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August 19, 2026

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image="69636" img_size="full" alignment="center" css=""][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=""]Cancer can spread when tumor cells leave the tumor and enter the bloodstream. These cells, called circulating tumor cells (CTCs), provide a valuable opportunity to study because CTCs reflect the current state of the disease. CTCs can help clinicians and...

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August 13, 2026

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image="69612" img_size="full" alignment="center" css=""][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=""]A collaborative study published in Science Advances reveals how the physical and metabolic conditions within the tumor microenvironment, particularly when combined with elevated blood sugar (hyperglycemia), enable cancer cells to form a thick, sugar-coated shield that hides them from immune...

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August 10, 2026

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image="69584" img_size="full" alignment="center" css=""][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=""] Circulating tumor cells (CTCs) present a major problem for cancer treatment since they cause therapy resistance and metastasis, the main reasons for cancer-related deaths. By creating experimental models based on CTCs, it will be possible to study CTC biology and...

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May 28, 2025

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image="64144" img_size="full" alignment="center" css=""][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=""]A new article by NFCR-supported scientist Dr. Valerie Weaver, titled "Tissue Mechanics in Tumor Heterogeneity and Aggression" (PMID: 40307158), was published in the April 2025 issue of Trends in Cancer. The article provides a comprehensive review of how the tumor...

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March 12, 2025

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image="63312" img_size="full" alignment="center" css=""][vc_column_text css=""]NFCR-supported researcher Dr. Xiang-Lei Yang of Scripps Research has published a new paper titled "Seryl-tRNA synthetase inhibits Wnt signaling and breast cancer progression and metastasis." This study discusses the role of seryl-tRNA synthetase (SerRS) in regulating Wnt signaling, a pathway known to be...

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January 14, 2025

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image="62971" img_size="full" alignment="center" css=""][vc_column_text css=""]Two NFCR-supported researchers have recently published in the high-impact publication Nature Communications for their work on liquid biopsies and circulating tumor cells. Drs. Daniel A. Haber of Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center and Aditya Bardia of the University of California,...

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April 22, 2020

[vc_row][vc_column width="1/4"][vc_single_image image="33107" img_size="large" css=""][/vc_column][vc_column width="3/4"][vc_column_text css=""]Though it originated in theatre, telling someone to ‘break a leg’ has become a colloquial way of wishing someone good luck. For Sherry Frazier, however, it was breaking her arm that brought good fortune. Prior to breaking her arm in...

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