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Targeting variant of common protein may dramatically boost effectiveness of breast cancer treatment
Posted in Medicine, Science on 14th Jan, 2023
by Alex Muller
A rare variant of a protein present in nearly all human cells may hold the key to improving the effectiveness of breast cancer treatment, according to University of Manchester research funded by Breast Cancer Now.
New partnership to boost research into vaccines for cancer
Posted in Medicine, Science on 14th Jan, 2023
by Alex Muller
New cancer trials to begin using personalised treatment to save lives.
Lung cancer: How juice from sarunashi fruit may inhibit tumor growth
Posted in Medicine on 14th Jan, 2023
by Alex Muller
Researchers from Okayama University in Japan say they have found evidence that ingesting juice from the sarunashi fruit grown in Japan can help prevent and reduce lung cancer
Investigational T-cell therapy shows antiviral efficacy and safety in cancer patients treated with stem cell transplant
Posted in Medicine on 12th Jan, 2023
by Alex Muller
Posoleucel T-cell therapy that simultaneously targets six different viruses, demonstrated promising antiviral efficacy and safety in a phase II study of patients who had undergone stem cell transplantation to treat their cancer or other blood diseases.
Immunotherapy prior to surgery strikingly effective for patients with colorectal cancer
Posted in Medicine on 12th Jan, 2023
by Alex Muller
The researchers anticipated PD-1 inhibitors could be at least as effective for locally-advanced but operable cancer as they have historically been in the treatment of metastatic dMMR/MSI-H CRC, but were surprised to find it so much more effective for this patient population.