Breaking the Mold: New Strategies for Fighting Aflatoxins
Pervasive in the developing world, moldy crops threaten millions with cancer and other illnesses.
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New Guidelines Allow Some Patients With Chronic Myeloid Leukemia To Go Off Treatment
Most patients with chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) can live out their normal lives by taking tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs). But mounting evidence also shows that roughly a third of those patients can eventually go off treatment altogether without their disease resurging.
Zika in the United States: How Are We Preparing?
Once considered an inconsequential illness, Zika is now linked with serious health effects including microcephaly and Guillain-Barré syndrome. As the virus makes its way northward, U.S. public health agencies are doing their best to prepare.
Active Surveillance Gets Personal
Active surveillance is fast becoming a standard management practice for some men with prostate cancer.
Metastatic Cells Colonize Implantable Scaffold in Mice
Cancer treatment’s biggest failings occur in the metastatic setting, when metastatic cells escaping from the primary tumor colonize and attack critical organs
Another Shot at Cancer
Immunotherapy made global headlines after Jimmy Carter’s successful treatment for brain cancer earlier this year. This article investigates the current state of immunotherapy for breast cancer.