News tagged with anticancer drug


New research looks at novel ways to combat drug resistance

University of Southampton biological scientists are leading a major research project aimed at making drugs more effective.

Medical research created Mar 27, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

From shape-shifting to therapy

(Medical Xpress)—The latest research into the intricate processes that let substances into and out of cells will help to lay the foundations for the next generation of therapies for major diseases.

Medical research created Mar 12, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Changing shape makes chemotherapy drugs better at targeting cancer cells

(Medical Xpress)—Bioengineering researchers at University of California, Santa Barbara have found that changing the shape of chemotherapy drug nanoparticles from spherical to rod-shaped made them up to ...

Cancer created Feb 27, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Scientists create method to personalize chemotherapy drug selection

In laboratory studies, scientists at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center have developed a way to personalize chemotherapy drug selection for cancer patients by using cell lines created from their own tumors.

Cancer created Feb 14, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Reassuring evidence: Anticancer drug does not accelerate tumor growth after treatment ends

Studies in animals have raised concerns that tumors may grow faster after the anticancer drug sunitinib is discontinued. But oncologists and physicists who collaborated to analyze data from the largest study ...

Cancer created Feb 07, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Natural products could be as effective as synthetic drugs, although the odds are low

In a first-ever comprehensive study of 124 natural product combinations, a team of researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) and Tsinghua University, led by Professor Chen Yu Zong from the Department of ...

Medications created Feb 07, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Paired CT scans catch chemo-killing of liver tumors in real time

Using two successive pairs of specialized CT scans, a team of Johns Hopkins and Dutch radiologists has produced real-time images of liver tumors dying from direct injection of anticancer drugs into the tumors and their surrounding ...

Cancer created Jan 01, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New screening approach identified potential drug combos for difficult-to-treat melanomas

A novel approach to identifying potential anticancer drug combinations revealed that pairing cholesterol-reducing drugs called statins with cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitors might provide an effective approach to treating ...

Cancer created Dec 13, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Cancer therapy: Nanokey opens tumors to attack

There are plenty of effective anticancer agents around. The problem is that, very often, they cannot gain access to all the cells in solid tumors. A new gene delivery vehicle may provide a way of making tracks to the heart ...

Cancer created Nov 14, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

First trial in humans of 'minicells': A completely new way of delivering anti-cancer drugs

A completely new way of delivering anti-cancer drugs to tumours, using 'minicells' derived from bacteria, has been tested for the first time in humans and found to be safe, well-tolerated and even induced stable disease in ...

Cancer created Nov 08, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Temple researchers show targeted cancer drug may stunt heart's ability to repair itself

Scientists for the first time have evidence showing how a widely used type of "targeted" cancer drug can be dangerous to the heart.

Cardiology created Nov 06, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New type of drug leads to hope against resistant ovarian cancer

Scientists at USC have discovered a new type of drug for the treatment of ovarian cancer that works in a way that should not only decrease the number of doses that patients need to take, but also may make it effective for ...

Cancer created Oct 03, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New molecule with anti-cancer and anti-metastatic properties

A new molecule with anti-cancer and anti-metastatic properties has been discovered by teams from CNRS, CEA, the Institut Curie and Inserm, in collaboration with Australian and British researchers. This anticancer ...

Cancer created Sep 04, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Enlisting the AIDS virus to fight cancer

(Medical Xpress)—Can HIV be transformed into a biotechnological tool for improving human health? According to a CNRS team at the Architecture et Réactivité de l'ARN (RNA Architecture and Reactivity) laboratory, ...

Genetics created Aug 29, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Scientists uncover strategy able to dramatically reduce chemotherapy's side effects

Researchers in Leuven (VIB/KU Leuven) have confirmed their hypothesis that normalizing blood vessels by blocking oxygen sensor PHD2 would make chemotherapy more effective. They also demonstrated for the first time that this ...

Cancer created Aug 14, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0