Collaborate Disseminate
Surgery is an indispensable tool when it comes to treating cancer, but those performing the procedures have fine margins to work when cutting away cancerous cells, needing to extract as much as possible while leave healthy tissues intact. University of… Continue reading Glowing dye lights up leftover cancer cells in dogs, and maybe humans
Lately we’ve seen an exciting string of research projects demonstrate how ultrasound can be harnessed to fight cancer, whether that be by helping drugs cross the blood-brain barrier, heating and destroying tissue in prostate cancers, or selectively kil… Continue reading Exploding microbubbles tear apart cancer cells like “targeted warheads”
Part of what makes cancer so deadly is its ability to rapidly spread to other parts of the body, leading doctors into a deadly game of Whack-A-Mole. Now, researchers at Tulane University have identified a pair of genes that helps triple negative breast… Continue reading Blocking genes halts growth, spread of triple negative breast cancer
The human body has a variety of weapons it can deploy to fight off cancer, but being the crafty foe that it is, the disease has plenty of evasive tactics it can use to survive and thrive. Scientists at Harvard have come up with a new way to supercharge… Continue reading “Backpacks” for key immune cells hold them in a cancer-killing state
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved two new kinds of breast cancer treatments, one targeting HER2-positive cancers and a second for metastatic triple-negative breast cancer. The FDA notes approval for both treatments was expedited … Continue reading FDA expedites approval of two new breast cancer treatments
A new study has shown that an experimental class of cancer drugs has wider potential than previously thought. BET inhibitors are currently being tested against blood cancers, but now researchers have found a new version of this drug that, in mouse test… Continue reading Experimental cancer drug appears more effective, less toxic than others
An extraordinarily sensitive new blood test has been developed that promises to be able to effectively track the progression of breast cancer at its earliest stages. It is suggested the blood test could track the efficacy of drug therapies be… Continue reading New breast cancer blood test 100 times more sensitive than similar tests
Cancer cells often deploy specific “don’t eat me” signals to hide from immune cells. A breakthrough new study from Stanford University has homed in on a previously undiscovered signaling protein that, if effectively inhibited, may lead to new treatments for breast, ovarian, and other difficult-to-treat cancers.
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Continue Reading Breakthrough discovery of signal cancers use to hide from immune system
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Continue reading Breakthrough discovery of signal cancers use to hide from immune system
Our bodies have powerful built-in defenses in the form of the immune system, but sometimes it needs an extra push. Chimeric Antigen Receptor (CAR) T cell therapy involves reprogramming T-cells to hunt down cancer, which has been effective aga… Continue reading MIT supercharges cancer immunotherapy with a booster vaccine
New research from the University of Virginia is suggesting an unhealthy gut microbiome can actively promote the spread of breast cancer. Through a series of animal experiments the new study demonstrated how disruptions to gut bacterial popula… Continue reading Study suggests gut microbiome disruptions speed up metastatic spread of breast cancer