Researchers develop novel photo-oxidation therapy for anticancer treatment

by City University of Hong KongThe CityU team developed a new class of near-infrared-activated platinum(IV) photo-oxidants that can effectively eliminate cancer cells in an oxygen-independent man

Updated on: June 08,2024 7

Researchers develop novel photo-oxidation therapy for anticancer treatment

by City University of Hong KongThe CityU team developed a new class of near-infrared-activated platinum(IV) photo-oxidants that can effectively eliminate cancer cells in an oxygen-independent man

Updated on:June 08,2024 7

Repurposing existing FDA-approved inhibitors may provide new treatment approach for ovarian cancer

by The Wistar InstituteCredit: The Wistar InstituteWistar researchers have found rationale for repurposing a class of antitumor compounds called HDAC inhibitors, already approved by the FDA for t

Updated on: April 07,2024 19

Repurposing existing FDA-approved inhibitors may provide new treatment approach for ovarian cancer

by The Wistar InstituteCredit: The Wistar InstituteWistar researchers have found rationale for repurposing a class of antitumor compounds called HDAC inhibitors, already approved by the FDA for t

Updated on:April 07,2024 19

Knockout of CD5 on CAR T cells shown to boost anti-tumor efficacy

byPerelman School of Medicine at the University of PennsylvaniaCD5 KO enhances CAR T cell cytotoxicity. Credit:Science Immunology(2024). DOI: 10.1126/sciimmunol.adn6509The effectiven

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Knockout of CD5 on CAR T cells shown to boost anti-tumor efficacy

byPerelman School of Medicine at the University of PennsylvaniaCD5 KO enhances CAR T cell cytotoxicity. Credit:Science Immunology(2024). DOI: 10.1126/sciimmunol.adn6509The effectiven

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Experts urge Europe to start planning for lung cancer screening

by University of LiverpoolLung CA seen on CXR. Credit:CC BY-SA 4.0James Heilman, MD/WikipediaLeading lung cancer specialists are urging EU countries to take action to initiate life-sa

Updated on: April 07,2024 19

Experts urge Europe to start planning for lung cancer screening

by University of LiverpoolLung CA seen on CXR. Credit:CC BY-SA 4.0James Heilman, MD/WikipediaLeading lung cancer specialists are urging EU countries to take action to initiate life-sa

Updated on:April 07,2024 19

Technique targets cancer cells and leaves healthy ones alone

by Hebrew University of JerusalemTRPV2 protein in action. Credit: Hebrew University of JerusalemIt is a feeling that many who receive a cancer diagnosis can identify with: heartbreak and fear, fo

Updated on: April 18,2024 11

Technique targets cancer cells and leaves healthy ones alone

by Hebrew University of JerusalemTRPV2 protein in action. Credit: Hebrew University of JerusalemIt is a feeling that many who receive a cancer diagnosis can identify with: heartbreak and fear, fo

Updated on:April 18,2024 11

Immune system B-cells can help predict HER2-positive breast cancer treatment response

byUNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer CenterThree-dimensional culture of human breast cancer cells, with DNA stained blue and a protein in the cell surface membrane stained green. Credit: NCI Ce

Updated on: January 02,2024 9

Immune system B-cells can help predict HER2-positive breast cancer treatment response

byUNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer CenterThree-dimensional culture of human breast cancer cells, with DNA stained blue and a protein in the cell surface membrane stained green. Credit: NCI Ce

Updated on:January 02,2024 9

More than half a million breast cancer deaths averted in the US over three decades

by WileyMammograms showing a normal breast (left) and a breast with cancer (right). Credit: Public DomainLatest U.S. estimates indicate that since 1989, hundreds of thousands of women's lives

Updated on: March 01,2024 19

More than half a million breast cancer deaths averted in the US over three decades

by WileyMammograms showing a normal breast (left) and a breast with cancer (right). Credit: Public DomainLatest U.S. estimates indicate that since 1989, hundreds of thousands of women's lives

Updated on:March 01,2024 19

Study shows why a common form of immunotherapy fails, and suggests solution

by Georgetown University Medical CenterSamir N. Khleif, MD, director of The Loop Immuno-Oncology Laboratory at Georgetown Lombardi, led the research team that published new research on checkpoint

Updated on: March 01,2024 15

Study shows why a common form of immunotherapy fails, and suggests solution

by Georgetown University Medical CenterSamir N. Khleif, MD, director of The Loop Immuno-Oncology Laboratory at Georgetown Lombardi, led the research team that published new research on checkpoint

Updated on:March 01,2024 15

Cancer cells can reuse apparent 'dead end metabolites'

by Quinn Eastman,Emory UniversityThe oxidative pentose phosphate pathway gives cancer cells both cellular building blocks for rapid growth and a critical internal antioxidant called NADPH. 6-pho

Updated on: March 08,2024 17

Cancer cells can reuse apparent 'dead end metabolites'

by Quinn Eastman,Emory UniversityThe oxidative pentose phosphate pathway gives cancer cells both cellular building blocks for rapid growth and a critical internal antioxidant called NADPH. 6-pho

Updated on:March 08,2024 17

Colon cancer is increasing in younger Coloradans even as death rate drops for people over 55

by Meg Wingerter, The Denver PostCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainIn 2020, the most recent year with data on cancer cases, 452 people under the age of 55 received a colorectal cancer diagnosis in Colo

Updated on: March 30,2024 0

Colon cancer is increasing in younger Coloradans even as death rate drops for people over 55

by Meg Wingerter, The Denver PostCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainIn 2020, the most recent year with data on cancer cases, 452 people under the age of 55 received a colorectal cancer diagnosis in Colo

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Study increases understanding of what makes multiple recurrent meningiomas the most aggressive form of brain tumor

by Graciela Gutierrez,Baylor College of MedicineWES reveals a greater burden of chromosomal losses in MRMs. Credit:Science Advances(2024). DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adn4419Researchers at B

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Study increases understanding of what makes multiple recurrent meningiomas the most aggressive form of brain tumor

by Graciela Gutierrez,Baylor College of MedicineWES reveals a greater burden of chromosomal losses in MRMs. Credit:Science Advances(2024). DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adn4419Researchers at B

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Promotion of cancer progression via extracellular vesicles

by Tokyo Medical and Dental UniversityUsually, blood vessels are stabilized, and their barrier function is maintained by the tight adhesion between vascular endothelial cells (①). When cancer cells me

Updated on: January 07,2024 15

Promotion of cancer progression via extracellular vesicles

by Tokyo Medical and Dental UniversityUsually, blood vessels are stabilized, and their barrier function is maintained by the tight adhesion between vascular endothelial cells (①). When cancer cells me

Updated on:January 07,2024 15