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Bowel Cancer or colorectal cancer is cancer that occurs in the colon or rectum. Sometimes it is called colon cancer, for short. Colorectal cancer is the second leading cancer killer in the United States, but it doesn’t have to be.

Novel Cellular Atlas of the Human Gastrointestinal Tract

Spatial and single-cell data from 1.6 million cells have been combined to produce the most complete cell map of the human stomach to date.

21 Nov 2024

Bowel Cancer Cells Use Genetic On-Off Switch' to Evade the Immune System

Bowel cancer cells have the ability to regulate their growth using a genetic on-off switch to maximize their chances of survival, a phenomenon that's been observed for the first time by researchers at UCL and University Medical Center Utrecht.

4 Jul 2024

Study Provides a New Way to Measure Healthy Microbiomes in the Gut and Soil

Focusing on four common diseases – diabetes, heart disease, depression and bowel cancer – new Flinders University research provides insights into the importance of a healthy microbiome balance in the human gut and in the environment.

22 Jun 2024

Discovering a Major Factor Causing Aggressive Cancer

Researchers from the University of Otago have identified a crucial factor that contributes to the aggressive spread of colon cancer, marking a significant advancement in the fight against fatal tumors.

27 Jun 2023

Substituting meat for mycoprotein reduces intestinal genotoxins, increases healthy gut bacteria

Researchers from Northumbria University have found that swapping red and processed meat for Quorn's mycoprotein, a fungi-based meat alternative, leads to a significant reduction in intestinal genotoxins - which can cause bowel cancer - and increases healthy gut bacteria.

17 Feb 2023

Tankyrase protein plays an important role in helping drive bowel cancer

The inner workings of the main protein involved in an extensive range of cellular processes have been disclosed by researchers. This possibly sets the stage for improved and less toxic cancer drugs.

25 Nov 2022

Novel high-resolution taxonomy facilitates effective management of CRC patients

Recent research discovered that bowel tumors can be classified into six clinically relevant subcategories based on patterns of gene interactions seen within tumor cells. The study was published in eLife.

10 Nov 2022

New bioprinting platform to replicate tumors in 3D spheroids

Bowel cancer patients could in future benefit from a new 3D bioprinting technology which would use their own cells to replicate the complex cellular environment of solid tumors in 3D models.

3 Nov 2022

Researchers discover potential ways to comprehend DNA replication

Non-coding DNA, also known as “junk DNA,” has been discovered to be anything but harmless and inactive and may even play a role in the onset of cancer.

22 Jul 2022

Mitochondrial DNA mutations reduce death risk in patients with bowel cancer

According to a study, DNA defects in the energy “factories” of a cell increase the chance of survival in patients suffering from bowel cancer.

9 Apr 2021

Targeted immunotherapy could improve radiotherapy response in cancer cells

Cancers that are resistant to radiotherapy could be rendered susceptible through treatment with immunotherapy, a new study suggests.

9 Mar 2021

Research provides new insight into the way cells adapt to fight infection

WEHI researchers have uncovered a process cells use to fight off infection and cancer that could pave the way for precision cancer immunotherapy treatment.

From Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research (WEHI) 4 Mar 2021

Study shows how brain protein helps pancreatic cancer cells to survive

Researchers have discovered that a protein thought to only be involved in the development of neurons in the brain also plays a major role in the development and growth of pancreatic cancer.

19 Nov 2020