A drug that is already clinically available for the treatment of nausea and psychosis, called prochlorperazine (PCZ), inhibits the internalization of receptors on the surface of tumor cells, thereby increasing the ability ...
Mar 5, 2020
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Results from 46 patients given treatments that target specific molecular changes in tumour cells suggest that these therapies could help patients with pancreatic cancer whose tumours harbour those changes survive an extra ...
Mar 3, 2020
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Researchers at the University of Southern California have developed an economic model to quantify the benefits of treatment for wet age-related macular degeneration (wAMD), the leading cause of blindness in western countries. ...
Nov 15, 2019
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It is a remarkable proof for the concept of IOB: working closely hand in hand, our molecular and clinical researchers have developed a library of 230 adeno associated viral vectors (AAVs), each with a different synthetic ...
Jul 19, 2019
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"They got all of it" are the reassuring words people hope to hear following cancer surgery, but a growing understanding of the science of how cancer spreads, and metastasizes, is suggesting that not only is this almost never ...
Apr 26, 2019
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Using human cancer cells, tumor and blood samples from cancer patients, researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine have uncovered the role of a neurotransmitter in the spread of aggressive cancers. Neurotransmitters are chemical ...
Apr 24, 2019
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A consortium of researchers led by Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center investigators have completed the largest analysis of a new gene fusion they believe is responsible for development of a wide spectrum of cancer ...
Apr 15, 2019
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A scientific strategy that explores therapeutic targets based on the biology of aging is gaining ground as an effective approach to prevent and treat Alzheimer's disease, according to research published in the December 7, ...
Dec 7, 2018
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In a new study, the NanoBioCel group of the UPV/EHU's Faculty of Pharmacy and the University of Elche have designed niosomes, lipid vesicles for use in gene therapies, to treat diseases of the central nervous system. These ...
Dec 5, 2018
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Researchers at UMass Medical School have developed a genome-editing strategy to correct disease-causing DNA mutations in mouse models of human genetic diseases, according to research published in the Aug. 18 edition of Nature ...
Aug 14, 2018
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