Insights on how SHARPIN promotes cancer progression
Credit: Ronai Lab, Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute (SBP) La Jolla, Calif., December 11, 2017 - Researchers at Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery (SBP)...
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Researchers invent novel RNA nanotech to decorate exosomes for effective cancer therapy
Columbus, Ohio - A new study shows that attaching antibody-like RNA nanoparticles to microvesicles can deliver effective RNA therapeutics such as small interfering RNA (siRNA)...
Drug suppresses spread of breast cancer caused by stem-like cells
Credit: UC San Diego Health Rare stem-like tumor cells play a critical role in the spread of breast cancer, but a vulnerability in the pathway...
Transfusion dependence a barrier to quality end-of-life care for some with leukemia
(Atlanta, Dec. 11, 2017) -- For patients with advanced leukemia, access to high-quality end-of-life care appears to be reduced in those dependent on blood transfusions,...
CAR T-cell therapies drive outcomes in lymphoma, myeloma
Credit: American Society of Hematology (Atlanta, Dec. 10, 2017) -- For people with certain types of aggressive, refractory blood cancers, treatment options are woefully limited....
Survivorship care plan improves cancer care-related distress levels for HCT recipients
MINNEAPOLIS, December 11, 2017 - Patients treated with hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT), also known as blood and marrow transplant, have a higher risk for long-term...
People aged 75 years and older are underrepresented in blood cancer clinical trials
(Atlanta, Monday, Dec. 11, 2017) -- In the first comprehensive analysis of clinical trial enrollment among older adults with blood cancers, researchers from the U.S....
A new weapon against bone metastasis?
Credit: Courtesy of Kang Lab/Princeton University In the ongoing battle between cancer and modern medicine, some therapeutic agents, while effective, can bring undesirable or even...
Immunotherapy strategy could be beneficial for relapsed acute myeloid leukemia
ATLANTA - University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers report that pairing an immunotherapy drug with chemotherapy proved beneficial for some patients with...
Blueprints for anti-cancer drugs discovered in bacterial genomes
JUPITER, Fla. - Dec. 11, 2017 - Scientists on the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) who had previously discovered the prostate cancer-killing...
PharmaMar presents positive results of the pivotal Phase III trial with plitidepsin in MM
With regards to the primary endpoint, in patients who received the combination of plitidepsin with dexamethasone, a 3.8 month progression free survival (PFS) was observed...
Scientists identify promising new approach for immune system defense against cancer
Credit: UC San Diego Looking to bolster the body's immune system in the fight against infection and cancer, researchers at the University of California San...
Glioblastoma survival mechanism reveals new therapeutic target
A Northwestern Medicine study, published in the journal Cancer Cell, has provided new insights into a mechanism of tumor survival in glioblastoma and demonstrated that...
Scientists discover possible master switch for programming cancer immunotherapy
Credit: The Scripps Research Institute JUPITER, Fla. -- Dec. 11, 2017 -- During infection or tumor growth, a type of specialized white blood cells called...
Tumors heat up
Nanorods made of bismuth sulfide kill tumor cells with heat when they are irradiated with near-infrared light (NIR). Chinese scientists are now making these weapons...
