Here are a few highlights of cancer research news that have recently caught my attention:

• A Washington D.C. hospital reports high rate of black women seeking treatment for advanced breast cancer. Numbers are double the national average.
• Researchers at Northwestern University find link between vitamin D deficiency and aggressive prostate cancer. The study was published in the journal Clinical Cancer Research.
• Researchers at Johns Hopkins use stem cells derived from human body fat to deliver treatment for deadly glioblastoma in mice. Their findings were published in the journal Clinical Cancer Research.
• GDF 11, the anti-aging protein, making mice younger.
• Scientists at the National Cancer Institute have published a paper where they described the deployment of a patient’s own cells to combat an aggressive cancer.
• Scientists have created the first living organism containing artificial DNA. The study was published in the journal Nature.

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