The Institute of Cancer Research https://refractor.io/tag/the-institute-of-cancer-research/ The Institute of Cancer Research en-AU Tue, 15 Nov 2022 01:00:39 GMT "Electrical language" of cancer cells may spill secrets of tumor growth https://refractor.io/cancer/electrical-language-cancer-cells-tumor-growth/ Scientists have discovered a new type of electrical activity in cancer cells

By using machine learning and cutting-edge microscopes, scientists have uncovered what they believe to be a new form of communication between cancer cells. Described as a “type of electrical language,” the discovery may be key to the way cells within the same tumor work together to coordinate growth, and suggests breaking down these communications could offer new ways to treat the disease.

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]]> Tue, 15 Nov 2022 01:00:39 GMT https://refractor.io/cancer/electrical-language-cancer-cells-tumor-growth/ Nick Lavars MRI combines with sound waves to reveal the stiffness of tumors https://refractor.io/cancer/mri-sound-waves-stiffness-tumors/ MRI of a brain scan revealing a tumor growth. In future, an adaptation of this imaging technology could also reveal the stiffness of these growths

Getting drugs into the tumors of a cancer patient can be a tricky business. One of the many obstacles clinicians have to contend with centers on the density and stiffness of the tumor itself, which can impact how well the drugs are able to infiltrate the growth. A new imaging technique could provide them with a guiding light, however, by revealing which ones need to be softened up ahead of time.

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