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by University of Massachusetts Amherst edited by Robert Egan  Editors’ notes Credit: CC0 Public Domain A study led by University of Massachusetts Amherst researchers demonstrates that their nanoparticle-based vaccine can effectively prevent melanoma, pancreatic and triple-negative breast cancer in mice. Not only did up to 88% of the vaccinated mice remain tumor-free (depending on the cancer), but […]

by Walter and Eliza Hall Institute edited by Sadie Harley, reviewed by Andrew Zinin   A section of liver tumor in a zebrafish shows liver cell DNA (cyan), cancer cells with KRAS activity (purple), and DNA damage (white). The study found that lowering a key protein involved in minor splicing causes DNA damage selectively in cancer cells, leading