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Researchers working on reducing lung cancer medication resistance
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Missouri [US], October 20 (ANI): After 14 months, there is a 70-80 per cent risk that non-small cell lung cancer, one of the two primary types of lung cancer, would become resistant to the pharmacological therapy that was initially used to treat it. There aren't many existing therapy alterna
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Researchers develop drug that marks cancer cells for destruction by immune
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 14 (ANI): Tumour cells are infamous for their ability to evade the human immune system; they construct physical barriers, disguise themselves, and handcuff the immune system with molecular tricks.
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Study: Therapeutic drug can render cancer cells
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Bonn [Germany], August 26 (ANI): The immune system is suppressed by the protective scent that many tumour cells spray themselves with. However, it appears that a medicine that has already been approved for other uses can render this weapon harmless. A study from the University of Bonn and th
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Research finds new way in cancer progression, providing possibility for ca
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Connexis [Singapore], July 20 (ANI): Research discovered a critical cancer progression mechanism that is observed in 90 per cent of cancer cells. The subsequent development of cancer-specific medications with perhaps fewer side effects will be guided by this research.
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Cancer drug has potential to treat muscular dystrophy: Study
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 2 (ANI): According to a new study, a group of researchers found that a cancer drug available at present could have the potential to treat muscular dystrophy.
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Scientists explain structure of human endogenous reverse transcriptase
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
New Jersey [US], July 1 (ANI): According to a study co-authored by a Rutgers researcher, the crystal structure of a human endogenous reverse transcriptase is comparable to HIV reverse transcriptase, a well-known tractable pharmacological target that will aid in the development of medications
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Research: Cancer drug shows potential as muscular dystrophy treatment
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 30 (ANI): Researchers have discovered that an existing cancer drug could have potential as a treatment for muscular dystrophy.
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Study finds patients with metastatic prostate cancer live notably longer
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Salt Lake City (Utah) [US], May 3 (ANI): Researchers from SWOG Cancer Research Network have significantly extended median survival for patients with hormone-sensitive metastatic prostate cancer. This result comes from a large randomized clinical trial aimed at testing a new treatment for the
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Study: Common drugs for type 2 diabetes and obesity do not increase breast
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], March 21 (ANI): Commonly used medications for type 2 diabetes and obesity called glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RAs), are not associated with an increased risk of breast cancer, despite previous studies that suggested a possible link, according to a study p
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Study finds alcoholism treatment is potentially effective against COVID-19
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], Aug 5 (ANI): A team of chemists used molecular modelling to find out that two medications that have been known for a long time can be used to fight SARS-CoV-2. These are disulfiram, which is used to treat alcoholism, and neratinib, an experimental drug being used to treat br
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New skin patch could deliver cancer medication without pain in one minute:
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Aug 25 (ANI): Researchers have developed a new skin patch that could efficiently deliver medication to attack melanoma cancer cells.
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