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Innovative light-delivery technique improves biosensors
An innovative way to inject light into tiny silicon microdisks could help meet the need for practical chip-based sensors to detect cancer and other diseases.
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New cancer immunotherapy drugs rapidly reach patients after approval
The majority of patients eligible for cancer immunotherapy drugs known as checkpoint inhibitors received treatment within a few months of FDA approval, according to a new Yale-led study.
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Lapatinib can accelerate cancer cell growth
The breast cancer drug lapatinib which is designed to shrink tumours can sometimes cause them to grow in the lab...
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Cancer vaccine strategy blocks death of tumour-specific cytotoxic T cells
New research could serve as the stepping-stone in constructing vaccines with a greater likelihood of finding and attacking...
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Hemp shows potential for treating ovarian cancer
Researchers demonstrate hemp's ability to slow cancer growth and uncover mechanism for its cancer-fighting ability...
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Improved method of delivering anti-cancer drugs
A new non-toxic method for delivering anti-cancer drugs to specific parts of the human body could mean the end of the severe side effects...
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Delivering cancer treatment on a nanodisc helps eliminate tumours
Novel platform for chemo-immunotherapy eliminated colon cancer in 85 percent of treated mice...
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Simultaneous chemo and immunotherapy is effective in metastatic bladder cancer
Researchers have discovered that giving metastatic bladder cancer patients simultaneous chemotherapy and immunotherapy is safe and that patients whose tumours have certain genetic mutations...
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Larotrectinib shows promise in paediatric patients with TRK gene mutations
A new cancer drug has proven safe and effective for paediatric patients with a rare tumour gene mutation...
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Combination immunotherapy improves survival in mouse models of mesothelioma
Combined treatment with two cancer immunotherapy drugs significantly prolonged survival in aggressive cancer malignant mesothelioma...
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Ionising radiation found to soften tumour cell microenvironment
When irradiated, less stiff extracellular matrices reduced cancer growth and migration, bolstering the case to further understand fractionated radiation therapy...
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Edelfosine prevents breast cancer cells from activating in the brain
Researchers have used computer modelling to find an existing investigational drug compound for leukaemia patients to treat triple negative breast cancer...
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Acoustic Cluster Therapy drives drug therapies to cancer cells
Researchers are testing the use of pulsed sound waves to direct and focus cancer drug therapies...
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Medicinal cannabis is safe and effective — it’s time to reboot research
Researchers are calling for medicinal cannabis to be properly established in our modern medical arsenal...
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H-DAPPs nanoparticles show ability to locate and treat breast tumours
Researchers have developed a fluorescing nanoparticle capable of finding tumours, lighting up upon arrival and being activated with light to generate heat to destroy the cancer cells...
