Cancer research is edging into a new frontier, and scientists say one of its most promising tools is something most of us first met during the pandemic: mRNA vaccines. Long before they helped fend off COVID-19, researchers were exploring how this technology[...]
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New Research Suggests COVID-19 mRNA vaccines could unlock the next revolution in cancer treatment
What began as a tool to fight a virus may now help fight cancer. Researchers at the University of Florida have found that mRNA vaccines — the same kind used against COVID-19 — could supercharge the immune system’s ability to destroy tumors.[...]
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Cancer Vaccine Blocks Multiple Tumors in Mice For 250 Days
A cancer vaccine that prevents tumors before they form — that’s the breakthrough researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst are chasing. In early mouse studies, their experimental vaccine trained the immune system to recognize and attack cancer cells, preventing multiple types[...]
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Prairie Fare: This breast cancer quiz could save your life
Every time I have a medical test, I feel some anxiety. “What if?” goes through my head until I can access the results in a letter or email. I am sure many of you know what I mean. However, not knowing does[...]
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Missouri Supreme Court refuses to review $600 million judgement in Roundup cancer lawsuit
Bayer’s long legal battle over Roundup took a decisive turn this week when the Missouri Supreme Court refused to hear the company’s appeal, cementing a $600 million judgment that links its popular weed killer to cancer. The decision leaves Bayer with few[...]
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Minot breast cancer fundraiser returns for 2025
Breast cancer awareness takes center stage in downtown Minot next weekend as the Double D-Haw fundraiser makes its return. Hosted at The Blue Rider, the evening blends good food, music, and community spirit with a purpose: raising money for Trinity Health Foundation’s[...]
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North Dakota Senate Committee Backs Bill to Speed Up Cancer Care
For cancer patients, time is everything—but insurance red tape can delay lifesaving treatment. A North Dakota Senate committee unanimously advanced a bill to streamline prior authorization, the process requiring doctors to get insurer approval before treating patients. Supporters say Senate Bill 2280[...]
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NDSU awarded $2M to establish pancreatic cancer center
North Dakota State has been awarded $2 million to establish a pancreatic cancer research center. The full news release from Senator Hoeven follows below. — Official News Release, Senator Hoeven — Senator John Hoeven, who serves on the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee,[...]
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Scientists report “unprecedented” success using T-cells to treat late stage Cancer
T-cells are our body’s natural protectors against viruses and foreign cells, but cancer often grows too quickly and overwhelms them. In immunotherapy, T-cells are reprogrammed act aggressively towards the cancer cells, and the early clinical trials show promise for late-stage patients. [...]Read[...]
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Study May Explain Mysterious Cancer-Day Care Connection
For years, scientists have wondered about the correlation between attending daycare in early life and a lower incidence of acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Now, an old theory that exposure to routine infections is actually healthy is finding support in scientific research and may explain[...]
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New Blood Test Can Predict Breast Cancer
The technology is coming out of Denmark and it’s said to have an 80% accuracy rate, better than the 75% accuracy rate of mammograms. And the best part, the test has proven to be reliable indicator up to 5 years prior to[...]
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Early Evidence Shows Common Antibiotics also Kill Cancer Cells
A simple idea from a little girl inspired a research trial to test low-cost, low-impact common antibiotics effects on cancer cells. The research is in the early stages, but the results so far are encouraging. [...]Read More... from Early Evidence Shows Common[...]
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Fighting Cancer Before it Exists?
Cancer research is headed in some exciting directions, one those being identifying it’s genesis and stopping it before it starts. The video below will get into some pretty technical cellular biology, but there’s something about a whiteboard illustration that really helps make[...]