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Promising ovarian cancer treatment proves both effective, efficient
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 13 (ANI): Preclinical trials of a new radiopharmaceutical to treat ovarian cancer have produced successful results, dramatically limiting tumour growth and decreasing tumour mass. Designed specifically for ovarian cancers that are resistant to traditional therapies, the
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Study shows patient on ketogenic diet living fully with IDH1-mutant gliobl
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 11 (ANI): A British man who rejected the standard of care to treat his brain cancer has lived with the typically fatal glioblastoma tumour growing very slowly after adopting a ketogenic diet, providing a case study that researchers say reflects the benefits of using the
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World Brain Tumour Day 2021: Here's how COVID affects the brain
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 8 (ANI): For those who think COVID-19 is a respiratory disorder, it's the time to think again. As days pass, it has been emerging as the biggest threat to trigger a huge range of neurological disorders.
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DBT-NII receives Trademark for India's first indigenous tumour antigen SPA
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 4 (ANI): India's first indigenous tumour antigen, SPAG9 discovered by Dr Anil Suri, head of Cancer Research Program at Delhi based National Institute of Immunology (NII), an Autonomous Institute of Department of Biotechnology (DBT), in 1998 has received the trademark
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BMI may not be best obesity indicator to assess risk for lung cancer: Stud
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 2 (ANI): The method used to calculate how obesity is measured may affect whether it is considered a risk factor for lung cancer, suggest the findings of new research published in the Journal of Thoracic Oncology (JTO).
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Study: Childhood cancer discovery may stop tumour spread before it starts
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Vancouver [Canada], June 1 (ANI): In breakthrough research, a new discovery in Ewing sarcoma, an aggressive and often fatal childhood cancer, has uncovered the potential to prevent cancer cells from spreading beyond their primary tumour site.
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Piperlongumine promotes death of retinoblastoma cancer cells: Study
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 31 (ANI): A new study in the Impact Journals LLC found that Piperlongumine (PL), an amide alkaloid constituent of the fruit of the long pepper, reduces tumour growth and induces cell death by regulating the cell cycle.
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Head, neck cancer cells hijack nearby healthy tissue, promote further inva
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 27 (ANI): Up to half of the patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma will experience tumour recurrence or new tumours- tumours that often spread and are difficult to treat.
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Study shows how fungi, bacteria can activate genes associated with head, n
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Brasilia [Brazil], May 26 (ANI): A research group at Sao Paulo State University (UNESP) has analyzed how Candida albicans fungi and Staphylococcus aureus bacteria influence gene expression and tumour cell survival.
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Cancer treatments might lead to accelerated cellular aging: Study
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 24 (ANI): The findings of a new research suggests that certain anti-cancer therapies may hasten cellular aging, where changes in the DNA of patients may contribute to greater inflammation and fatigue.
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New research optimizes body's own immune system to fight cancer
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 15 (ANI): A groundbreaking study led by engineering and medical researchers at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities shows how engineered immune cells used in new cancer therapies can overcome physical barriers to allow a patient's own immune system to fight tumours.
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Switch of breast tumors to HER2-low might provide greater therapeutic opti
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Lugano [Switzerland], May 9 (ANI): The finding that breast tumours can evolve to express low HER2 potentially widens the number of patients who can benefit from new investigational agents, typically novel antibody-drug conjugate therapies, that are currently in clinical trials for HER2-low t
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