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Scientists discover new anti-cancer molecule

A group of Moscow scientists has discovered and explained the activity mechanism of a new anti-cancer molecule -- diphenylisoxazole. This molecule has been shown to be effective against human cancer cells. The research, published in the journal Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters, makes it possible to produce an affordable cancer treatment drug.

30 Oct 2020

Scientists reveal molecular mechanism that increases the invasiveness of radioresistant cancer cells

Scientists have revealed the molecular mechanism regulating the trafficking of lysosomes that increases the invasiveness of radioresistant cancer cells following radiotherapy.

30 Oct 2020

Scientists discover link between two signaling pathways crucial to growth of colon cancer

In breakthrough colon cancer research, scientists at ChristianaCare's Helen F. Graham Cancer Center & Research Institute have discovered a link between two key signaling pathways crucial to the development and growth of colon cancer. The study is published today in the journal PLOS ONE.

29 Oct 2020

Myeloid cell can suppress the immune response to tumor cells

For a long time, researchers had believed that the brain reduces inflammation by protecting itself from an aggressive immune response.

28 Oct 2020

Researchers use new technique to find undetectable ‘hot spots’ inside aggressive breast cancer

Using a new technique, a team of McGill University researchers has found tiny and previously undetectable 'hot spots' of extremely high stiffness inside aggressive and invasive breast cancer tumors.

28 Oct 2020

New research shows ultrasound treatment can destroy cancer cells without surgery

Focusing ultrasound energy on a target site in the body to generate heat can burn and destroy the tissue in the site without a surgical procedure.

27 Oct 2020

Cellular senescence variations may help control health and onset of age-related diseases

Researchers from Kumamoto University, Japan have proposed that cellular senescence variations during the aging process could lead to control of health and onset of age-related diseases.

27 Oct 2020

Researchers discover new ways to block the colonization and spread of tumor cells

What role do the lymphatic vessels play in the metastasis of cancer cells? Scientists from the German Cancer Research Center and the Mannheim Medical Faculty of the University of Heidelberg developed a method to investigate this question in mice.

27 Oct 2020

Experimental AI platform predicts best approach to cancer treatment

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has given final approval to only 4% of all cancer therapeutic drugs being developed.

26 Oct 2020

Researchers identify a promising target for treating chemo-resistant cancer cells

As medical professionals and scientists work to design new therapies for cancer, they come across a range of difficulties.

26 Oct 2020

Novel technique could propel personalized treatments for cancer

When it comes to defeating cancer, some immune cells are mightier than others. But even the best-trained eye and today's advanced scientific tools have trouble discerning the most powerful tumor-fighting cells from the rest.

23 Oct 2020

Genomic differences can help develop more personalized treatments for African American men

Prostate cancer is the most common type of cancer among American men after skin cancer, but the disease does not affect all races equally.

22 Oct 2020

Study shows antibody-based drug could reduce cancer in mice

Despite the remarkable successes of immune-based treatments for cancer, not everyone responds to these approaches and relapses do occur.

22 Oct 2020

Researchers identify a valuable source for treating pediatric cancer

For many cancers, doctors are increasingly looking to the DNA that solid tumors shed into the blood stream to help with diagnosis and monitoring.

22 Oct 2020

Novel approach based on microfluidic technology to fight cancer

CAR-T biotherapeutics company Carina Biotech and researchers at the University of South Australia have developed a novel approach based on microfluidic technology to "purify" the immune cells of patients in the fight against cancer.

21 Oct 2020

Researchers assign immunological memory function to cytotoxic natural killer cells

A new study by researchers from the Medical University of Vienna could prove beneficial for the human immune system.

21 Oct 2020

Researchers identify how melanoma redirects the immune system in cancer immunotherapy

The evolution of the refined human immune system has turned into an effective defense system against several diseases, including cancer.

21 Oct 2020

Cell nucleus may enable the cells to evade crowded environments

Like people, cells in the human body protect their personal space. They seem to know how much space they need, and if it gets too tight, most cells prefer to break free.

20 Oct 2020

Researchers demonstrate the impact of epithelial cells, mammary microenvironment on breast cancer cells

The cover for issue 30 of Oncotarget features Figure 4, "RNAseq results demonstrating differences between normal, cancer, and redirected cells," by Frank-Kamenetskii, et al. which reported that the influence of breast cancer cells on normal cells of the microenvironment, such as fibroblasts and macrophages, has been heavily studied but the influence of normal epithelial cells on breast cancer cells has not.

19 Oct 2020

New nanoparticles can destroy drug-resistant cancer cells

Multidrug resistance, or MDR, is a process in which tumors become impervious to numerous drugs and is a major cause of failure in cancer chemotherapy.

19 Oct 2020

Tumor News and Research

Scientists discover new anti-cancer molecule

Scientists reveal molecular mechanism that increases the invasiveness of radioresistant cancer cells

Scientists discover link between two signaling pathways crucial to growth of colon cancer

Myeloid cell can suppress the immune response to tumor cells

Researchers use new technique to find undetectable ‘hot spots’ inside aggressive breast cancer

New research shows ultrasound treatment can destroy cancer cells without surgery

Cellular senescence variations may help control health and onset of age-related diseases

Researchers discover new ways to block the colonization and spread of tumor cells

Experimental AI platform predicts best approach to cancer treatment

Researchers identify a promising target for treating chemo-resistant cancer cells

Novel technique could propel personalized treatments for cancer

Genomic differences can help develop more personalized treatments for African American men

Study shows antibody-based drug could reduce cancer in mice

Researchers identify a valuable source for treating pediatric cancer

Novel approach based on microfluidic technology to fight cancer

Researchers assign immunological memory function to cytotoxic natural killer cells

Researchers identify how melanoma redirects the immune system in cancer immunotherapy

Cell nucleus may enable the cells to evade crowded environments

Researchers demonstrate the impact of epithelial cells, mammary microenvironment on breast cancer cells

New nanoparticles can destroy drug-resistant cancer cells

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