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Study finds how to treat aggressive cancers
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
In a recent study, scientists from The Jackson Laboratory (JAX) and UConn Health not only show how cancer hijacks this tightly regulated splicing and rearranging of RNA but also introduce a potential therapeutic strategy that could slow or even shrink aggressive and hard-to-treat tumors. Thi
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Madonna's mother, Joan Ciccone, passes away at 81
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
Joan Clare Ciccone, the stepmother of pop icon Madonna, has died at the age of 81 after a brief struggle with "very aggressive cancer."
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Existing cancer drugs can be regenerated to fight certain aggressive cance
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
A group of researchers led by Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) discovered that a cancer medicine that is currently on the market might be modified to target a subgroup of malignancies that are frequently linked with poor outcomes and lack focused therapy choices.
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New novel curative treatment for paediatric neuroblastoma patients
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 23 (ANI): Children who suffer a relapse of aggressive cancer known as neuroblastoma have small chances of survival. However, researchers have now shown that DHODH blockers, which are well-tolerated in humans, can cure neuroblastoma in mice if administered in combinati
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Study shows critical protein may play role in origin of mesothelioma
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], March 30 (ANI): Researchers at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus and their international collaborators have discovered that a protein critical in the embryonic stages of life is reactivated in certain cases of mesothelioma, offering clues into the origin of
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Scientists discover new approach to treat aggressive cancer
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Washington [US], February 25 (ANI): Scientists have uncovered a new role of a chromatin-modulatory enzyme, termed EZH2, during cancer development.
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Study points to potential new therapeutic approach for leukemia
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 12 (ANI): Acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) is an aggressive cancer of white blood cells with few effective targeted therapies available to treat it. Researchers found that AML cells rely on a previously little-known protein called SCP4 for survival.
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Study discovers new therapeutic target for several types of aggressive can
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 5 (ANI): The findings of new research have shown that a protein in tumour cells could be targeted to treat some types of aggressive cancer including brain, blood, skin, and kidney.
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Study shows patient on ketogenic diet living fully with IDH1-mutant gliobl
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 11 (ANI): A British man who rejected the standard of care to treat his brain cancer has lived with the typically fatal glioblastoma tumour growing very slowly after adopting a ketogenic diet, providing a case study that researchers say reflects the benefits of using the
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MRI scan used for heart disease can detect aggressive cancers: Study
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
London [UK], July 5 (ANI): According to recent research, the MRI imaging technique, known as T1-mapping, could offer crucial insights into the biology of childhood cancers and give an early warning of how effective targeted treatments were likely to be.
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Study suggests MRI scan used for heart disease can detect aggressive cance
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
London [UK], July 4 (ANI): A recent study suggests that a type of smart MRI scan used in people with heart disease could help assess whether children's cancers are especially aggressive and spot early signs that targeted treatments are working.
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MRI scan used for heart disease could also pick out aggressive cancers
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
London [UK], June 29 (ANI): A type of smart MRI scan used in people with heart disease could help assess whether children's cancers are especially aggressive and spot early signs that targeted treatments are working, a new study suggests.
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