Oncology & Cancer
Scientists discover trained immune cells are highly effective against cancer
Modified immune cells that ruthlessly kill cancerous tumors may prove a game-changer for people living with late-stage cancer.
Apr 15, 2021
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Oncology & Cancer
An ion pump to deliver chemotherapy agents to the brain
Despite surgery and subsequent treatment with chemotherapy and radiation, the majority of patients experience recurrence of malignant brain tumors. Researchers at Linköping University, Sweden, and the Medical University ...
Apr 15, 2021
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Scientists discover a combination therapy for aggressive brain tumors
Glioblastomas are the most common and most aggressive brain tumors. Their survival rate has barely increased over the last 50 years, indicating an urgent need to develop new therapeutic strategies. In a paper published this ...
Apr 12, 2021
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Oncology & Cancer
'Patchwork' tumors prevalent across multiple cancer types
Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute, as part of an international collaboration of scientists through the Pan-Cancer Analysis of Whole Genomes Consortium, have analyzed the whole genomes of tumor samples from over 2,600 ...
Apr 07, 2021
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Small cell lung cancer: Scientists identify two new approaches for therapy
Using samples of small cell lung tumors, a research team led by biologist Dr. Silvia von Karstedt has discovered two new ways to induce tumor cell death. One of two subsets of tumor cells can be targeted by activating ferroptosis: ...
Apr 06, 2021
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Medications
Metformin trial dramatically reduces seizures in tuberous sclerosis
A team of researchers led by UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health (ICH) and Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) has found that metformin—a drug commonly used to treat Type 2 diabetes—can successfully reduce ...
Mar 29, 2021
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Research uncovers additional treatment option in prostate cancer
The standard treatment for advanced metastatic prostate cancer (PCa) is androgen deprivation therapy (ADT). And even if this is efficient in the short term, 1/3 of PCa will become resistant to ADT and develop castration-resistant ...
Mar 29, 2021
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Scientists identify new biomarkers in patients with malignant melanoma, which could help in its diagnosis and prognosis
A team of researchers has studied the molecular profile of small "messenger" vesicles called exosomes, produced by cancer stem cells (CSCs), which play a key role in the process of carcinogenesis and metastasis in the blood ...
Mar 25, 2021
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'Catch-22' scenario good news for some cancer patients
Traits that allow cancer cells to escape the body's natural defense system and develop into tumors are actually a good indicator to a patient's survival prognosis, according to University of Queensland researchers.
Mar 24, 2021
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Oncology & Cancer
Detonating fuse for breast cancer discovered
Breast cancer is the most common type of tumor found in women. Each year in Germany alone, 69,000 new cases are diagnosed. Around 80 percent of tumors originate in the luminal cells, the milk-producing cells of the mammary ...
Mar 22, 2021
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