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
World-first discovery paves way to new cancer treatment
Australian researchers have discovered a new way to target an aggressive childhood cancer, neuroblastoma, one of the most common and dangerous cancers in young children.
Mar 26, 2021
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Medical research
Potential COVID-19 treatment identified
A collaboration among scientists from UCLA and other universities in California, Delaware and Germany, as well as a German pharmaceutical company, has singled out a compound that shows promise for treating SARS-CoV-2, the ...
Mar 25, 2021
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Oncology & Cancer
Researchers discover mechanism that regulates anti-tumor activity of immune cells
The prognosis of ovarian cancer is poor, with an estimated five-year survival of only 40% for advanced disease, the stage at which most ovarian carcinomas are diagnosed. These poor outcomes are partly due to the lack of effective ...
Feb 3, 2021
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Blocking DNA repair enzyme could help treat certain cancers
Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute have found a new way to prevent some tumors from repairing their own DNA, a function that is essential for cancer cell survival. This discovery could lead to much needed new treatments ...
Dec 16, 2020
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Oncology & Cancer
Ovarian cancer cells cooperate to metastasize
Any given tumor is composed of a multitude of cell types that can each look or behave differently from its neighbors. An emerging body of research suggests that these differences can influence disease progression or the way ...
Nov 18, 2020
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Oncology & Cancer
Lab-grown tumor models could lead to improved ovarian cancer treatments
Scientists have created a three-dimensional (3-D) tumor model in the laboratory for ovarian cancer that could lead to improved understanding and treatment of the disease.
Oct 2, 2020
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Oncology & Cancer
A new way to target cancers using 'synthetic lethality'
With advances in genome sequencing, cancer treatments have increasingly sought to leverage the idea of "synthetic lethality," exploiting cancer-specific genetic defects to identify targets that are uniquely essential to the ...
Jul 27, 2020
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Oncology & Cancer
Studying the development of ovarian cancer with organoids
High-grade serous ovarian cancer is the most common type of ovarian cancer, and has the lowest rate of survival. It is often only diagnosed when it has already spread within the pelvis and abdomen, making it harder to treat. ...
May 27, 2020
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New cancer drug shrinks tumors, reduces side effects, in animal studies
A class of experimental cancer drugs called BET inhibitors have shown promise for treating cancers of the blood, but can induce toxic side effects. Now Yale researchers have found a new inhibitor that in animal studies demonstrates ...
Apr 16, 2020
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