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Understanding How Proteins Can Drive the Growth of Multiple Cancer Types
Posted in Medicine on 17th Aug, 2023
by Alex Muller
The new study investigates the key proteins driving cancer growth and how they’re regulated.
Enzyme "Scissors" Cut Off Cancer Cells’ Defenses Against the Immune System
Posted in Medicine on 17th Aug, 2023
by Alex Muller
Cancer cells can evade the body’s immune defenses by exploiting a normally helpful and ubiquitous group of molecules known as mucins. Now, Stanford researchers have engineered a biomolecule that removes mucins specifically from cancer cells.
Ovarian cancer patients enrolled in first-in-human trial of CAR T cell therapy
Posted in Medicine on 17th Aug, 2023
by Alex Muller
Recently published preclinical data by City of Hope scientists shows the immunotherapy is effective. Advanced ovarian cancer patients are now being enrolled in a Phase 1 first-in-human trial.
Study finds improved survival for incurable brain tumour, providing 'a crack in the Armor'
Posted in Medicine on 17th Aug, 2023
by Alex Muller
For the first time, researchers have found a potential drug candidate that improved outcomes for patients with a type of childhood brain tumor for which there are no effective treatments.
New Approach for Treatment-Resistant Breast Cancers Tested
Posted in Medicine on 16th Aug, 2023
by Alex Muller
A study provides compelling evidence that combining an investigational oral drug with standard-of-care medications reverts hormone resistance and increases Rx effectiveness in experimental models of estrogen-receptor positive (ER+) and triple-negative breast cancers (TNBC), respectively.