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Using Targeted Microbubbles to Administer Toxic Cancer Drugs

December 10, 2020
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Leeds, UK — New research has shown how microbubbles carrying powerful cancer drugs can be guided to the site of a tumour using antibodies. Microbubbles are small manufactured spheres half the size...

Scientists Propose Potential Method for Imaging-Guided Synergistic Cancer Therapy

October 19, 2020
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Beijing, China — A joint research team led by Prof. WANG Hui and Prof. LIN Wenchu from the High Magnetic Field Laboratory of the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science developed a synthesis of metal-free...

In One Cancer Therapy, Two Halves Are Safer Than a Whole

August 26, 2020
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Columbus, OH — Splitting one type of cancer drug in half and delivering the pieces separately to cancer cells could reduce life-threatening side effects and protect healthy, non-cancerous cells, a...

Researchers Uncover Cancer Cell Vulnerabilities; may Lead to Better Cancer Therapies

June 15, 2020
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Irvine, CA — 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...

Study of Rare Cancer Yields Therapeutic Clues to Combat Drug Resistance

August 30, 2018
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Boston, MA — Results point to combination therapy for patients with NUT midline carcinoma; may apply to other forms of cancer.

New Test Uncovers Metabolic Vulnerabilities in Kidney Cancer

August 30, 2018
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Dallas, TX — In order to halt the growth of cancer cells, you have to know what feeds them. Researchers at the nationally recognized Kidney Cancer Program at UT Southwestern’s Harold C. Simmons...

Engineers Develop New Way to Treat Cancer Using Enzyme Therapy

August 29, 2018
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Austin, TX — Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin have developed a new approach to treating cancer using enzyme therapy.

Combination Approach Shows Promise for Beating Advanced Melanoma

August 28, 2018
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Los Angeles, CA — A UCLA-led study has found that a treatment that uses a bacteria-like agent in combination with an immunotherapy drug could help some people with advanced melanoma, an aggressive form...

Study Details Effect of Radiation Exposure on Hormone Deficiencies

August 21, 2018
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Cincinnati, OH — In a new study, University of Cincinnati (UC) researchers, in collaboration with Massachusetts General Hospital, have detailed the effect of radiation exposure on the development of...

Lowering pH Inside Cells may Put Brakes on Cancer Growth

August 17, 2018
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Tampa, FL — A new study focusing on the environment inside cancer cells may lead to new targeted treatment strategies. Researchers suggest that lowering the pH inside cancer cells to make it more acidic...

Scientists Develop Platform to Kill Cancer Cells

August 17, 2018
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Moscow, Russia — The new treatment will serve as both diagnosis and treatment of malignant tumours.

New RNA & DNA-Sequencing Platform Matches Thousands of Drugs to Late-Stage Cancer Patients

August 9, 2018
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New York, NY — A comprehensive RNA and DNA sequencing platform benefits late-stage and drug-resistant multiple myeloma patients by determining which drugs would work best for them, according to results...

Breast Tissue Tumour Suppressor PTEN: Potential Achilles Heel for Breast Cancer Cells

August 2, 2018
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Columbia, SC — A team of researchers at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) and Ohio State University report that normal breast cells can prevent successful radiation treatment of breast...

New Strategy for Cancer Therapy Spells Double Trouble for Tumours

July 26, 2018
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La Jolla, CA — Scientists at Scripps Research have uncovered a new strategy to kill tumours, including some triple-negative breast cancers, without harming healthy cells, a discovery that could lead...

Research Identifies New Breast Cancer Therapeutic Target

July 19, 2018
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New Orleans, LA — Research led by Dr. Suresh Alahari, Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at LSU Health New Orleans School of Medicine, has shown for the first time that a tiny piece of...

Taming a Fatal Blood Cancer

July 12, 2018
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Cincinnati, OH — When a dangerous defect on chromosome 11q23 disrupts the genetic programming of blood cells, it causes an aggressive and deadly blood cancer called acute myeloid leukaemia (AML).

Study Points to New Therapeutic Targets for Tumours Associated with Chronic Inflammation

July 12, 2018
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Barcelona, Spain — Scientists report a new mechanism that contributes to the development of inflammation-associated colon cancer and points to new therapeutic targets.

Novel Pretargeted Radionuclide Therapy for HER2-Expressing Cancers Shows Promise

July 3, 2018
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Reston, VA — In a mouse model, researchers have demonstrated that a novel, affibody-based pretargeted radionuclide therapy for HER2 (human epidermal growth factor receptor 2)-expressing cancers is non-toxic...

Blocking of Cancer Metastasis in Living Cells

June 21, 2018
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Edmonton, AB — A groundbreaking discovery by University of Alberta researchers has identified previously-unknown therapeutic targets that could be key to preventing the spread of cancer.

Novel Therapy Makes Oxidative Stress Deadly to Cancer

June 21, 2018
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Augusta, GA — Oxidative stress can help tumours thrive, but one way novel cancer treatments work is by pushing levels to the point where it instead helps them die, scientists report.

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