health of …
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Robots are coming for your job (if you are a radiologist)
Reading time: 4 minutes Morgan McSweeney What can humans do better than robots? For most of history, the answer to that question has been.. everything. However, the balance of power is rapidly shifting away from warm, fleshy, humans toward cold, calculating, processing power. Did you know that a few years ago, an artificial intelligence (AI) …
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Estrogen on the Brain: How Hormones Might Be Increasing Brain Metastasis
Reading time: 3 minutes Sara Musetti One of the realities of cancer is that the primary tumor is rarely the cause of issues; usually, mortality and complications come from tumor cells spreading throughout the body and forming new tumors, a process called metastasis. For most cancers, the primary tumor can be surgically removed, but once …
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The Ubiquitin System and Why Researchers Are Targeting it for Cancer Therapy
Reading time: 4 minutes Kedar Puvar Cancerous cells by definition are constantly growing and multiplying and therefore have devised ways to sustain that growth. If one wishes to create a brand new therapeutic against cancer, it’s necessary to identify molecular mechanisms that cancer cells use to grow, then attempt to shut down that mechanism with …
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Falling through the gaps: Do nanoparticles enable cancer cells to escape through leaky vessels?
Reading time: 3 minutes Manisit Das Previously at Oncobites, we discussed how small particles such as nanoparticles could be used for delivering drugs against cancer. The nanoparticles can carry the drugs to the tumor taking advantage of the leakiness of blood vessels running through the tumor. The leaky vessels allow the drug-carrying nanoparticles to enter …
The Cardiac-Cancer Connection
Reading time: 3 minutes Taylor A. Johnson February is Heart Month, wherein various organizations such as the American Heart Association and the National Institute of Health raise heart health awareness and promote practices that can lower heart disease or cardiovascular disease (CVD) development. CVD and cancer are unfortunately two of the primary causes of death …
