cancer research
New immunotherapy treatment provides hope for aggressive cancer
July 19, 2026By: Lucaiah Smith-Miodownik, News Writer Surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation therapy are often recognized as the three most common forms of cancer treatment. Sometimes, the latter two approaches become no longer effective when cancers become drug resistant, allowing the cells to further spread. At the University of Calgary, however, promising developments in immunotherapy intervention seek to provide alternative treatment when common therapies are not viable. Cells continually divide to replenish dying cells, but certain gene mutations can create cancer cells, which divide and spread in an uncontrolled manner. The human body naturally defends itself from cancerous cells, though sometimes they can…
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SFYou: Kyle Newcomb of Setiaputra Lab
May 18, 2026By: Nitya Khanna, SFU Student Editor’s note: scientific terms followed by an asterisk (*) are defined in the glossary section. Researchers in SFU’s Setiaputra Lab study how cells repair damaged DNA, a process that is essential for maintaining genome stability*…
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SFU Canadian Cancer Society hosts 12th annual Relay for Life
March 24, 2026By: Noeka Nimmervoll, Staff Writer On March 21, the SFU Canadian Cancer Society (SFUCCS) hosted their annual Relay for Life fundraising event for the Canadian Cancer Society. Relay for Life is a Canada-wide student-led initiative organized at schools across the…
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