Human papillomaviruses (HPV) are small non-enveloped DNA tumor viruses established as
the primary etiological agent for the development of cervical cancer. Decades of research …

Bladder cancer (BC) is the 10th most common malignancy worldwide, with an estimated
573,000 new cases and 213,000 deaths in 2020. Available therapeutic approaches are still …

Malaria infected erythrocytes utilize the parasite protein VAR2CSA to bind to a unique
presentation of chondroitin sulfate (CS) for their placenta specific tropism. Interestingly …

Isolation of metastatic circulating tumor cells (CTCs) from cancer patients is of high value for
disease monitoring and molecular characterization. Despite the development of many new …

Molecular similarities between embryonic and malignant cells can be exploited to target
tumors through specific signatures absent in healthy adult tissues. One such embryonic …

Summary Background Ramucirumab—an IgG1 vascular endothelial growth factor receptor 2
antagonist—plus docetaxel was previously reported to improve progression-free survival in …

Purpose: After cisplatin-based neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC), 60% of patients with
muscle-invasive bladder cancer (MIBC) still have residual invasive disease at radical …

While the existence of an indigenous placental microbiota remains controversial, several
pathogens are known to be involved in adverse pregnancy outcomes. Fusobacterium …

Long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) play critical roles in tumour progression and metastasis.
Emerging evidence indicates that the lncRNA X inactive-specific transcript (XIST) is …

Lineage plasticity of prostate cancer is associated with resistance to androgen receptor (AR)
pathway inhibition (ARPI) and supported by a reactive tumor microenvironment. Here we …