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Potential therapeutic target identified for ovarian cancer
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Alabama [US], August 6 (ANI): The findings of a new study done by the University of Alabama at Birmingham researchers reveal that a gene called DOT1L appears to play a role in the progression and severity of ovarian cancer. It also found that inhibitors of the DOT1L enzyme may offer a new th
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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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Patient of chemo-resistant recurrent carcinoma treated using Y-shaped trac
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 25 (ANI): Doctors recently treated a 51-year-old patient suffering from a recurrent chemo-resistant carcinoma in his trachea by using a Y-shaped tracheal stent. The patient had a few days or weeks to live but stenting prolonged life.
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Woman recites Hanuman Chalisa while undergoing brain tumor surgery at AIIM
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 23 (ANI): Devotional verses from the Hanuman Chalisa recited by a 24-year-old patient resounded inside an operating room at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences here as doctors performed a complex surgery to successfully remove her brain tumour.
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Patients with noncancerous brain tumors affecting hearing may benefit from
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 18 (ANI): The findings of a recent study indicated that the blood pressure drug losartan can benefit patients suffering from neurofibromatosis type 2 (NF2). It's a hereditary condition associated with vestibular schwannomas or noncancerous tumours along the nerves in t
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State-of-art high precision and safe linear accelerator to help Cancer Rad
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], July 14 (ANI/NewsVoir): Dr. Kamakshi Memorial Hospital Pallikaranai announced the arrival of state-of-art Cancer Radiotherapy Equipment which promises to be a boon to cancer tumour patients.
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Study identifies protein that appears to prevent tumour cells from spreadi
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 12 (ANI): During a recent study, researchers identified a specialised protein that appears to help prevent tumour cells from entering the bloodstream and spreading to other parts of the body.
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Structures discovered in brain cancer patients can help fight tumours
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Stockholm [Sweden], July 6 (ANI): Researchers at Uppsala University in Sweden have discovered lymph node-like structures close to the tumour in brain cancer patients, where immune cells can be activated to attack the tumour.
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Breast cancer's response to tumour stiffness might help predict bone metas
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 3 (ANI): Cancer cells become more aggressive when exposed to tissue stiffening and that these changes persist over time, according to a new study by University of Arizona Health Sciences researchers.
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Study finds breast cancer's response to tumour stiffness may predict bone
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 1 (ANI): A new study by University of Arizona Health Sciences researchers found that cancer cells become more aggressive when exposed to tissue stiffening and that these changes persist over time.
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Researchers engineer cells to destroy malignant tumour leaving other cells
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 28 (ANI): During a new study, researchers at McMaster University developed promising new cancer immunotherapy by using cancer-killing cells, genetically engineered outside the body to find and destroy malignant tumors.
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Newly discovered stem cell resting phase could put brain tumours to sleep
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 27 (ANI): Biomedical engineering researchers developed a new cell classifier tool that takes a higher-resolution look at the life cycle of neuroepithelial stem cells, which led to the discovery and exploration of a new resting phase called Neural G0.
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