Ian Demsky
Demsky was a previous Health Lab contributor and member of the public relations team.
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Approach Could Help in Treating Glioblastoma, Other Rare Cancers
Michigan-led research presents a new way of uncovering predictive biomarkers when data from large randomized trials aren’t available.
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After 2 Years, Immunotherapy Shows Doubled Median Survival Time for Advanced Lung Cancer Patients
A 600-patient randomized clinical trial supports pembrolizumab and chemotherapy as a first-line treatment
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Turning to Physicians, Family and Faith to Take on Sarcoma
How prayer and trust in his care team helped Gerald Dixon get through chemotherapy, radiation and surgery for stage 3 cancer.
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U-M Compounds Show Promise in a Lab Model of Advanced Prostate Cancer
A new study finds that U-M-designed compounds led to significantly smaller, slower-growing tumors.
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Making the Invisible Visible: New Method Opens Unexplored Realms for Liquid Biopsies
A new approach to RNA sequencing reveals thousands of previously inaccessible RNA fragments in blood plasma that might serve as disease- and organ-specific biomarkers.
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Tumor-Associated Immune Cells Hinder Frontline Chemotherapy Drug in Pancreatic Cancer
Researchers have shown how tumor-associated macrophages release compounds that block gemcitabine in the most common type of pancreatic cancer
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To Predict Which Cancer Cells Will Attack the Brain, Scientists Harness the Power of Artificial Intelligence
A new precision medicine approach developed at the University of Michigan aims to predict cancer’s likelihood of migrating to the brain, and to aid in the search for new treatments
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Stop the Growth: Study Takes Aim at Cancer Metastasis
Researchers at the University of Michigan report a new understanding of the enzyme P-Rex1 and how it binds to a signaling lipid called PIP3 in cancer metastasis.
