Cancer

CAR T-cell therapy

Nov 14, 2019

By Devina Thiono In 2019, around 1.8 million new cancer cases are expected in the U.S. 12,000 out of this number are children aged 1-14, with leukemia accounting for a third of children cancer cases. Leukemia is a cancer that affects the blood. The main targets of leukemia are white blood cells, whose job is […]

Sonic the Hedgehog is Not Just for Video Games

Mar 07, 2019

By Julia DiFiore Much like Fortnite today, Sonic the Hedgehog was everywhere in the early 1990s – from video games to comics and TV shows. What his creators probably didn’t expect was that Sonic would one day be part of a major scientific discovery – the inspiration for the name of a newly discovered gene. […]

Directing the Immune System Towards Cancer

Jan 31, 2019

By Clare Gyorke We’ve all heard of the big bad Cancer. There are many types of cancer, and cancer – which is an abnormal growth of cells somewhere in the body – happens for a variety of reasons. One main reason is that the immune system fails to kill a cell that is growing out […]

The Real Risk of California’s Cancer Label on Coffee

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By Christina Marvin Humans have been drinking the modern form of coffee since as early as the 13th  century. It is estimated that 2.25 billion cups of coffee are consumed each day worldwide. The scientific community has weighed the major risks against the benefits of the world’s favorite caffeinated beverage for decades. For the first […]

Can we teach our body to recognize cancer?

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By Christina Marvin Immunotherapy is an entirely new way of thinking about cancer treatment. Traditional therapies such as surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation aim to target and destroy tumors. Often times, tumor targeting is poor or the treatments damage other parts of the body. Immunotherapy, on the other hand, teaches our body’s natural defenses (the immune […]