oncology

Decoy drug could prevent cancer's spread

Posted in Medicine on 23rd Aug, 2016
by Alex Muller

Creating a molecular snapshot of the way proteins interact could help development of new cancer drugs.

Cancer gene tests 'reveal family link'

Posted in Science on 7th Aug, 2016
by Alex Muller

Scientists have discovered why some families are affected by many different types of cancer, thanks to genetic testing.

New cancer gene-drug combinations ripe for precision medicine

Posted in Science on 23rd Jul, 2016
by Alex Muller

Such combinations are expected to kill cancer cells, which have mutations, but not healthy cells, which do not.

Drug combo that helps immune system attack cancer

Posted in Medicine on 20th Jul, 2016
by Alex Muller

'Cancers can remain inconspicuous in the body for months to years before causing major problems, leading the immune system to coexist rather than to attack cancers'

OVC Cancer Breakthrough Leads to Human Clinical Trials

Posted in Science on 16th Jul, 2016
by Alex Muller

The findings apply to many types of cancer, including breast cancer, leukemia, prostate cancer and osteosarcoma (bone cancer), and tumors in the brain, liver and skin.