News tagged with cancer drugs
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Sensory hair cells regenerated, hearing restored in mammal ear
Hearing loss is a significant public health problem affecting close to 50 million people in the United States alone. Sensorineural hearing loss is the most common form and is caused by the loss of sensory ...
Neuroscience
Jan 09, 2013 |
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Study IDs key protein for cell death, offers way to kill cancer cells by forcing them into programmed-death pathway
When cells suffer too much DNA damage, they are usually forced to undergo programmed cell death, or apoptosis. However, cancer cells often ignore these signals, flourishing even after chemotherapy drugs have ...
Genetics
May 14, 2013 |
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Engineered T cells kill tumors but spare normal tissue in an animal model
The need to distinguish between normal cells and tumor cells is a feature that has been long sought for most types of cancer drugs. Tumor antigens, unique proteins on the surface of a tumor, are potential targets for a normal ...
Cancer
Apr 07, 2013 |
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New monoclonal antibody developed that can target proteins inside cancer cells
Researchers have discovered a unique monoclonal antibody that can effectively reach inside a cancer cell, a key goal for these important anticancer agents, since most proteins that cause cancer or are associated with cancer ...
Cancer
Mar 13, 2013 |
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Compound stimulates tumor-fighting protein in cancer therapy
A compound that stimulates the production of a tumor-fighting protein may improve the usefulness of the protein in cancer therapy, according to a team of researchers.
Cancer
Feb 06, 2013 |
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Vaccines might become another way to fight cancer
(HealthDay)—Most people think of the flu when the word "vaccine" comes up in conversation, but several vaccines also exist to help prevent cancers.
Cancer
Jan 19, 2013 |
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India rejects Bayer plea against cheap cancer drug (Update)
India's patent appeals office has rejected Bayer AG's plea to stop the production of a cheaper generic version of a patented cancer drug in a ruling that health groups say is an important precedent for getting ...
Medications
Mar 05, 2013 |
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Hundreds of alterations and potential drug targets to starve cancer tumors identified
A massive study analyzing gene expression data from 22 tumor types has identified multiple metabolic expression changes associated with cancer. The analysis, conducted by researchers at Columbia University Medical Center, ...
Cancer
Apr 21, 2013 |
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Doctors say cancer drug costs are too high
More than 100 doctors from around the world have signed a letter decrying the high cost of cancer drugs which reach $100,000 per year or more, and calling for pharmaceutical companies to ease prices.
Medications
Apr 26, 2013 |
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Researchers describe how breast cancer cells acquire drug resistance
A seven-year quest to understand how breast cancer cells resist treatment with the targeted therapy lapatinib has revealed a previously unknown molecular network that regulates cell death. The discovery provides new avenues ...
Cancer
May 07, 2013 |
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Team finds gene that promotes drug resistance in cancer
Scientists from the University of Iowa and Brigham Young University (BYU) have identified a gene that may be a target for overcoming drug resistance in cancer. The finding could not only improve prognostic and diagnostic ...
Cancer
Jan 14, 2013 |
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Medical marijuana: Voodoo or legitimate therapeutic choice?
(HealthDay)—Imagine a 68-year-old woman with advanced breast cancer, looking for a better way to ease her chronic pain, low appetite, fatigue and nausea. Should she or shouldn't she be prescribed marijuana?
Medications
Feb 21, 2013 |
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New pill holds promise for fewer side effects in treating leukemia
(Medical Xpress)—An international team of researchers has developed a new anti-cancer drug that holds promise as a therapy that fights cancer while causing fewer side effects than current medicines. The ...
Cancer
Jan 07, 2013 |
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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
Feb 27, 2013 |
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New drug shows promise in ability to fight rare type of breast cancer
Researchers in the University of Delaware's Department of Biological Sciences are investigating a new drug that has shown positive results in early tests of its ability to fight a rare and aggressive form ...
Cancer
Mar 08, 2013 |
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