News tagged with neuroblastoma cells

Genetic biomarker may help identify neuroblastomas vulnerable to novel class of drugs

An irregularity within many neuroblastoma cells may indicate whether a neuroblastoma tumor, a difficult-to-treat, early childhood cancer, is vulnerable to a new class of anti-cancer drugs known as BET bromodomain inhibitors, ...

Cancer Apr 09, 2013 | not rated yet | 0

Biomarker may identify neuroblastomas with sensitivity to BET bromodomain inhibitors

Neuroblastoma, the most common malignant tumor of early childhood, is frequently associated with the presence of MYCN amplification, a genetic biomarker associated with poor prognosis. Researchers have determined that tumors ...

Cancer Feb 21, 2013 | not rated yet | 0

Targeting downstream proteins in cancer-causing pathway shows promise in cell, animal model

The cancer-causing form of the gene Myc alters the metabolism of mitochondria, the cell's powerhouse, making it dependent on the amino acid glutamine for survival. In fact, 40 percent of all "hard-to-treat" cancers have a ...

Cancer Nov 13, 2012 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

DNA method can provide more effective treatment of childhood cancer

After leukaemia and brain tumours, neuroblastoma is the most common form of cancer to affect children. A thesis from the Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden, has studied a DNA method which is now used for ...

Cancer Oct 15, 2012 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

Cell death mystery yields new suspect for cancer drug development

A mysterious form of cell death, coded in proteins and enzymes, led to a discovery by UNC researchers uncovering a prime suspect for new cancer drug development.

Cancer Sep 13, 2012 | 5 / 5 (3) | 0

Universal donor immune cells

One of the latest attempts to boost the body's defenses against cancer is called adoptive cell transfer, in which patients receive a therapeutic injection of their own immune cells. This therapy, currently tested in early ...

Medical research Jul 25, 2011 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

Progesterone inhibits growth of neuroblastoma cancer cells

High doses of the hormone progesterone can kill neuroblastoma cells while leaving healthy cells unscathed, scientists at Emory University School of Medicine have found in laboratory research.

Cancer Jul 13, 2011 | not rated yet | 0 |