News tagged with novel drug combination


New drug combination therapy developed to treat leukemia

A new, pre-clinical study by researchers at Virginia Commonwealth University Massey Cancer Center suggests that a novel drug combination could lead to profound leukemia cell death by disrupting the function of two major pro-survival ...

Cancer created Apr 17, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Novel combination therapy shuts down escape route, killing glioblastoma tumor cells

Glioblastoma, the most common and lethal form of brain tumor in adults, is challenging to treat because the tumors rapidly become resistant to therapy. As cancer researchers are learning more about the causes of tumor cell ...

Cancer created Feb 26, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Scientists test 5,000 combinations of 100 existing cancer drugs to find more effective treatments

Scientists in the United States have tested all possible pairings of the 100 cancer drugs approved for use in patients in order to discover whether there are any combinations not tried previously that are effective in certain ...

Cancer created Nov 06, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Trial signals major milestone in hunt for new TB drugs

A novel approach to discover the first new tuberculosis (TB) combination drug regimen cleared a major hurdle when Phase II clinical trial results found it could kill more than 99 percent of patients' TB bacteria within two ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Jul 23, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0