Cancer cell fusion study showcased in Science
Cell fusion is one of the ways that tumors can gain abilities to become life-threatening and resist treatment, Melissa Wong, Ph.D., and colleagues first reported last year. The paper now is one of...
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Overcoming the impasse in acute myeloid leukemia research
Nine drug companies and six universities have now joined an unusual collaboration to break the logjam in research on acute myeloid leukemia (AML), a blood cancer lacking effective treatments....
Genomic drivers of a poorly understood kidney cancer
Researchers have identified many of the altered genes and cell signaling pathways that drive papillary renal cell carcinoma, a poorly understood form of cancer that accounts for about 15 percent of...