New nanodiamond-based dual-mode contrast agent provides clearer and more accurate images of liver tumors at lower dosages

Discovery by UCLA researchers could be applied to other solid tumors such as breast and colon cancer

Most vaccines targeting tumor-associated antigens have had limited success so far in producing therapeutic effects against most cancers due to poor immunogenicity

Ludwig researchers discover that circular DNA, once thought to be rare in tumor cells, is actually very common and seems to play a fundamental role in tumor evolution

Goal is to help clinicians treat patients based on tumor genetics

Johns Hopkins research could lead to more precise ways to target tumor growth

“This research provides insight into the mechanisms of early cancer spread and may shed light into unexplained phenomena—among them, why as many as five percent of cancer patients worldwide have cancer metastases but no original tumor"

“There has been no reason to suspect these two proteins interact, but now we know they do," researcher says

One of the biggest challenges in cancer therapy is being able to sufficiently deliver chemotherapy drugs to tumors without exposing healthy tissues to their toxic effects

This work resulted in the award of a patent from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office protecting the use of the compound against various forms of cancer