Hedgehog signaling pathway key in treating osteosarcoma: Study
The strangely named hedgehog pathway that's crucial to bone growth has emerged as a key in the fight to treat the bone cancer osteosarcoma.
Nov 28, 2023
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The strangely named hedgehog pathway that's crucial to bone growth has emerged as a key in the fight to treat the bone cancer osteosarcoma.
Nov 28, 2023
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Immune checkpoint inhibitors are a type of cancer treatment that help the immune system's T cells recognize and attack tumors. But these immunotherapy drugs aren't effective against all cancers. In a study published today ...
Nov 12, 2021
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Medication prescribed for a certain type of epilepsy may offer a new method for treating malignant infantile brain tumors. A specific mTOR inhibitor has the ability to cross the blood-brain barrier to both reach and attack ...
Nov 29, 2019
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University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers have identified a potential approach to stop the growth of the most common type of brain tumor in children.
Oct 24, 2019
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A drug used to treat chronic myeloid leukemia appears to be more effective at stopping a type of medulloblastoma in mouse models than existing treatments for the deadly pediatric brain tumor, reports a multi-institutional ...
Sep 20, 2019
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By stirring crosstalk among skin cells that form the roots of hair, researchers report they have regrown hair strands on damaged skin. The findings better explain why hair does not normally grow on wounded skin, and may help ...
Nov 28, 2018
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Researchers have made a significant new discovery concerning the signaling mechanisms that enable newts to regrow their tails after injury. Specifically, this process is shown to require the coordinated activation of the ...
Sep 20, 2018
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A delicate balance during brain development could have profound implications for understanding and treating medulloblastoma, the most common malignant brain tumor affecting children.
Mar 29, 2018
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Stanford researchers have learned how basal cell carcinoma evades drug treatment without mutating. The researchers found possible drug targets that may allow for more personalized treatment of this common skin cancer.
Feb 6, 2018
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Researchers from Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin have discovered that the survival of cancer stem cells is dependent on the Hedgehog signaling pathway. Targeting this pathway had previously shown no effect on the growth ...
Jan 22, 2018
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