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Immunotherapy for head, neck cancers now boosted by cancer cell gene deact
Updated : 4 years, 12 months ago IST
Los Angeles [US], March 28 (ANI): Researchers from the UCLA School of Dentistry, during a recent study, were successful in significantly slowing down the growth and spread of tumors in mice by targeting an enzyme that plays a key role in head and neck cancer cells. This also enhanced the eff
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Cancer cell gene deactivation boosts immunotherapy for head, neck cancers
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Los Angeles [US], March 24 (ANI): Researchers from the UCLA School of Dentistry were able to significantly slow the growth and spread of tumors in mice by targeting an enzyme that plays a key role in head and neck cancer cells. They were also able to enhance the effectiveness of immunotherap
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Membrane around tumors may prevent metastasis, claims study
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Washington [US], March 16 (ANI): Engineers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have characterized the properties of the protective membrane around tumours and found that this lining may be a good target for therapies to prevent metastasis.
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Former Nepal PM Bhattarai to fly to New Delhi today for treatment
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], February 21 (ANI): Former Nepal Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai will be heading for New Delhi on Sunday for medical treatment after being diagnosed with a neuroendocrine tumor.
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Glenmark launches SUTIB (Sunitinib) - priced 96% lower than the innovator
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], February 16 (ANI/PRNewswire): Glenmark Pharmaceuticals, a research-led, global integrated pharmaceutical company, today launched SUTIB, the generic version of Sunitinib oral capsules to treat kidney cancer in India.
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Gene-based blood test for melanoma spread evaluates treatment progress: St
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], February 13 (ANI): A test that monitors blood levels of DNA fragments released by dying tumor cells may serve as an accurate early indicator of treatment success in people in the late stages of one of the most aggressive forms of skin cancer, a new study finds.
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Scientists drive detailed study into how cancer cells spread
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], February 13 (ANI): With the help of the mouse model, scientists of Kanazawa University drove a detailed study to explain how the cells which are known to aid with the spread and progression of cancer commute in the body.
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Converge Biotech announces collaboration with OncoDNA to personalise cance
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], February 9 (ANI/BusinessWire India): Converge Biotech, a leading healthcare organization based in Hyderabad, has announced today that it has entered into a long-term strategic alliance with OncoDNA, a Belgium-based theranostic and genomic company specializing i
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New approach appears to better classify and treat brain tumors
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Augusta (Georgia) [US], January 24 (ANI): A new study has revealed that looking directly at the RNA of brain tumour cells can provide objective and efficient evidence to better classify a tumour category, leading towards more effective treatment of it.
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New computational technique differentiates between cancer and normal cells
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 19 (ANI): In an effort to address a major challenge when analyzing large single-cell RNA-sequencing datasets, researchers from the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have developed a new computational technique to accurately differentiate between data from
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Single-cell analysis of metastatic gastric cancer finds diverse tumour cel
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 5 (ANI): Researchers from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center who profiled more than 45,000 individual cells from patients with peritoneal carcinomatosis (PC), defined the extensive cellular heterogeneity and identified two distinct subtypes correlated
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Study finds protein critical to T cell metabolism, anti-tumour immune resp
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 5 (ANI): Researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have discovered that a protein called NF-kappa B-inducing kinase (NIK) is essential for the shift in metabolic activity that occurs with T cell activation, making it a critical factor in regula
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