Breast Cancer

Scientists from the German Cancer Research Center (Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, DKFZ) have developed antibodies that have two antigen-binding sites and can couple cancer cells with effector cells of the immune system. In laboratory tests, these bridging antibodies, together with an enhancer ant more

Every day, people are exposed to a variety of synthetic chemicals through the products they use or the food they eat. For many of these chemicals, the health effects are unknown. Now a new study shows that several hundred common chemicals, including pesticides, ingredients in consumer products, food more

Researchers at McMaster University have developed a promising new cancer immunotherapy that uses cancer-killing cells genetically engineered outside the body to find and destroy malignant tumors. The modified "natural killer" cells can differentiate between cancer cells and healthy cells that are of more

by Monika Lesicka, Ewa Jabłońska, Edyta Wieczorek, Barbara Seroczyńska, Anna Siekierzycka, Jarosław Skokowski, Leszek Kalinowski, Wojciech Wąsowicz, Edyta Reszka Breast cancer has a multifactorial etiology. One of the supposed and novel mechanisms is an alteration of circadian gene expression. Ci more

The adult mammary gland is a bilayered branching epithelial structure consisting of an outer layer of basal cells and an inner layer of luminal cells. The neonatal structure expands rapidly during puberty and then undergoes cyclic growth in response to the changing hormonal stimuli (progesterone and more

Marine Drugs, Vol. 16, Pages 220: Cyanopeptolins with Trypsin and Chymotrypsin Inhibitory Activity from the Cyanobacterium Nostoc edaphicum CCNP1411 Marine Drugs doi: 10.3390/md16070220 Authors: Hanna Mazur-Marzec Anna Fidor Marta Cegłowska Ewa Wieczerzak Magdalena Kropidłowska Ma more