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Book summary and review of "The Breakthrough: Immunotherapy and the Race to Cure Cancer"
Posted in Reviews, Science on 20th Sep, 2021
by Alex Muller
A brief Outline and Book review: We are now at the beginning of what looks to be a transformative and transitional era in cancer care, with the advent of a fifth method that could someday replace all the others: cancer immunotherapy.
New research has implications for developing cancer therapies targeting mutant p53 protein
Posted in Medicine on 4th Sep, 2021
by Alex Muller
The tumor suppressor protein p53 is mutated in more than half of all human cancers. Several drugs that potentially can restore mutant p53 to its normal cancer-killing function are in clinical investigation.
NCI researchers develop blood test to detect cancer early in NF1 patients
Posted in Medicine on 4th Sep, 2021
by Alex Muller
The new blood test also helps doctors monitor the response of patients to cancer treatment.
Southampton researchers make "exciting" Lymphoma discovery
Posted in Medicine on 3rd Sep, 2021
by Alex Muller
A discovery by researchers in Southampton could lead to early detection and treatment of Lymphoma.
Tracing the Developmental Trajectories of Colorectal Cancer Cells
Posted in Medicine on 3rd Sep, 2021
by Alex Muller
In addition to observing how individual cells respond to cancer therapies, the researchers were also able to see the way in which cancer cells sometimes develop resistance following treatment.