MD Anderson Research Highlights for April 24, 2024
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center’s Research Highlights showcases the latest breakthroughs in cancer care, research and prevention. These advances are made possible through seamless collaboration between MD Anderson’s world-leading clinicians and scientists, bringing discoveries from the lab to the clinic and back. Recent developments at MD Anderson offer insights into a novel targeted therapy for rare cancers, the role of enhancer RNAs in cell differentiation, novel biomarkers for the prognosis and treatment of pancreatic cancer, imaging signatures to stratify patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), a novel platform to study the underlying clinical and molecular mechanisms of prostate cancer, the role of telomere dysfunction and aging on colorectal cancer initiation, and a novel therapeutic target for patients with newly diagnosed acute myeloid leukemia (AML).