cancer
Cancer research 'could be delayed by two years' due to coronavirus pandemic
Posted in Medicine on 3rd May, 2021
by Alex Muller
“We need as much support as possible to ensure that our research can make up lost ground in finding the new treatments that will make a difference for patients. Cancer won’t wait.”
New genetic target for blood cancer treatment
Posted in Medicine on 2nd May, 2021
by Alex Muller
Targeting a pathway that is essential for the survival of certain types of acute myeloid leukaemia could provide a new therapy avenue for patients, the latest research has found.
Bladder cancer research enters a renaissance period
Posted in Medicine on 2nd May, 2021
by Alex Muller
After a long period of stagnation and inertia, the bladder cancer space is alive and full of innovation and activation.
How UK researchers commercialised CD25 as an immunotherapy drug target
Posted in Medicine on 2nd May, 2021
by Alex Muller
A moment the team had been dreaming of – they found their newly designed antibody caused a stronger immune response against the cells it bound to, which in turn caused tumours to shrink. “That was kind of the eureka!”
Stressed out, the cancer cells that survive chemotherapy, but at a cost
Posted in Medicine on 2nd May, 2021
by Alex Muller
A group of Cancer Research UK-funded scientists are beginning to discover new vulnerabilities in cancer cells, which emerge when they enter 'survival mode'