believe it could spell the demise of breast, heart and lung cancer, leukaemia, and other common cancers.Team leader Dr Nicol Keith said: "I feel very strongly that our research represents a potential breakthrough and we've made very significant progress in actually killing cancer cells in a ...
SYDNEY, Dec. 7 (Xinhua) -- Australian researchers on Friday said they have successfully combined two cancer drugs, offering a breakthrough in the treatment of women with metastatic breast cancer. The move, touted as the first of its kind, involved joining Venetoclax, a drug that has shown pr...
They destroy cancerous cells but platinum is toxic, and in large enough quantities, can be dangerous. It is a delicate balance between the amount of the drug needed to kill tumours and the levels at which a patient is put at risk. Prof Peter Cumpson at Newcastle University is leading...
Dr Roosild added: "Discovery of new drugs through the structural analysis of proteins that underlie diseases, includingcancer, and are potentially molecular targets for therapeutic intervention, is the primary focus of our research. "The hope is that these particular studies will eventually lead to ...
Breakthrough pain in cancer patients: New therapeutic approaches to an old challenge Breakthrough pain is a well recognized but ill-defined phenomenon that occurs commonly in the presence of otherwise stable, persistent pain. It is defined ... SK Reddy,P Nguyen - 《Current Review of Pain》 被...
In a big breakthrough, researchers at Tel Aviv University have used CRISPR Cas-9 to kill off cancer cells. CRISPR-Cas9 is a technology that allows doctors to edit parts of the genome by editing sections of the DNA sequence. Destroying cancerous cells without damaging others ...
This year, we’ll celebrate 10 years since cancer immunotherapy was recognized as the “breakthrough of the year”by Science magazinein 2013. Over 30 cancers are treatable with immunotherapy and thegoal of the awareness monthis to increase this number further and bring life-saving therapies to ...
A unique mechanism for cancer resistance Naked mole rats are mouse-sized rodents that have exceptional longevity for rodents of their size; they can live up to 41 years, nearly ten times as long as similar-sized rodents. Unlike many other species, naked mole rats do ...
The trial at the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, a US government-funded research hospital, was a breakthrough because it offered the first evidence that immunotherapy, which has already seen some success in blood cancers and melanoma, could work against cervical cancer. ...
There is still work to be done because the tumors returned after the mice were taken off of the treatment, but Ruscetti says it is still a very encouraging step toward a cure. Personalizing Cancer Treatment “If you go beyond pancreas cancer to other cancer types, you need a combination...