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Lung Tumors Eradicated In A Pre-Clinical Mouse Model
Mar 09, 2013
The study, led by the Vall d'Hebron Institute of Oncology, has managed to eliminate mouse lung tumors by inhibiting Myc, a protein that plays a key role in the development of many different tumors Previous studies had already shown that Myc was a key protein in tumour development and had established how to inhibit Myc through gene therapy This protein is involve... Read More
Cancer Immune Therapy AV0113 Receives Orphan Drug Designation
Mar 09, 2013
The European Medicines Agency recently awarded the Austrian biotech company Activartis an Orphan Drug Designation for its innovative Cancer Immune Therapy AV0113. The Orphan Drug Designation applies specifically to the use of AV0113 for the treatment of glioma, a type of brain tumour, which afflicts around one in 10.000 people in the EU... Read More
Lung Tumors Eradicated In A Pre-Clinical Mouse Model
Mar 09, 2013
The study, led by the Vall d'Hebron Institute of Oncology, has managed to eliminate mouse lung tumors by inhibiting Myc, a protein that plays a key role in the development of many different tumors Previous studies had already shown that Myc was a key protein in tumour development and had established how to inhibit Myc through gene therapy This protein is involve... Read More
Cancer Immune Therapy AV0113 Receives Orphan Drug Designation
Mar 09, 2013
The European Medicines Agency recently awarded the Austrian biotech company Activartis an Orphan Drug Designation for its innovative Cancer Immune Therapy AV0113. The Orphan Drug Designation applies specifically to the use of AV0113 for the treatment of glioma, a type of brain tumour, which afflicts around one in 10.000 people in the EU... Read More
Ovarian Cancer May Arise From Stem-Like Cells
Mar 08, 2013
Scientists have discovered that the ovary contains a group of cells similar to stem cells that can mutate to form tumors. In a study of mouse ovaries, they found they could coax the stem-like cells to become cancerous by switching off two tumor-suppressing genes. The study is likely to make a significant contribution to what we know about ovarian cancer... Read More
Ovarian Cancer May Arise From Stem-Like Cells
Mar 08, 2013
Scientists have discovered that the ovary contains a group of cells similar to stem cells that can mutate to form tumors. In a study of mouse ovaries, they found they could coax the stem-like cells to become cancerous by switching off two tumor-suppressing genes. The study is likely to make a significant contribution to what we know about ovarian cancer... Read More
Getting To The Root Of Aggressive Ovarian Cancer
Mar 08, 2013
Cornell University researchers have discovered a likely origin of epithelial ovarian cancer (ovarian carcinoma), the fifth leading cause of cancer death among women in the United States. Pinpointing where this cancer originates has been difficult because 70 percent of patients are in advanced stages of disease by the time it is detected... Read More
Resistance Report Released By The American Academy Of Microbiology
Mar 08, 2013
What do cancer cells, weeds, and pathogens have in common? They all evolve resistance to the treatments that are supposed to eliminate them. However, researchers developing the next generation of antibiotics, herbicides, and anti-cancer therapeutics rarely come together to explore the common evolutionary principles at work across their different biological systems... Read More
Using 'Acid Reflux' To Kill Cancer Cells
Mar 08, 2013
A University of Central Florida chemist has come up with a unique way to kill certain cancer cells - give them acid reflux. Chemistry professor Kevin Belfield used a special salt to make cancer cells more acidic - similar to the way greasy foods cause acid reflux in some people... Read More
Lack Of Studies Means Benefit Of PET Or PET/CT In Bone And Soft Tissue Tumours Is Not Proven
Mar 08, 2013
For patients with bone and soft tissue tumours, the study data currently available allow no robust conclusions as to the advantages and disadvantages of using positron emission tomography (PET), alone or in combination with computed tomography (CT). This is because no studies have directly compared the benefit of these imaging techniques with conventional diagnostics... Read More
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