Oncology & Cancer
How the body fights back against cancer
New research from the University of East Anglia (UEA) and Quadram Institute reveals how our immune system can be triggered to attack cancer cells.
Mar 1, 2022
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Oncology & Cancer
Germany's BioNTech plans UK trial of mRNA cancer therapy
German pharmaceutical company BioNTech, which developed a trailblazing COVID-19 vaccine, will trial a cancer treatment in Britain using the same mRNA technology, the company said on Friday.
Jan 6, 2023
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Oncology & Cancer
Phase 3 clinical trial: Brain cancer vaccine shows promising results
A vaccine (DCVax-L), trialed at King's College Hospital and other centers around the world, using patients' immune cells to target brain cancer can extend survival by many months or, in some cases, years, the final unblinded ...
Nov 21, 2022
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Oncology & Cancer
High-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) can control prostate cancer with fewer side effects
In recent years, a new treatment strategy known as focal therapy (partial gland ablation) has emerged for prostate cancer considered to be "intermediate risk"—mostly, small tumors confined to one area of the prostate. At ...
Jun 15, 2022
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Oncology & Cancer
Stem cell discoveries hold potential to improve cancer treatment
Two recent discoveries by stem cell scientists at Cedars-Sinai may help make cancer treatment more efficient and shorten the time it takes for people to recover from radiation and chemotherapy.
Jan 25, 2022
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Medications
By putting cancer cells to sleep, new drug could prevent tumor metastasis
A new therapeutic approach prevents the growth of metastatic tumors in mice by forcing cancer cells into a dormant state in which they are unable to proliferate. The study, published November 23 in the Journal of Experimental ...
Nov 23, 2021
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Oncology & Cancer
How a plant virus could protect and save your lungs from metastatic cancer
Using a virus that grows in black-eyed pea plants, nanoengineers at the University of California San Diego developed a new treatment that could keep metastatic cancers at bay from the lungs. The treatment not only slowed ...
Sep 14, 2021
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Oncology & Cancer
Liver cancer research: Iron-dependent cell death could be key to novel combination therapies
Ten years ago, a new type of programmed cell death was discovered: iron-dependent cell death or, to use the scientific term, ferroptosis. Unlike apoptosis, a long-known type of programmed cell death, in ferroptosis the cell ...
Feb 17, 2023
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Oncology & Cancer
New chip could make treating metastatic cancer easier and faster
Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have found a detection method that could revolutionize cancer treatment by showing how cancers metastasize and what stage they are.
Aug 12, 2022
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Oncology & Cancer
Bendy X-ray detectors could revolutionize cancer treatment
New materials developed at the University of Surrey could pave the way for a new generation of flexible X-ray detectors, with potential applications ranging from cancer treatment to better airport scanners.
Nov 5, 2023
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