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Medical research

New strategy to attack tumor-feeding blood vessels

Scientists at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute have discovered a key molecule needed to kill the blood vessels that supply tumours.

Jun 6, 2011

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Oncology & Cancer

New technique improves detection of cancer DNA in blood

A team led by researchers at Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, and Harvard Medical School has developed a new method to identify thousands of DNA mutations accurately and efficiently in a patient's ...

Mar 18, 2022

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Medications

Erectile dysfunction drugs could help in the treatment of esophageal cancer

A group of drugs commonly used to treat erectile dysfunction may be able to boost the effect of chemotherapy in esophageal cancer, according to new research.

Jun 21, 2022

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Oncology & Cancer

Study finds cancer-boosting culprit that multiplies with age

As our bodies convert food into energy, they produce debris that accumulates as we age. New research shows that one of these metabolic throwaways plays a potentially deadly role in the development of cancer.

Aug 19, 2020

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Oncology & Cancer

Consumer health: Understanding kidney cancer

March is National Kidney Month, which makes this a good time to learn about kidney cancer.

Mar 15, 2022

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Medical research

Tumor macrophage marker offers unique target for treatment

Macrophages are white blood cells that accumulate in tumors, where they aid cancer progression. Now scientists have identified a surface protein found only on the macrophages residing in tumors, exposing a target for precise ...

Aug 2, 2019

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HIV & AIDS

What the 'London patient' means for HIV/AIDS research

The "London Patient" is only the second person known to have shaken off the HIV virus during a 40-year AIDS epidemic that has infected 70 million people and killed half of them.

Mar 5, 2019

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Diabetes

Approved cancer drug potentially could help treat diabetes

A pair of studies by researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine has identified a molecular pathway—a series of interaction among proteins—involved in the development of diabetes. Furthermore, they have ...

Sep 15, 2013

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Oncology & Cancer

Blood test picks out prostate cancer drug resistance

Scientists have developed a blood test that can identify key mutations driving resistance to a widely used prostate cancer drug, and identify in advance patients who will not respond to treatment.

Nov 4, 2015

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