Oncology & Cancer
New study offers novel treatment strategy for patients with colon cancer
Colorectal cancer is the fourth leading cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide.
Sep 20, 2017
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Isolation, collapsing lungs and spitting bans—three ways we used to treat TB, and still might
Tuberculosis (TB) has been responsible for more deaths than any other infectious disease in human history. It is one of the world's top ten causes of death today.
Sep 15, 2017
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Oncology & Cancer
Cell culture system could offer cancer breakthrough
A new cell culture system that provides a tool for preclinical cancer drug development and screening has been developed by researchers in the USA.
Aug 29, 2017
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Oncology & Cancer
New study discovers "killer peptide" that eliminates resistant cancer cells
A new study by University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center researchers shows that when therapy-sensitive cancer cells die, they release a "killer peptide" that can eliminate therapy-resistant cells.
Aug 7, 2017
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Oncology & Cancer
Cancer-death button gets jammed by gut bacterium
Researchers at Michigan Medicine and in China showed that a type of bacterium is associated with the recurrence of colorectal cancer and poor outcomes. They found that Fusobacterium nucleatum in the gut can stop chemotherapy ...
Jul 27, 2017
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Immunology
Shedding light on cause of resistance to tumor immunotherapy
In tumor immunotherapy, the body's own defense system is activated against the tumor cells. However, for the majority of patients, the tumor cells become resistant to the treatments used. Researchers at the University of ...
Jul 25, 2017
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Medical research
Scientists stumble across new method of making antibiotics
Cancer researchers in the UK may have stumbled across a solution to reverse antibiotic drug resistance and stop infections like MRSA.
Jul 13, 2017
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Oncology & Cancer
Genes may cause tumor aggressiveness and drug resistance in African-American prostate cancer
A form of genetic variation, called differential RNA splicing, may have a role in tumor aggressiveness and drug resistance in African American men with prostate cancer. Researchers at the George Washington University (GW) ...
Jun 30, 2017
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Oncology & Cancer
Vitamin C and antibiotics—a new one-two punch for knocking-out cancer stem cells.
Cancer stem cells, which fuel the growth of fatal tumours, can be knocked out by a one-two combination of antibiotics and Vitamin C in a new experimental strategy, published by researchers at the University of Salford, UK.
Jun 12, 2017
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Oncology & Cancer
Attacking metastatic tumors in the brain
Rakesh Jain, PhD, Director of the Edwin L. Steele Laboratory for Tumor Biology at the Massachusetts General Hospital and supported by the National Foundation for Cancer Research, has discovered a novel mechanism behind the ...
Jun 5, 2017
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