For nearly a decade, scientists have known that HIV integrates itself into genes in cells that have the potential to cause cancer. And when this happens in animals with other retroviruses, those animals often develop cancer. ...
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New research exploring theories of aging has found that small mutations accumulating in DNA are unlikely to be fully responsible for this process.
Oct 1, 2021
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Classic antidepressants could help improve modern cancer treatments. They slowed the growth of pancreatic and colon cancers in mice, and when combined with immunotherapy, they even stopped the cancer growth long-term. In ...
Sep 28, 2021
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Abnormal cells that go on develop into oesophageal cancer—cancer that affects the tube connecting the mouth and stomach—start life as cells of the stomach, according to scientists at the University of Cambridge.
Aug 12, 2021
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Using a virus to purposely mutate genes that produce cancer-driving proteins could shed light on the resistance that inevitably develops to cancer drugs that target them, a new study led by UT Southwestern scientists suggests. ...
Aug 10, 2021
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New research has identified potential treatment that could improve the human immune system's ability to search out and destroy cancer cells within the body. Scientists have identified a way to restrict the activity of a group ...
Jul 26, 2021
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A new technology for cellular immunotherapy developed by Abramson Cancer Center researchers at Penn Medicine showed promising anti-tumor activity in the lab against hard-to-treat cancers driven by the once-considered 'undruggable' ...
Jul 26, 2021
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Mount Sinai researchers have developed a therapeutic agent that shows high effectiveness in vitro at disrupting a biological pathway that helps cancer survive, according to a paper published in Cancer Discovery, a journal ...
Jul 23, 2021
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A new approach to treating breast cancer kills 95-100% of cancer cells in mouse models of human estrogen-receptor-positive breast cancers and their metastases in bone, brain, liver and lungs. The newly developed drug, called ...
Jul 21, 2021
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More doesn't necessarily mean better—including in cancer treatment.
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