Oncology & Cancer
Game theory suggests more efficient cancer therapy
Cancer cells not only ravage the body—they also compete with each other.
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Oncology & Cancer
What's old is new again: Researchers repurpose classic chemotherapy drug to overcome cancer therapy resistance
Drug resistance is a major obstacle in cancer treatment—leading to relapse for many patients. In a new study, published online April 20, 2020, in Nature Cell Biology, researchers from the Stowers Institute for Medical Research, ...
Apr 21, 2020
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Oncology & Cancer
Mathematical model predicts patient outcomes to adaptive therapy
Prostate cancer is the most common malignancy among men in the United States. It is also the second most common cause of cancer-related deaths. Despite improved treatments for prostate cancer, many patients with advanced ...
Apr 9, 2020
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Revisiting the potential of using psychedelic drugs in psychiatry
Before they were banned about a half century ago, psychedelic drugs like LSD and psilocybin showed promise for treating conditions including alcoholism and some psychiatric disorders. In a commentary publishing April 2 in ...
Apr 2, 2020
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Oncology & Cancer
Two-pronged attack on DNA repair could kill drug-resistant cancers
Launching a two-pronged attack on cancer's ability to safeguard its DNA could offer an effective new way of treating the disease, a new study reports.
Mar 12, 2020
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Oncology & Cancer
'Genetic rewiring' drives cancer's drug resistance
A tiny molecule of RNA—known as 'micro RNA' - plays a key role in 'rewiring' cancer cells so they can resist the effects of chemotherapy, a new study reveals.
Feb 12, 2020
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Medications
Fit to burst: How cancer-exploding viruses are changing the game
You awake in the middle of the night from a nightmare.
Feb 10, 2020
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Medical research
Investigators build a better targeted drug therapy using the power of computation
Antibody drug conjugates (ADCs)—cancer drugs that are designed to target and destroy cancerous tissue while leaving healthy cells intact—represent a long sought-after advancement in cancer therapy. ADCs work by attaching ...
Nov 8, 2019
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Cardiology
Most prescribed blood pressure drugs may be less effective than others
A new multinational study shows that the most popular first-line treatment for hypertension is less effective and has more side effects than an alternative that's prescribed much less often.
Oct 24, 2019
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Immunology
Controlling the immune system's brakes to treat cancer, autoimmune disorders
Immunologists at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital have discovered key biological switches that control regulatory T cells—specialized white blood cells that keep the immune system in check. A paper detailing this work ...
Oct 24, 2019
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