News tagged with targeted therapy
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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Promising target in treating and preventing the progression of heart failure identified
Researchers at Mount Sinai School of Medicine have identified a new drug target that may treat and/or prevent heart failure. The team evaluated failing human and pig hearts and discovered that SUMO1, a so-called "chaperone" ...
Cardiology
Sep 07, 2011 |
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U-M researchers find new way to clear cholesterol from the blood
Researchers at the University of Michigan have identified a new potential therapeutic target for lowering cholesterol that could be an alternative or complementary therapy to statins.
Cardiology
Apr 10, 2013 |
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Breast cancer researchers find new drug target companion prognostic test for hormone therapy resistance
A team of international cancer researchers led by Dr. Mathieu Lupien at the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network, has identified the signalling pathway that is over-activated in estrogen receptor (ER)-positive ...
Cancer
Apr 01, 2013 |
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Researchers report first success of targeted therapy in most common non-small cell lung cancer
A new study by an international team of investigators led by Dana-Farber Cancer Institute scientists is the first to demonstrate that chemotherapy and a new, targeted therapy work better in combination than chemotherapy alone ...
Cancer
Nov 28, 2012 |
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Scientists identify new target for lung cancer treatment
A team of UC Davis investigators has discovered a protein on the surface of lung cancer cells that could prove to be an important new target for anti-cancer therapy. A series of experiments in mice with lung cancer showed ...
Cancer
Nov 01, 2012 |
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Cold viruses point the way to new cancer therapies
Cold viruses generally get a bad rap—which they've certainly earned—but new findings by a team of scientists at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies suggest that these viruses might also be a valuable ...
Cancer
Oct 16, 2012 |
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New genetic target found for diuretic therapy
Researchers at the University of Cincinnati (UC) have identified a new genetic target for diuretic therapy in patients with fluid overload—like those with congestive heart failure, liver cirrhosis or kidney failure.
Genetics
Jul 30, 2012 |
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Transforming cancer treatment: Multidrug strategy emerges from new research
A Harvard researcher studying the evolution of drug resistance in cancer says that, in a few decades, “many, many cancers could be manageable.”
Cancer
Jul 11, 2012 |
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Energy network within cells may be new target for cancer therapy
Mitochondria, tiny structures within each cell that regulate metabolism and energy use, may be a promising new target for cancer therapy, according to a new study. Manipulation of two biochemical signals that regulate the ...
Cancer
Feb 21, 2012 |
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Tamoxifen resistance -- and how to defeat it
In the last three decades, thousands of women with breast cancer have taken the drug tamoxifen, only to discover that the therapy doesn't work, either because their tumors do not respond to the treatment at all, or because ...
Cancer
Nov 13, 2011 |
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Researchers map pathway of infection for a common, potentially life-threatening respiratory virus
Researchers at the University of Toronto, The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids), St. Paul's Hospital and the University of British Columbia have identified a new treatment target for a virus that causes severe lung infections ...
Medical research
Aug 15, 2011 |
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Scientists discover new pathway to potential therapies for advanced prostate cancer
UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers have narrowed the potential drug targets for advanced prostate cancer by demonstrating that late-stage tumors are driven by a different hormonal pathway than was thought previously.
Cancer
Jul 25, 2011 |
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Cancer drugs taking shape
In the era of molecular medicine, potentially active compounds for use in cancer therapies can be identified faster than ever before. Yet pinpointing the molecular target of an anticancer compound and deducing ...
Cancer
Apr 22, 2013 |
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Comparing combination therapies for advanced head and neck cancer shows no improvement
Locally advanced squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck is a potentially curable disease in nearly every patient at the time of diagnosis, yet despite the most aggressive efforts, up to 30-50 percent ...
Cancer
Mar 07, 2013 |
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