Tag: cancer

Treating precancerous skin lesions prevents full-blown cancerCredit: Washington University A combination of two topical creams already shown to clear precancerous ...

City of Hope awarded $7.5 million to develop better treatment for a rare, incurable cancer

The institute's multidisciplinary cutaneous lymphoma program has given hope to countless patients who suffer from the disfiguring disease DUARTE, Calif. ...

Immunotherapy of precancerous skin lesions may prevent squamous cell carcinoma

Risk of skin cancer development cut almost 75 percent in clinical trial participants who received immunotherapy treatmentCredit: Kenneth Ngo, Massachusetts ...

Ludwig researchers present advances in cancer research at AACR Annual Meeting 2019

March 21, 2019, New York - Ludwig Cancer Research released today the full breadth of findings to be presented by ...

Mount Sinai and IBM researchers uncover key to greater efficacy in cancer treatment

Mitochondria are found to be associated with the effectiveness of oncological drug therapies New York, NY (March 21, 2019) -- ...

Solving the ‘Catch 22’ of rectal cancer

Credit: Noam Shemesh, Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown. Today's standard procedure to treat rectal cancer includes radical surgery to remove ...

UCLA researchers identify potential new combination treatment for pancreatic cancer

FINDINGS Researchers from UCLA's Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center have identified a possible new therapeutic strategy using two types of drug ...

As if by magic: TGen develops program that lights up cancer-causing mutations

LumosVar -- a name inspired by Harry Potter -- could help physicians provide genomic-based treatments for their patients PHOENIX, Ariz. ...

Research paves way for new source for leukemia drug

CORVALLIS, Ore. - Chemistry researchers at Oregon State University have patented a method for making anti-leukemia compounds that until now ...

Protein BRCA1 as a stress coach

Credit: Photographs: Christina Klotz, JMUW Anyone who has ever studied the molecular basis of breast cancer will probably have heard ...

Precision-targeted liposomes curb triple-negative breast cancer, metastases in mice

Rational design improves cancer drug delivery, minimizes side effectsCredit: KRISTIN JOHNSON / VASCULAR BIOLOGY PROGRAM, BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL Some 15 ...

Pushing MYC inhibition closer to the clinic

Credit: VHIO VHIO-born spin-off Peptomyc S.L. has developed and preclinically validated mini-protein MYC inhibitor as effective and tolerable against notoriously ...

Laser-targeted removal of prostate tumors works as well complete removal of prostate

Laser treatment, however, preserves erectile and urinary functionsCredit: The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston GALVESTON, Texas - Researchers ...

Balance of two enzymes linked to pancreatic cancer survival