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Also this week MedZine brings you the latest medical news on various medical specialisms. In this editorial two striking studies in oncology are highlighted. The first shows how putting the brake on regulatory T cells boosts anti-tumor immunity. The second describes how sugar helps to find and assess prostate cancer. Continue reading

Also this week MedZine brings you the latest medical news on various medical specialisms. In this editorial two striking studies are highlighted. The first identifies a potential new drug for the treatment of lymphoma. The second shows that a derivative from burnt sugar can prevent muscle wasting in muscular dystrophy. Continue reading

Also this week MedZine brings you the latest medical news on various medical specialisms. In this editorial two striking studies are highlighted. The first study describes how mathematical modeling can be used to fight cancer. The second solves the mystery of variable pathology in EEC Syndrome. Continue reading

Also this week MedZine brings you the latest medical news on various medical specialisms. In this editorial some striking studies are highlighted, which are published in Cell. Two studies describe how bird flu viruses adapt to humans and how this offers strategies for surveillance and vaccines. The last study reports on the importance of CDK8 for the survival of tumor cells in an environment with low-oxygen. Continue reading

Also this week MedZine brings you the latest medical news on various medical specialisms. In this editorial two striking studies are highlighted. The first describes the role of the Dkk1 protein in hardening of arteries. The second study shows that cancer survivors with a depression have more chance to die prematurely than cancer survivors without depression. Continue reading

Also this week MedZine brings you the latest medical news on various medical specialisms. In this editorial, we want to highlight an exciting scientific discovery in the field of oncology. In the journal Therapeutic Delivery researchers from the University of Colorado (CU) show how cholesterol "rafts" can deliver genetic cargo into cancer cells. With this ingenious method, drugs could sneak past the defenses of the cancer. Continue reading

That dogs have a good sense of smell is well known, that this smell allows them to detect certain diseases is an emerging theme. Dogs are already used to detect diabetes or seizures, now dogs are also being trained to detect cancer. Dr. Claire Guest, Medical Detection Dogs chief executive, is training dogs to recognize cancer from a breath sample. Continue reading