Oncology & Cancer
Implantable oxygen-eating batteries help kill cancer
Despite decades of research and tens of billions of dollars for research and treatments worldwide, the battle against cancer continues.
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Oncology & Cancer
Enzyme that protects against viruses could fuel cancer evolution
An enzyme that defends human cells against viruses can help drive cancer evolution towards greater malignancy by causing myriad mutations in cancer cells, according to a study led by investigators at Weill Cornell Medicine. ...
Dec 28, 2022
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Oncology & Cancer
A cancer-wide analysis finds cancer-wide targets for tumor reduction
Researchers at the Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, have discovered a potential new target for cancer immunotherapy in transposable elements (TEs), short segments of DNA that can move around the genome.
Oncology & Cancer
Researchers find new mechanism to turn on cancer-killing T cells
Over the past decade, researchers have made great strides in the development and administration of cancer immunotherapies, which use the body's own immune system to treat disease. However, the therapies don't work for every ...
May 25, 2022
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Oncology & Cancer
Personalized mRNA vaccine to treat aggressive pancreatic cancer in clinical trial
A large team of medical researchers at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, in New York, working with colleagues from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and German firm BioNTech has developed a personalized mRNA ...
Oncology & Cancer
Researchers discover protein that may be associated with better prognosis for women with ovarian cancer
Researchers from the University of Minnesota have discovered that a protein associated with metabolism, and formerly recognized as a potential therapeutic target for ovarian cancer, may instead be associated with a better ...
Jul 20, 2022
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Oncology & Cancer
Discovery could lead to better cancer immunotherapy
A type of white blood cell previously known only as a helper in the immune system appears also to be the instigator of the body's defenses against cancerous tumors. The discovery could lead to more effective cancer immunotherapy, ...
May 31, 2022
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Oncology & Cancer
Why many lung cancer patients who have never smoked have worse outcomes
The reason targeted treatment for non-small cell lung cancer fails to work for some patients, particularly those who have never smoked, has been discovered by researchers from UCL, the Francis Crick Institute and AstraZeneca.
Jun 13, 2024
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Oncology & Cancer
New form of immunotherapy under investigation for cancer that resists conventional T cell therapies
Medical investigators are theorizing that a combination of two treatments that activate myeloid cells may effectively treat a recalcitrant form of pancreatic cancer that thwarts conventional immunotherapy.
Medical research
'Keto' molecule may be useful in preventing and treating colorectal cancer, study suggests
A molecule produced in the liver in response to low-carb "ketogenic" diets has a powerful effect in suppressing colorectal tumor growth and may be useful as a preventive and treatment of such cancers, according to a new study ...
Apr 27, 2022
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