Ian Demsky
Demsky was a previous Health Lab contributor and member of the public relations team.
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Cholesterol-carrying protein found to help suppress immune response in pancreatic tumor microenvironment
ApoE has known roles in cardiovascular disease and Alzheimer’s, but was not previously implicated in pancreatic cancer.
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Researchers Discover First Immune Stimulating Long Noncoding RNA Involved in Body's Response to Cancer
The findings in human cells and animal models suggest potential approaches to improve immunotherapy treatment against cancer.
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Researchers Develop First-in-Class Inhibitors Against Key Leukemia Protein
Approach opens a new avenue to study the biology of acute leukemia and for the development new drugs.
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New Urine-Based Test Holds Promise for Detecting Aggressive Prostate Cancer
Using next-generation sequencing, the UPSeq test assesses 15 biomarkers to find aggressive prostate cancer that can be missed by biopsies or imaging tests.
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Biomarker Could Help Identify Difficult-to-Diagnose Kidney Cancer Subtype
MiTF renal cell carcinoma can masquerade as other subtypes and may not respond as well to front-line therapies.
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Patients with Metastatic Breast Cancer and High Mutational Burden Benefit from Pembrolizumab
Study findings support the recent FDA approval of the immunotherapy agent for patients whose cancers have high number of mutations.
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New Clues to Classic Cancer Target Found in Immune Cells
Scientists have long sought to target the interaction between the proteins p53 and Mdm2 in tumor cells, but their interaction in immune cells may be just as important.
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Can Prebiotics Help Protect Against Immunotherapy-Induced Colitis?
Studies suggest the gut microbiome can influence immunotherapy side effects. Butyrate emerges as an intriguing candidate against inflammation in the colon.
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Multiethnic Tumor Models Aid in the Search for New Approaches Against Triple-Negative Breast Cancer
Breast cancer stem cells from patients with different racial and ethnic backgrounds showed important differences in activation of immune response-related genes in mouse models.
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Researchers Identify a New, Vital Player in Graft-Versus-Host Disease and Organ Transplant Rejection
How one long noncoding RNA could help improve outcomes in bone marrow and solid organ transplantation.
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How Useful is Next-Generation Sequencing for Patients with Advanced Cancer?
Patients with cancers of unknown origin greatly benefited from next-generation sequencing; widespread inherited cancer risk also suggests broad utility, a study finds.
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Help U-M Biomedical Research Teams Compete in the Annual STAT Madness Tournament
University of Michigan research into COVID-19 complications, cancer and surprise medical bills competes among the nation’s top discoveries of the past year.
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Implanted Chemotherapy Device Has Kept Her Cancer in Check for More Than a Year
A decades-old tool experiencing a revival, hepatic artery infusion pumps can offer a powerful option for some patients whose colorectal cancer has spread to the liver.
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New Model Predicts Cancer Drug Efficacy Across and Within Cancer Types
New technologies are making “precision oncology” more of a reality, including a new approach that better accounts for variations within and across individual cancer types.vidual cancer
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Study: New Prostate Cancer Test Could Avoid Unnecessary Biopsies
Urine test found to be extremely accurate at detecting aggressive prostate cancer with few false negatives.
