Is the cure for cancer… a pair of strappy new shoes?! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Pancreatic cancer is sneaky – it hides until it’s too late. Doctors hunt for clues in blood: a marker called CA19-9. But current tests? Pricey, slow, and very
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Is the cure for cancer… the bench team?! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Immunotherapy rallies our defenses against tumors. But sometimes, the defense gets… tired. Older cells release inflammatory signals that weaken immune response. Can we replace them with a “second string?” Get in
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Is the cure for cancer… psychedelic mushrooms?! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science saying… Of course not! But they could make life easier for cancer patients. How’s that? Enter Manish Agrawal’s team at the University of Pennsylvania. They ran a clinical trial for the drug
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Can we outwit cancer’s dirtiest tricks? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Pancreatic and colorectal cancers are among the deadliest. And mutations – like one named KRAS – put their growth into overdrive. What do we do? Zev Wainberg and team at UCLA tested a
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Is the cure for cancer… a jog? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Run for your health, they say. But can you outrun… a tumor? Enter Catherine Phelps from the University of Pittsburgh. Her team studied melanoma-prone mice. Some exercised, others stayed sedentary. Surprisingly, tumor
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Cancer cures don’t grow on trees! Or do they? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. To Celtic Druids, the yew tree symbolized death and resurrection. Today, it could mean… anti-cancer medication! Why? Yew tree needles contain the chemical Baccatin Three. If researchers could synthesize it,
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Is the cure for cancer… POOP?! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Immunotherapy has been a game changer in fighting cancerous tumors. But what if it doesn’t work? Is there a plan BM? Yunjae Kim and a nationwide team from Korea studied advanced cancers that
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Zombie outbreak! Who ya gonna call? Mommy?! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. “Zombie” immune cells have been discovered that let tumors grow unchecked! But only in men’s bladders. How can we stop them? Qingchen Zhu from the Chinese Academy of Sciences went with a
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Is sugar carcinogenic?! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Your diet MAY affect more than just your waistline! We’re talking LUNG cancer! Enter Harrison Clarke and team at the University of Kentucky, Lexington. They measured glycogen, the storage form of sugar, in lung cancer samples
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Fight Night! In one corner, cancer. In the other…your immune system? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Traditional cancer treatments pack a punch – often with brutal side effects. How can we reduce those? Enter David Braun and team at Yale. They developed personalized vaccines
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