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Researchers discover potential target for cancer immunotherapy
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Researchers have discovered a possible target for cancer immunotherapy. The research, directed by Professor Massimiliano Mazzone, discovered that the CDA gene is one of the most elevated metabolic genes in immunotherapy-resistant cancer. Inhibiting this gene through pharmacological or geneti
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Study finds how liver inflammation associated with poor cancer outcomes
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
Liver inflammation, a typical side effect of malignancies elsewhere in the body, has long been associated with poor cancer outcomes and, more recently, with poor response to immunotherapy. A team of researchers from the University of Pennsylvania's Abramson Cancer Centre and Perelman School
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Pancreatic cancer discovery opens door for new clinical trial: Research
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
Pancreatic cancer is difficult to treat because it spreads quickly and has a distinct biochemical makeup. However, researchers achieved a significant advance by discovering the genetic changes that occur during tumour migration -- and they also discovered a medication that may block the proc
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American actor Richard Roundtree dies at 81
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
American actor Richard Roundtree, who played detective John Shaft in the action thriller 'Gordon Parks,' died Tuesday afternoon following a brief battle with pancreatic cancer, Variety reported.
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Study finds how immunity from routine vaccines can fight cancer
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
In theory, a team from the University of Massachusetts Amherst proved that a protein antigen from a childhood vaccine may be administered into the cells of a malignant tumour to reorient the body's immune system against the cancer, effectively stopping it and preventing its recurrence.
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Study finds new ways how pancreatic cancer cells prevent starvation
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
According to a recent study, a new therapy regimen safely reduced the growth of pancreatic cancer in mice by stopping the cancer cells from scavenging for fuel.
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Veteran South Korean actor Byun Hee-bong dies after battling pancreatic c
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
Veteran Korean actor Byun Hee-bong, best known for his work with Oscar winner Bong Joon-ho on films such as 'Okja' and 'Memories of Murder,' has died. Deadline reported. He was 81.
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Specific gene mutations accelerate growth of pancreatic tumours: Study
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
The new study, which was released in Nature Communications, explains how specific gene mutations cause pancreatic cancer to proliferate uncontrollably by turning on a "super-enhancer" that activates other genes.
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Lorazepam treatment associated with worse outcomes for pancreatic cancer p
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Patients with pancreatic cancer who took the benzodiazepine lorazepam (Ativan), commonly prescribed to treat anxiety during cancer treatment, had a shorter progression-free survival than patients who did not, according to the study.
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Sarah Jessica Parker gives nod to late friend and 'Sex and the City' co-st
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Willie Garson's character Stanford Blatch lives on in And Just Like That. The actor, 57, died abruptly in September 2021 after quietly enduring treatment for pancreatic cancer, but Stanford earned a nice mention from on-screen bestie Carrie Bradshaw (Sarah Jessica Parker) in the season 2 pre
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Daniel Ellsberg, who leaked Pentagon Papers, dies at 92
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Daniel Ellsberg, who leaked sensitive information about the history of the Vietnam War, which was known as the Pentagon Papers, died on Friday.
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Do you know cancers in distant organs change liver function? Study finds
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Researchers discovered that cancer frequently sends substances into the bloodstream that pathologically alter the liver, putting it in an inflammatory condition, causing fat to build up, and interfering with its regular detoxification functions.
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