Technologies for the analysis of single extracellular vesicles

by CIC bioGUNE

3 years ago
exosomes, vesicles, Technologies

Single-vesicle imaging and analysis methodologies focus attention towards exosomes research. Recent advances in the single-vesicle analysis have facilitated their application in medical diagnosis and ...

Sleep apnea may make lung cancer more deadly

by Universitat de Barcelona

8 years ago
intermittent hypoxia, sleep apnea, tumor growth, exosomes

A team of researchers of the University of Barcelona and the University of Chicago found that intermittent hypoxia, or irregular lack of air experienced by people with sleep apnea, can increase tumor ...

The U.S. Department of Defense is funding a line of research at the CNIO

by CNIO - Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Oncológicas

8 years ago
Neurofibromatosis type 1, rare illness, tumours, exosomes, malignant progression, metastasis

Neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) is a rare illness that results in the onset of tumours that, on occasion, become malignant and metastasise, compromising the survival of the patient. Peinado and his tea...

The first 'molecular labels' that predict the organs where metastases will form

by CNIO - Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Oncológicas

9 years ago
metastasis, cancer, exosomes, integrins proteins

The finding is considered one of the most important advances for over a century in addressing the challenge of predicting where tumor metastases will occur

Researchers describe a mechanism that explains how the breast cancer cells transform normal cells into tumoral ones

by IBEC - Institut de Bioenginyeria de Catalunya

10 years ago
exosomes, biomarkers, breast cancer

Researchers have isolated exosomes from tumors and from blood of patients with breast cancer, and from blood of mice with human tumors grown after breast implantation in mice, called ortoxenogratfs.