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

• Researchers at Dana-Farber, MIT, and other institutions have discovered a sign of the early development of pancreatic cancer. Read more on their findings in Nature Medicine.
• A new mouse model created by researchers at the Broad Institute and MIT will help edit multiple genes in a variety of cell types. The paper describing the new model can be found in Cell.
• Cases of possible association between breast implants and a form of lymphoma that may develop tumors at a later stage is currently under investigation. Read more in the journal Mutation Research.
• Do tumors grow faster at night? A recent study by researchers at the Weizmann Institute of Science demonstrates that nighttime is the best time for cancer to grow and spread. More on their findings in Nature Communications.
• New novel therapies for Glioblastoma multiforme are showing promise according to a recent paper by researchers at Boston University School of Medicine and City of Hope.
• The Nobel Prize in Medicine was awarded to a British-American scientist and two Norwegian researchers on the discovery of the brain’s “inner GPS”.

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