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Plant-derived SVC112 hits cancer stem cells, leaves healthy cells alone

Plant-derived SVC112 hits cancer stem cells, leaves healthy cells alone

by Garth Sundem | Jan 8, 2020 | Featured, Research

Tin Tin Su, PhD. (photo: Paul Muhlrad) The red, tube-shaped flowers of the firecracker bush (Bouvardia ternifolia), native to Mexico and the American Southwest, attract hummingbirds. The bush also provides the chemical bouvardin, which the lab of University of...
AACR: Tobacco use makes precancerous cells that “fertilize” cancer growth

AACR: Tobacco use makes precancerous cells that “fertilize” cancer growth

by Garth Sundem | Apr 1, 2019 | Latest News, Research

Tobacco use causes a field of precancerous cells, increasing the risk of developing head & neck cancer. But exactly how this precancerous field influences cancer has been often overlooked. Now a University of Colorado Cancer Center study presented at the American...
Lymph node ratio may predict who lives and dies from oral cavity cancer

Lymph node ratio may predict who lives and dies from oral cavity cancer

by Garth Sundem | Dec 6, 2018 | Latest News, Research

Five years after diagnosis, only 40 percent of patients with locally-advanced oral cavity cancer will still be alive. The question is who is likely to live and who is likely to die? The answer to this question could not only help patients better predict the course of...
CRISPR screen reveals new targets in more than half of all squamous cell carcinomas

CRISPR screen reveals new targets in more than half of all squamous cell carcinomas

by Garth Sundem | Sep 18, 2018 | Featured, Latest News, Research

A little p63 goes a long way in embryonic development – and flaws in p63 can result in birth defects like cleft palette, fused fingers or even missing limbs. But once this early work is done, p63 goes silent, sitting quietly in the genome from that point forward....
Improving humanized mouse models for head and neck cancer research

Improving humanized mouse models for head and neck cancer research

by Garth Sundem | Aug 23, 2018 | Latest News, Research

If a new anti-cancer drug shows promise in a Petri dish, often the next step is to test the drug’s effect in mice. This system tends to work well with drugs that directly target cancer, but breaks down with immunotherapies. That’s because tumors from human cancer...
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