Oncology & Cancer
Phosphoprotein biomarkers to guide cancer therapy are identified
Precision medicine in cancer treatment uses genetic changes in the cancer cells to select the best therapies for individual patients.
Jul 28, 2020
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Oncology & Cancer
Immunotherapy with CAR T cells results in exceptional patient recovery
In a clinical trial evaluating a novel immunotherapy option for cancer treatment, a child with rhabdomyosarcoma, a form of muscle cancer, that had spread to the bone marrow, showed no detectable cancer following treatment ...
Jul 15, 2020
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Oncology & Cancer
Study sheds light on how cancer spreads in blood
A new study sheds light on proteins in particles called extracellular vesicles, which are released by tumor cells into the bloodstream and promote the spread of cancer. The findings suggest how a blood test involving these ...
Jul 9, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Study is first to identify potential therapeutic targets for COVID-19
A team from Lawson Health Research Institute and Western University are the first in the world to profile the body's immune response to COVID-19. By studying blood samples from critically ill patients at London Health Sciences ...
Jun 25, 2020
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Oncology & Cancer
Research uncovers clues in use of immunotherapy for breast cancer
UC researchers have found a potential new combination therapy for breast cancer that would integrate use of the body's immune system with targeted treatment for a particular protein that advances cancer.
Jun 24, 2020
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Oncology & Cancer
Common cholesterol drugs could slow spread of breast cancer to brain
A new study from the University of Notre Dame shows drugs used to treat high cholesterol could interfere with the way breast cancer cells adapt to the microenvironment in the brain, preventing the cancer from taking hold. ...
Jun 17, 2020
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Oncology & Cancer
Monitoring RNA hotspots reveals target in cancer tumor cells
A new University of California, Irvine-led study reveals a protein responsible for genetic changes resulting in a variety of cancers, may also be the key to more effective, targeted cancer therapy.
Jun 12, 2020
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Oncology & Cancer
T-cells could be made into better cancer killers by increasing their protein production
A team of scientists from Hollings Cancer Center at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) has developed a novel flow cytometry technique that can, for the first-time, quantify protein production in T-cells. T cells ...
May 20, 2020
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Oncology & Cancer
Notorious cancer protein mutations cooperate to proliferate disease
Understanding the genetic mutations and protein changes that take place in the progression of cancer is key to its treatment. Mutations in the gene TP53 and concomitant mutant p53 proteins in cancer cells have become notorious ...
May 18, 2020
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Oncology & Cancer
Turning cold tumors hot: Drug delivery system makes immunotherapy more effective
Immunotherapy, which unleashes the power of the body's own immune system to find and destroy cancer cells, has shown promise in treating several types of cancer.
Apr 14, 2020
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