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Stem cell discoveries offer ray of hope in improving cancer treatment
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Los Angeles (California) [US], January 27 (ANI): As painful as cancer can be, its treatment and subsequent recovery is also a long drawn and painful process. In the wake of this, not one, but two recent discoveries by stem cell scientists at Cedars-Sinai have offered a ray of hope that may h
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When is chemotherapy most effective? Research suggests, it varies with tim
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Morgantown (West Virginia) [US], January 27 (ANI): Brain tumours are among the trickiest to treat as the blood-brain barrier keeps foreign substances like germs and toxins from entering the brain. By shielding the brain from things that would harm it, the blood-brain barrier also blocks the
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Study finds cancer treatment might inhibit immune therapy to COVID-19 vacc
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Florida [US], January 22 (ANI): A new study has found patients with cancer who receive chemotherapy -- and some targeted therapies may mount an inadequate immune response to COVID-19 vaccination.
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Study finds way to reduce cancer drugs' side effects
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 9 (ANI): A new study by The Pennsylvania State University and the Terasaki Institute for Biomedical Innovation (TIBI), has devised a method to decrease the side effects of cancer drugs.
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Study finds experimental gene therapy reverses sickle cell disease for yea
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New York [US], December 27 (ANI): According to a study, a single dose restored blood cells to their normal shape and eliminated the most serious complication of sickle cell disease for at least three years in some patients.
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Football legend Pele discharged from hospital, will spend Christmas with f
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Sao Paulo [Brazil], December 24 (ANI): Football legend Pele has been discharged from the hospital after two weeks of chemotherapy for a colon tumor, the Brazilian confirmed on Thursday.
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Study finds protein variant that renders chemotherapy ineffective in gastr
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 6 (ANI): A study by a multidisciplinary team at Weill Cornell Medicine has identified a new protein variant that underlies the ability of gastric cancers to resist an otherwise effective family of chemotherapy drugs.
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Drug compound makes pancreatic cancer cells more vulnerable to chemo
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 2 (ANI): Pancreatic cancer is extremely difficult to treat. By the time it is detected, cancer often has reached an advanced stage, and patients usually do not survive longer than one year after diagnosis. An aggressive chemotherapy regimen is a first-line treatment
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Chemotherapy interferes with muscle building process: Study
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 28 (ANI): Researchers have found that chemotherapy may affect the way the body builds new muscle.
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Study finds chemotherapy interferes with muscle building process
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 24 (ANI): A new study has found that chemotherapy may also affect the way the body builds new muscle.
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Chemotherapy enhances breast cancer's spread beyond primary tumour: Study
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 6 (ANI): As per a new study, further evidence has been provided suggesting that chemotherapy enhances cancer's spread beyond the primary tumour, which further shows how one chemo drug allows breast cancer cells to squeeze through and attach to blood vessel linings i
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Study finds chemo helps breast cancer cells get into lungs
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 3 (ANI): A new study has added to the evidence that chemotherapy enhances cancer's spread beyond the primary tumour, showing how one chemo drug allows breast cancer cells to squeeze through and attach to blood vessel linings in the lungs.
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