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Drug design to target cancer and inflammatory disease aided by chemists
Aug 12, 2013
Chemists at Indiana University Bloomington have produced detailed descriptions of the structure and molecular properties of human folate receptor proteins, a key development for designing new drugs that can target cancer and inflammatory diseases without serious side effects... Read More
Researchers Identify Gene Variations in Lung Cancer Patients That May Help Predict an Individual's Treatment Response
Aug 12, 2013
Researchers at the Moffitt Cancer Center have identified four inherited genetic variants in non-small cell lung cancer patients that can help predict survival and treatment response. Their findings could help lead to more personalized treatment options and improved outcomes for patients... Read More
Should expensive clinical testing continue when there is early, obvious benefit of a targeted cancer drug?
Aug 12, 2013
Generally, FDA-approved clinical trials progress through three phases: the first shows safety, the second starts to explore effects and the third seeks to prove a drug's superiority over existing treatments... Read More
Ovarian cancer sniffed out by dogs
Aug 12, 2013
Researchers are looking to create a breakthrough method of detecting ovarian cancer - by using dogs to sniff out the disease. A group of researchers collaborated to investigate using canine olfaction and chemical and nanotechnology analysis as a means of detecting early-stage ovarian cancer... Read More
Drug design to target cancer and inflammatory disease aided by chemists
Aug 12, 2013
Chemists at Indiana University Bloomington have produced detailed descriptions of the structure and molecular properties of human folate receptor proteins, a key development for designing new drugs that can target cancer and inflammatory diseases without serious side effects... Read More
Lymphoma 'triggered by immune-regulating molecules'
Aug 12, 2013
Scientists have discovered that a small group of immune-regulating molecules could trigger lymphoma, according to a study published in the The Embo Journal. Researchers from The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) in California have found that six microRNA molecules - short molecules found in nearly all animal and plant cells, may be responsible for lymphoma when overproduced... Read More
Blocking DNA repair may fight therapy resistant leukemia
Aug 12, 2013
New research posted online by the Nature journal Leukemia suggests blocking part of a DNA repair complex that helps some types of leukemia resist treatment can increase the effectiveness of chemotherapy and enhance survival... Read More
Improved survival for some Burkitt lymphoma patients
Aug 12, 2013
Treatment advances have helped improve patient survival of Burkitt lymphoma, a highly aggressive cancer, but not among the elderly, patients at a late stage, or blacks. A new study, reported in the journal Cancer, uses those findings to develop a risk score that will help doctors, patients, families, and researchers better understand prognosis... Read More
Spinal tumors: carbon ion radiotherapy 'safe and effective'
Aug 12, 2013
Researchers have revealed that a specific radiation therapy is "safe and effective" in controlling cancer growth in patients with spinal tumors, as well as prolonging survival, according to the journal Cancer... Read More
UNC-Malawi cancer pathology laboratory is a model for Sub-Saharan Africa
Aug 12, 2013
Since 2011, the University of North Carolina has partnered with the government of Malawi to establish a pathology laboratory in the nation's capital, building on an existing decades-long collaboration... Read More
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