Oncology & Cancer
Combination approach improves power of new cancer therapy
An international research team has found a way to improve the anti-cancer effect of a new medicine class called 'Smac mimetics'.
Jun 26, 2017
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Inflammatory disorders
Inflammatory discovery sheds new light on skin disease
Inflammatory skin diseases such as psoriasis may result from abnormal activation of cell death pathways previously believed to suppress inflammation, a surprise finding that could help to develop new ways of treating these ...
Dec 2, 2014
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Medical research
Cell death proteins key to fighting disease
Melbourne researchers have uncovered key steps involved in programmed cell death, offering new targets for the treatment of diseases including lupus, cancers and neurodegenerative diseases.
Oct 31, 2014
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Oncology & Cancer
Cryptic clues drive new theory of bowel cancer development
Melbourne researchers have challenged conventional thinking on how the bowel lining develops and, in the process, suggested a new mechanism for how bowel cancer starts.
Oct 16, 2014
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Medical research
Small molecule 'jams the switch' to prevent inflammatory cell death
(Medical Xpress)—Walter and Eliza Hall Institute scientists have discovered a small molecule that blocks a form of cell death that triggers inflammation, opening the door for potential new treatments for inflammatory disease ...
Oct 7, 2014
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Oncology & Cancer
Researchers study how cancer cells respond to Mcl-1-inhibitory BH3-mimetics
The European pharmaceutical company Servier has established a collaborative partnership with the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute to facilitate the development of new agents that could be effective in treating several types ...
Oct 2, 2014
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Oncology & Cancer
Eighty percent of bowel cancers halted with existing medicines
(Medical Xpress)—An international team of scientists has shown that more than 80 per cent of bowel cancers could be treated with existing drugs.
Oct 1, 2014
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Arthritis & Rheumatism
Cartilage actively contributes to arthritis
Melbourne researchers have discovered that cartilage plays an active role in the destruction and remodelling of joints seen in rheumatoid arthritis, rather than being an 'innocent bystander' as previously thought.
Sep 12, 2014
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Medical research
New discovery could help turn antibiotic into antimalarial drug
Melbourne researchers are making progress towards new antimalarial drugs, after revealing how an antibiotic called emetine blocks the molecular machinery that produces the proteins required for malaria parasite survival.
Sep 3, 2014
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Medical research
Immune cell discovery could help to halt cancer spread
(Medical Xpress)—Melbourne researchers have revealed the critical importance of highly specialised immune cells, called natural killer cells, in killing melanoma cells that have spread to the lungs. These natural killer ...
Aug 14, 2014
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