Oncology & Cancer
Overcoming a newly recognized form of resistance to modern prostate cancer drugs
Cancer cells have an uncanny ability to evolve and adapt to overcome the treatments used against them.
Jun 18, 2021
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Oncology & Cancer
Two genomic studies could yield more effective, less toxic immunotherapies
Mnemo Therapeutics, a biotechnology company developing transformational immunotherapies, has announced publication of two scientific studies developed at Institut Curie, its closest academic collaborator, in the journal Science ...
Feb 3, 2023
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Oncology & Cancer
New approach combines oncolytic virotherapy and adoptive T cell therapy for cancer treatment
A multi-institutional team of Chinese microbiologists and pharmacologists has developed a novel way to fight cancerous tumors. Called ONCOTECH, it combines oncolytic virotherapy and adoptive T cell therapy for treatment of ...
Oncology & Cancer
Scientists identify genes critical to protecting ovarian cancer from the immune system
Immunotherapies have shown striking clinical benefit in the treatment of many cancers, especially when used in combination with chemotherapy. However, some cancers respond poorly to immunotherapy, and ovarian cancer is among ...
Nov 30, 2021
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Medications
PET imaging shows if PD-1 cancer immunotherapy is working
PD-1 is a protein on our T cells that normally keeps these immune cells from running amok. A growing number of cancer drugs are designed to inhibit PD-1, enabling patients' T-cells to attack and kill cancerous cells. PD-1 ...
Aug 27, 2019
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Immunology
Scientists link common immune cell to failure of checkpoint inhibitors in lung cancer
For many lung cancer patients, the best treatment options involve checkpoint inhibitors. These drugs unleash a patient's immune system against their disease and can yield dramatic results, even in advanced cancers.
Dec 20, 2019
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Oncology & Cancer
Cancer vaccine trials could start in the autumn as UK signs deal with BioNTech
The U.K. government recently announced that it is partnering with German firm BioNTech to test vaccines for cancer and other diseases. The project aims to build on the mRNA vaccine technology that BioNTech became famous for ...
Jan 13, 2023
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Oncology & Cancer
Drug combination shuts down cancer stem cells and tumor growth in aggressive lung cancer
Researchers on Mayo Clinic's Florida campus have shut down one of the most common and lethal forms of lung cancer by combining the rheumatoid arthritis drug auranofin with an experimental targeted agent.
Mar 14, 2016
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Oncology & Cancer
The immune system preys on growing lung cancers, forcing them to evolve to survive
Charles Darwin is a founding father of evolution, describing how from simple beginnings "endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful" arise.
Mar 21, 2019
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Oncology & Cancer
Researchers identify 'Achilles heel' in metabolic pathway that could lead to new cancer treatment
Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have found an "Achilles heel" in a metabolic pathway crucial to stopping the growth of lung cancer cells.
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